Year in review
2026 in crypto failure
Every CryptoMortem record with a primary date in 2026, ordered chronologically. Affected funds across these records exceed $77 billion.
Michelle Bond November Trial in FTX Finance Case
A federal judge in Manhattan set Michelle Bond’s criminal trial for Nov. 9, 2026 after denying her motion to dismiss an indictment alleging unlawful funding of her 2022 congressional campaign.
$400000 affectedAllbridge Core pause after reported $1.65M Solana exploit
Allbridge said it paused Allbridge Core after a reported $1.65 million incident affecting its Solana deployment; reporting indicated a flash-loan-driven stablecoin rate manipulation followed by onward bridging.
$1.6M affectedArrest in Steam Malware Crypto Theft Investigation
Federal agents arrested Zyaire Wilkins in connection with a malware scheme allegedly embedded in video games, which investigators said infected about 8,000 devices, accessed about 80 wallets, and stole at least $220,000.
$220000 affectedOFAC Freeze of Iran-Linked Wallets Exceeded $130M
A 2026 Treasury action reportedly sanctioned multiple Iran-linked crypto wallets through OFAC and froze over $130 million, though the public record remains limited to a brief news account.
$130.0M affectedHumanity Protocol June 2026 Key-Compromise Hack
Humanity Protocol said a June 2026 exploit led to the theft of $36 million in H tokens after an employee laptop was compromised and production keys had been backed up onto that device.
$36.0M affectedBonzo Lend Oracle Exploit on Hedera
Bonzo Lend reported that an attacker inflated SAUCE collateral through a flaw in Supra’s on-chain oracle verifier, then borrowed about $9 million from the Hedera-based lending pool.
$9.0M affectedDOJ Charge Concerned Alleged Theft of Forfeited Crypto
A July 10, 2026 report stated that the U.S. Department of Justice charged federal inmate Rossen Iossifov over the alleged taking of $290,000 in cryptocurrency that had already been forfeited to the U.S. government.
$290000 affectedCFTC Action Over Alleged $14M Crypto Pool Fraud
A reported CFTC case alleged that a North Carolina man and his company used a commodity pool tied to crypto and futures trading to obtain about $14 million from about 60 people.
$14.0M affectedKartik Saini Sentenced in Tech-Support Fraud Case
A federal court sentenced Kartik Saini to more than six years in prison after prosecutors said he participated in a tech-support fraud scheme that targeted senior citizens in the United States.
Summer Finance exploit linked to flash-loan redemption
A single contemporaneous report said Summer Finance’s Lazy Summer Protocol was exploited for about $6 million, with analysts attributing the loss to a $65.4 million flash loan and a $70.9 million redemption sequence.
$6.0M affectedAptos Move VM flaw patched after critical disclosure
Hexens reported a critical Aptos Move virtual machine vulnerability on February 25, 2026; Aptos stated that it triaged and patched the issue within hours, while researchers estimated up to $70 billion in systemic exposure.
$70.00B affectedOFAC Sanctioned 134 ISIS-K Crypto Addresses in 2026
Treasury added 131 Tron wallets and 3 Monero wallets to the ISIS-K sanctions entry on July 2, 2026, and CoinDesk reported that Tether froze balances on all sanctioned Tron addresses.
$1.4M affectedEdel Finance Lending Pause After wGOOGLx Mispricing
Edel Finance halted its version-one lending system after a wrapped tokenized Google stock was mispriced at about 78x, producing roughly $403,000 in bad debt despite correct Chainlink reference pricing.
$403000 affectedGuo Sentenced to 30 Years in Crypto Fraud Case
A 2026 sentencing concluded the documented criminal phase of a cryptocurrency-linked fraud conspiracy that reporting described as involving more than $1 billion, after Guo’s arrest in 2023.
$1.00B affectedKnaken Bankruptcy Proceedings After Customer Funds Freeze
Dutch prosecutors sought bankruptcy orders against Knaken entities after the platform went offline in early June, with an estimated 30,000 customers reportedly unable to access holdings amid a separate criminal probe.
Ukraine Put Seized $8.3M USDT Under ARMA Control
Ukrainian prosecutors said more than $8.3 million in USDT tied to an alleged hacking group was transferred to ARMA, described as the country’s first placement of seized crypto under state management.
$8.3M affectedPolymarket Wallet Theft After Frontend Script Injection
About $3.1 million in PUSD was taken from 11 user wallets after Polymarket said a compromised third-party vendor injected malicious code into parts of its frontend; full refunds were promised.
$3.1M affectedMemeCore M Token Collapse Without Confirmed Trigger
MemeCore’s M token fell from near $2.92 to as low as $0.51 within 24 hours, erasing close to $3 billion in market value on roughly $21 million in volume, with no confirmed exploit, hack, or public catalyst identified.
$3.00B affectedSecondFi Cardano Wallet Exploit and Address-Level Flaw
SecondFi attributed a Cardano wallet exploit to an address-level defect in wallet generation and signing, reporting 374 affected addresses, about 16 million ADA impacted, and emergency custody of roughly 129 million ADA.
$2.4M affectedGoldfinch Prime Wind-Down After Community Vote
Goldfinch Prime entered wind-down after a community vote backed shutdown, following reported performance deterioration in several borrower pools within a protocol that had facilitated roughly $100 million in loans.
$100.0M affected