Hacks
Crypto hacks classed as Rugpull
Data as of 3 October 2026
42 recorded incidents classed as Rugpull took $284.7M in total between 2019 and 2026. The largest was AnubisDAO, $60.0M in 2021. That is 3.2% of all incidents in DefiLlama's record and 1.4% of the value lost. Amounts are the losses DefiLlama records, and its record does not say whether they are before or after any recovery. Data as of 3 October 2026.
By year, classed as Rugpull
- 2019 $30.3M lost2 incidents
- 2020 $12.5M lost1 incidents
- 2021 $143.7M lost7 incidents
- 2022 $20.8M lost7 incidents
- 2023 $59.2M lost11 incidents
- 2024 $6.6M lost8 incidents
- 2025 $4.3M lost5 incidents
- 2026 $7.3M lost1 incidents
Incidents classed as Rugpull
| Date | Incident | Class | Technique | Chains | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | DxSale | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | BSC | $7.3M |
| 2025-09-26 | HyperVault | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Hyperliquid L1 | $3.6M |
| 2025-09-23 | Corepound | Rugpull | Admin Drain | CORE | $400K |
| 2025-05-20 | IRYS AI | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | BSC | $70K |
| 2025-04-27 | QuantMaster | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | Ethereum | $100K |
| 2025-03-05 | Pond.fun | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Linea | $145K |
| 2024-11-07 | VRug | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | Ethereum | $8K |
| 2024-10-29 | BUBAI | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | Ethereum | $131K |
| 2024-10-14 | Kalax | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Blast | $350K |
| 2024-09-26 | ReHold | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $700K |
| 2024-09-16 | Rivus DAO | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | Ethereum | $0 |
| 2024-07-22 | ETHTrustFund | Rugpull | Treasury Misappropriation | Base | $2.1M |
| 2024-02-25 | RiskOnBlast | Rugpull | Exit Scam | Blast | $1.3M |
| 2024-01-07 | MangoFarmSol | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Solana | $2.0M |
| 2023-09-11 | Milady Maker | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $1.0M |
| 2023-08-26 | PEPE | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $15.1M |
| 2023-08-25 | Magnate Finance | Rugpull | Treasury Misappropriation | Base | $6.5M |
| 2023-08-02 | Bald | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | Base | $23.0M |
| 2023-07-30 | Kannagi | Rugpull | Admin Drain | zkSync Era, Ethereum | $2.1M |
| 2023-05-19 | Swaprum | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | Arbitrum | $3.0M |
| 2023-04-25 | MERLIN DEX | Rugpull | Admin Drain | zkSync Era | $1.8M |
| 2023-03-27 | Kokomo Finance | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Optimism | $4.0M |
| 2023-03-19 | Harvest Keeper | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $933K |
| 2023-03-02 | ArbiSwap | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | Arbitrum | $100K |
| 2023-02-07 | LianGoPay | Rugpull | Admin Drain | BSC | $1.6M |
| 2022-12-09 | NOVAToken | Rugpull | Admin Drain | BSC | $0 |
| 2022-08-23 | SudoRare | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | Ethereum | $800K |
| 2022-08-10 | Blur Finance | Rugpull | Exit Scam | BSC, Polygon | $600K |
| 2022-08-08 | Dragoma | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Polygon | $3.5M |
| 2022-04-07 | Starstream Finance | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $4.0M |
| 2022-02-14 | Titano Finance | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | BSC | $1.9M |
| 2022-01-04 | Arbix Finance | Rugpull | Admin Drain | BSC | $10.0M |
| 2021-12-21 | Bent Finance | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | Ethereum | $1.8M |
| 2021-11-25 | Snowdog | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | Avalanche | $18.1M |
| 2021-11-03 | Squid Games | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | BSC | $3.4M |
| 2021-10-29 | AnubisDAO | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $60.0M |
| 2021-06-23 | StableMagnet | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | BSC | $27.0M |
| 2021-03-20 | Turtle Dex | Rugpull | Liquidity Rug | BSC | $2.5M |
| 2021-03-04 | Meerkat Finance | Rugpull | Admin Drain | BSC | $31.0M |
| 2020-12-02 | Compounder Finance | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $12.5M |
| 2019-05-03 | TronBank | Rugpull | Backdoor Contract | Tron | $4.3M |
| 2019-02-20 | Coinbin | Rugpull | Admin Drain | Ethereum | $26.0M |
Source: DefiLlama, retrieved 3 October 2026, under its open methodology. Figures are a dated snapshot, not a live feed.