Hack history / 2025 / Hack or exploit
BtcTurk
Hack or exploit on Aug 14, 2025 · Hot Wallet Key Compromised
SOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 4 SOURCES
Lost
$49M
sources: $48M to $54M
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#110
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
In August 2025, Turkish CEX BtcTurk suffered a second major hack, with $48M drained from hot wallets across 7 blockchains (Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Mantle, Polygon) after private keys were compromised.
Details
- Date
- Aug 14, 2025
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Hot Wallet Key Compromised
- How in
- Keys, accounts and infrastructure
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum, Avalanche, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Mantle, Polygon
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "BtcTurk hack, Aug 14, 2025: $49M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht4a9e2c1b7f/ (data as of 2026-11-01).