Hack history / 2022 / Rug pull
Martin Shkreli dumps his project's token in "hack"
Rug pull on Aug 12, 2022
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$459K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,182
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
No description from DefiLlama or SlowMist; see the sources below.
Details
- Date
- Aug 12, 2022
- Kind
- Rug pull
- Method
- not stated
- How in
- Insiders: rug pulls, frauds, collapses
- Target
- not stated
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
AlleyCat project developer takes presale money to fund gambling habit 2025 · Rug pull · $130K
The Tor Project 2025 · Hack or exploit · undisclosed
Twitch streamer DNP3 pleads guilty to wire fraud after gambling away funds invested in crypto charity project 2024 · Later news (arrest, ruling) · $1.1M
North Korean developers steal $1.3 million from crypto project treasury 2024 · Hack or exploit · $1.3M
Trump-themed $DJT token rug-pulls, people blame Martin Shkreli or Barron Trump 2024 · Rug pull · $2M
The Tor Project 2025 · Hack or exploit · undisclosed
Twitch streamer DNP3 pleads guilty to wire fraud after gambling away funds invested in crypto charity project 2024 · Later news (arrest, ruling) · $1.1M
North Korean developers steal $1.3 million from crypto project treasury 2024 · Hack or exploit · $1.3M
Trump-themed $DJT token rug-pulls, people blame Martin Shkreli or Barron Trump 2024 · Rug pull · $2M
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Martin Shkreli dumps his project's token in "hack" rug pull, Aug 12, 2022: $459K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht5edbd1db06/ (data as of 2026-11-01).