The Binance incident wasn’t a hack. It was the biggest theft in human history.
US$6.43 billion. Nothing has even come close.
To put it in perspective: the biggest theft outside crypto was the one at the Central Bank of Iraq in 2003. They took around US$1 billion in cash. And that required an order from Saddam Hussein, the head of state.
The Binance theft was carried out using an employee’s laptop.
The biggest art heist in history (the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1990) was around US$500M.
The biggest heist of a commercial bank (Dar es Salaam) was US$282M.
If you look at the top 10 heists in history, 8 are crypto/digital:
1. Binance (2026) — US$6.43B
2. Bybit (2025) — US$1.46B
3. Central Bank of Iraq (2003) — ~US$1B
4. Poly Network (2021) — US$611M
5. BSC Token Hub (2022) — ~US$569M
6. Ronin / Axie (2022) — ~US$540M
7. Coincheck (2018) — ~US$530M
8. Gardner Museum (1990) — >US$500M
9. FTX (2022) — US$477M
10. Mt. Gox (2011-14) — ~US$470M
We’re in a league of our own.
US$6.43 billion. Nothing has even come close.
To put it in perspective: the biggest theft outside crypto was the one at the Central Bank of Iraq in 2003. They took around US$1 billion in cash. And that required an order from Saddam Hussein, the head of state.
The Binance theft was carried out using an employee’s laptop.
The biggest art heist in history (the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 1990) was around US$500M.
The biggest heist of a commercial bank (Dar es Salaam) was US$282M.
If you look at the top 10 heists in history, 8 are crypto/digital:
1. Binance (2026) — US$6.43B
2. Bybit (2025) — US$1.46B
3. Central Bank of Iraq (2003) — ~US$1B
4. Poly Network (2021) — US$611M
5. BSC Token Hub (2022) — ~US$569M
6. Ronin / Axie (2022) — ~US$540M
7. Coincheck (2018) — ~US$530M
8. Gardner Museum (1990) — >US$500M
9. FTX (2022) — US$477M
10. Mt. Gox (2011-14) — ~US$470M
We’re in a league of our own.