Hack history / 2019 / Scam
Bitfinex
Scam on Apr 26, 2019 · Scam
IN REVIEWONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
$851M
dollars at the time
Returned
none listed
as the sources state it
Rank
not ranked
collapses, frauds and later news are not ranked
What happened
Bitfinex is accused of sending 850 million U.S. dollars to Crypto Capital Corp, a payment processor believed to be located in Panama, without informing customers, and withdrawing at least 700 million U.S. dollars from Tether's reserves after the funds were lost.
In review: single source for a loss of $500M or more.
Details
- Date
- Apr 26, 2019
- Kind
- Scam
- Method
- Scam
- How in
- Phishing and scams
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
Related incidents
Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "Bitfinex scam, Apr 26, 2019: $851M lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/hted001d418c/ (data as of 2026-10-31).