Coldcard exploit pushes July losses to $247M as second-worst month of 2026
Extracto:July saw $247.4 million stolen in cryptocurrency thefts, making it the second-worst month of 2026 after April‘s $644 million haul, according to DefiLlama. The total more than tripled June’s $75 million and May‘s $60 million. The largest incident was the Coldcard exploit, with at least $100 million in Bitcoin taken from 7,300 wallets across three confirmed attack waves, Galaxy Digital reported. A suspected fourth wave could raise losses to roughly $130 million, while DefiLlama’s tracker pegs the exploit at $115 million. CryptoRank noted that even cold storage carries technological risks affecting thousands of wallets at once. Other notable July hacks included Bonzo Lend ($9 million), SecondFi ($2.6 million), AFX ($24 million), and the Verus Ethereum Bridge ($7.5 million).
July emerged as the second-worst month of 2026 for cryptocurrency thefts, largely due to the recent Coldcard exploit.
Hackers stole $247.4 million in crypto in July, the most this year after the $644 million stolen in April, according to DefiLlama data. The total was more than triple the $75 million stolen in June and the $60 million stolen in May.
The Coldcard exploit was the month‘s biggest exploit, with at least $100 million in Bitcoin (BTC) stolen from 7,300 wallets across three confirmed attack waves, according to Galaxy Digital. The company also identified a suspected fourth wave that could bring total losses to about $130 million. DefiLlama’s hack tracker estimates losses tied to the Coldcard exploit at $115 million.
“July showed that even cold storage does not eliminate technological risks, which can put thousands of wallets at risk simultaneously,” research platform CryptoRank said in a Thursday X post.
Other notable July exploits included a $9 million hack against decentralized finance protocol Bonzo Lend, $2.6 million stolen from Cardano-based wallet SecondFi, $24 million stolen from Arbitrum-based perpetual exchange AFX and $7.5 million stolen through the Verus Ethereum Bridge.
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