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Rugpull hacks
42 incidents classified as Rugpull, with $284.7m in known losses.
$284.7m lost across 42 incidents, 3.1% of the ledger
Largest: AnubisDAO ($60.0m), Meerkat Finance ($31.0m), StableMagnet ($27.0m).
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| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | DxSale | $7.3m | DeFi Protocol | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 26 Sept 2025 | HyperVault | $3.6m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Corepound | $400,000 | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 20 May 2025 | IRYS AI | $69,600 | Token | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 27 Apr 2025 | QuantMaster | $100,000 | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 05 Mar 2025 | Pond.fun | $145,000 | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 07 Nov 2024 | VRug | $8,400 | Token | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 29 Oct 2024 | BUBAI | $131,000 | Token | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 14 Oct 2024 | Kalax | $350,000 | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 26 Sept 2024 | ReHold | $700,000 | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 16 Sept 2024 | Rivus DAO | — | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 22 Jul 2024 | ETHTrustFund | $2.1m | DeFi Protocol | Treasury Misappropriation | — |
| 25 Feb 2024 | RiskOnBlast | $1.3m | DeFi Protocol | Exit Scam | — |
| 07 Jan 2024 | MangoFarmSol | $2.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 11 Sept 2023 | Milady Maker | $1.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 26 Aug 2023 | PEPE | $15.1m | Token | Admin Drain | — |
| 25 Aug 2023 | Magnate Finance | $6.5m | DeFi Protocol | Treasury Misappropriation | — |
| 02 Aug 2023 | Bald | $23.0m | DeFi Protocol | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 30 Jul 2023 | Kannagi | $2.1m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 19 May 2023 | Swaprum | $3.0m | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 25 Apr 2023 | MERLIN DEX | $1.8m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 27 Mar 2023 | Kokomo Finance | $4.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 19 Mar 2023 | Harvest Keeper | $933,000 | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 02 Mar 2023 | ArbiSwap | $100,000 | DeFi Protocol | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 07 Feb 2023 | LianGoPay | $1.6m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 09 Dec 2022 | NOVAToken | — | Token | Admin Drain | — |
| 23 Aug 2022 | SudoRare | $800,000 | DeFi Protocol | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 10 Aug 2022 | Blur Finance | $600,000 | DeFi Protocol | Exit Scam | — |
| 08 Aug 2022 | Dragoma | $3.5m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 07 Apr 2022 | Starstream Finance | $4.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 14 Feb 2022 | Titano Finance | $1.9m | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 04 Jan 2022 | Arbix Finance | $10.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 21 Dec 2021 | Bent Finance | $1.8m | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 25 Nov 2021 | Snowdog | $18.1m | DeFi Protocol | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 03 Nov 2021 | Squid Games | $3.4m | Gaming | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 29 Oct 2021 | AnubisDAO | $60.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 23 Jun 2021 | StableMagnet | $27.0m | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 20 Mar 2021 | Turtle Dex | $2.5m | DeFi Protocol | Liquidity Rug | — |
| 04 Mar 2021 | Meerkat Finance | $31.0m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 02 Dec 2020 | Compounder Finance | $12.5m | DeFi Protocol | Admin Drain | — |
| 03 May 2019 | TronBank | $4.3m | DeFi Protocol | Backdoor Contract | — |
| 20 Feb 2019 | Coinbin | $26.0m | CEX | Admin Drain | — |
Amounts are DefiLlama’s estimates and can change as incidents are revalued. Its returned figure can include money a company repaid itself, not only funds recovered from attackers. Source: DefiLlama.
Cite this Bitminer.io, “Rugpull hacks”, data to 2 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/failures/method/rugpull/. How this is built