CoinDesk|Jun 19, 2026 19:25
On this day in 2011, a hacker crashed Bitcoin from $17 to $0.01 on Mt. Gox in minutes using a single stolen auditor password.
The exchange rolled back every transaction. Days earlier, the full Mt. Gox user database had been posted for sale on Pastebin.
It was the month crypto learned exchanges could fail.
(chart via @BitMEXResearch)
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