Crypto Hack Losses Hit $8.74 in 2026, More Than Triple 2025, Yet Without Binance the Year Ran Quieter: How Did Bitcoin and Ethereum React After Major Hacks?

Crypto hack losses reached $8.74 billion in 2026 by October 31, more than three times the $2.51 billion lost over the same ten months of 2025, after the October 29 Binance breach alone added $6.36 billion. Take Binance out and the picture flips. The rest of 2026 comes to $2.38 billion, about 5% less than 2025 at the same point, even though attackers hit 325 targets against 120 a year earlier. More attacks, smaller hauls, and then one enormous one. Total Value Hacked in DeFi The market has its own pattern. Across the ten largest hacks since January 2025, Bitcoin’s move on the day of the attack ranged from -4.1% to +1.9%. A month later, for the nine with a full month of data, the range ran from -15.5% to +19.9%, and it followed whatever the broader market was doing. The 2025 hacks landed in falling markets, and every one was followed by a lower Bitcoin price a month later. Most of 2026’s landed in rising ones. So how bad has 2026 really been, and what does history say about the weeks after Binance? Crypto Hack Losses in 2026 vs 2025: What Changed? The size of the biggest theft. Through September, 2026 was running behind 2025: $2.24 billion lost against $2.48 billion. Then Binance los...