Hack history / 2018 / Hack or exploit
TRADE.IO
Hack or exploit on Oct 20, 2018 · Unknown
ONE SOURCE · 1 SOURCE
Lost
undisclosed
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
Trade.io confirmed via their Medium blog that someone or some entity gained access to the assets, resulting in over 50 million in Trade (TIO) tokens being stolen from the firm’s cold storage wallets. The 50 million tokens are valued at $7.5 million at the current $0.15 price per TIO. The ongoing investigation has revealed that some of the TIO tokens had made their way to cryptocurrency exchanges Bancor and Kucoin. Kucoin has suspended TIO transactions, while Bancor has permanently removed TIO.
Details
- Date
- Oct 20, 2018
- Kind
- Hack or exploit
- Method
- Unknown
- How in
- Other
- Target
- Centralized exchange
- Chains
- not stated
Reported by
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Cite this page
SwanBluechip, "TRADE.IO hack, Oct 20, 2018: undisclosed lost", Crypto hack history, https://swan-hack-tracker.pages.dev/history/i/htfd5ead2a4e/ (data as of 2026-10-31).