Year in review

2024 in crypto failure

Every CryptoMortem record with a primary date in 2024, ordered chronologically.

• Founder event·August 1, 2024resolved

  Danbury Bitcoin Robbery Scheme Guilty Plea

  Federal prosecutors said a 22-year-old Missouri man pleaded guilty in Hartford in connection with an attempted Bitcoin robbery and kidnapping in Danbury in August 2024, though key case details remain undisclosed.

  $— affected
• Hack·July 18, 2024ongoing

  WazirX Multi-Sig Hack — July 2024

  India's largest cryptocurrency exchange lost approximately $235M from a multi-sig wallet compromise attributed to North Korea's Lazarus Group. Singapore restructuring proceedings remain open.

  $235.0M affected
• Regulatory·July 1, 2024resolved

  Shanghai Sentencing in $29 Million Crypto Forex Case

  Chinese authorities traced unusual transactions to a company alleged to have enabled illegal overseas transfers via crypto, and a Shanghai court later sentenced five people in the matter.

  $29.0M affected
• Hack·May 31, 2024resolved

  DMM Bitcoin Hack — May 2024

  The Japanese exchange lost approximately $305M of BTC to a private-key compromise attributed by the FBI to North Korea's TraderTraitor (Lazarus). DMM covered customer balances and wound down operations in 2025.

  $305.0M affected