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The week in crypto’s record: 13 April 2026 to 19 April 2026
The crypto record for the week of 13 April 2026: $328.5m lost in 8 hacks, 4 US enforcement steps, 0 sanctioned addresses and 1 MiCA licence. From the ledgers.
$328.5m lost in 8 crypto hacks, the largest Kelp at $293.0m. In the previous 12 weeks the median was $5.4m a week. 4 US enforcement steps on crypto cases. 1 firm gained a MiCA authorisation.
Hacks and thefts
| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Apr 2026 | Kelp | $293.0m | DeFi Protocol | Cross-Chain Message Spoofing | — |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Rhea Lend | $18.4m | DeFi Protocol | Spot Price Manipulation | — |
| 16 Apr 2026 | Grinex | $13.7m | CEX | Hot Wallet Key Compromised | — |
| 13 Apr 2026 | Dango | $1.9m | DeFi Protocol | Missing Input Validation | $410,000 |
| 14 Apr 2026 | CoW Swap | $1.2m | DeFi Protocol | DNS Hijack | — |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Zerion Wallet | $100,000 | Wallet | Phishing | — |
| 19 Apr 2026 | Custom sAVAX Rebalancer | $64,000 | DeFi Protocol | Arbitrary External Call | — |
| 13 Apr 2026 | MONA | $60,950 | Token | Incorrect Share Accounting | — |
US enforcement
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | SEC | Civil action | SEC sued a crypto token founder and two affiliated companies for allegedly defrauding investors in a $16 million SAFT offering. |
| 17 Apr 2026 | DOJ | Guilty plea | A Scottish man pleaded guilty to a phishing and SIM-swap scheme that hacked companies and stole at least $8 million in crypto. |
| 16 Apr 2026 | DOJ | Sentence | A Texas man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for a Meta-1 Coin crypto scam that cost nearly 1,000 investors over $20 million. |
| 13 Apr 2026 | DOJ | Other action | DOJ opened a remission process to compensate OneCoin fraud victims from more than $40 million in forfeited assets. |
Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated.
New MiCA licences
| Authorised from | Firm | Country | Regulator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Apr 2026 | Validvent | Austria | Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA) |
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Cite this Bitminer.io, “The week in crypto’s record, 13 April 2026 to 19 April 2026”, data to 5 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/week/2026-w16/. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link. How this is built · Frozen copy of November 2026’s data