Hack history / 2025 / Hack or exploit
Coinbase
Hack or exploit on Aug 13, 2025 · Token Approval Abuse
ATTACK TX CONFIRMED ON CHAINSOURCES AGREE ON DATE AND LOSS · 3 SOURCES
Lost
$300K
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
#1,317
among thefts by dollars lost
What happened
Coinbase's corporate DEX wallet lost $300,000 on August 13, 2025 when MEV bots exploited misconfigured token approvals granted to a 0x protocol swapper contract.
Details
- Date
- Aug 13, 2025
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Token Approval Abuse
- How in
- Smart contract bug
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- Ethereum
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Coinbase hack, Aug 13, 2025: $300K lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/ht5f4a261d45/ (data as of 2026-10-31).