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The week in crypto’s record: 4 May 2026 to 10 May 2026
The crypto record for the week of 4 May 2026: $11.6m lost in 5 hacks, 2 US enforcement steps, 0 sanctioned addresses and 2 MiCA licences. From the ledgers.
$11.6m lost in 5 crypto hacks, the largest TrustedVolumes at $6.7m. In the previous 12 weeks the median was $6.2m a week. 2 US enforcement steps on crypto cases. 2 firms gained a MiCA authorisation.
Hacks and thefts
| Date | Target | Lost | Type | Method | Returned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2026 | TrustedVolumes | $6.7m | Other | Caller Impersonation | — |
| 04 May 2026 | SquidRouterModule | $3.2m | DeFi Protocol | Improper Access Control | — |
| 05 May 2026 | Ekubo | $1.4m | DeFi Protocol | Token Approval Abuse | — |
| 10 May 2026 | Renegade | $209,000 | DeFi Protocol | Uninitialized Proxy | $209,000 |
| 04 May 2026 | SmartCredit | $72,000 | DeFi Protocol | Protocol Logic | — |
US enforcement
| Date | Agency | Step | What the document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08 May 2026 | DOJ | Sentence | A Slovakian administrator of the Kingdom Market darknet marketplace, where buyers paid in crypto, was sentenced to 200 months in prison. |
| 06 May 2026 | DOJ | Sentence | A 20-year-old California man was sentenced to 78 months for burglaries and laundering in a $250M+ crypto social engineering theft ring. |
Charges are allegations unless a plea, conviction or settlement is stated.
New MiCA licences
| Authorised from | Firm | Country | Regulator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 2026 | COINHOUSE | France | Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) |
| 06 May 2026 | CheckSig | Italy | Commissione Nazionale per le Societa e la Borsa (CONSOB) |
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Cite this Bitminer.io, “The week in crypto’s record, 4 May 2026 to 10 May 2026”, data to 5 November 2026, https://bitminer.io/ledger/week/2026-w19/. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit and a link. How this is built · Frozen copy of November 2026’s data