We have seen many high profile cryptocurrency hacks over the past few years. In this guide, we are going to be talking about, in our opinion, the five most important hacks that shook the crypto-world down to its very core. The intention is not to scare you, but to educate you and make you understand why these attacks happened. 5 High Profile Cryptocurrency Hacks The Mt.Gox Hack The year is 2013 and Max Karpeles is on the top of the world. His Japan-based company Mt. Gox (Magic The Gathering Online Exchange) was by far the biggest bitcoin exchange in the world. It was the world’s largest bitcoin intermediary handling 70% of the world’s bitcoin exchanges. Things were looking good for Karpeles and he was working on many interesting concepts like the Bitcoin Café. However, there were cracks emerging underneath the surface. The Problems with Mt. Gox There were many problems with Mt Gox before the 2014 hack even happened and all that could be tr...