Crypto the USD $ 2 billion exceeds 2025, chainysis alert

To follow this trend, Chainysis He warns that 2025 could close with more than USD $ 4,000 million in robberies.

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• Hack of USD $ 1.5 billion to Bybit It represents the greatest robbery of cryptocurrencies in history.
• Attacks to individual users doubled in two years.
• Thieves spend 14.5 times more on rates to evade tracking.
• Chainalisys It warns increase in criminal activity, but also reinforces the usefulness of on-chain investigation.

In a report published on Thursday, the analysis firm Blockchain Chainysis revealed that Cryptocurrency thefts reached a total of USD $ 2,170 million during the first semester of 2025. This figure exceeds everything stolen in 2024 and puts the industry on the way to close the year with losses close to USD $ 4,000 million, if the trend is maintained.

The increase is largely attributed to the hacking suffered by the Exchange Bybit In March, which resulted in the loss of USD $ 1.5 billion. American authorities and analysts on-chain have linked the incident to state actors from North Korea. This attack represents almost 70% of the losses associated with services and constitutes the greatest robbery recorded in the history of cryptocurrencies, surpassing the bridge exploit Ronin In 2022.

Direct attacks to users increase

Beyond the big hackeos to centralized platforms, Chainysis warns about a more worrying trend: the growing number of attacks on individual users. According to the report, these already represent 23% of all stolen funds, twice as registered two years ago.

Criminals are using increasingly sophisticated social engineering techniques. This includes the use of false videos generated with artificial intelligence (Deepfakes), single click malware and other tools designed to compromise personal digital portfolios. Once the assets have been stolen, the funds are transferred to addresses that, to date, store approximately USD $ 8.5 billion in cryptocurrencies not recovered.

Crime also moves to the physical world

The threat is not limited to the digital field. The report also highlights an increase in calls “Wrench Attacks”, situations in which physical violence or kidnappings are used to force victims to deliver their private keys. These attacks are on their way to double the previous annual record.

Geographically, the United States, Germany and Russia lead the list of countries with more victims, while Eastern Europe and the Middle East show the greatest growth in cases of wallet theft.

Washing increasingly expensive

Criminals are also spending more than ever to move stolen funds. Chainysis Calculate that, so far from 2025, hackers have paid average rates 14.5 times higher than the standard transaction cost in the network. This represents a strong increase against the multiple of 2.6 recorded in 2021.

This increase is due to the urgency to avoid tracking tools Blockchain. To do this, the attackers are using mixers, privacy networks and Cross-Chain bridges that allow them to disseminate the funds before they can be tracked or frozen.

A turning point for crypto safety

Chainysis He considers that 2025 could mark a turning point in the fight against crypto crime. Although the transparency of Blockchain It allows to track robbed funds in real time, the scale and sophistication of the attacks is advancing even faster.

The immediate future will depend, according to the firm, on the speed with which exchange platforms, wallet suppliers and users adopt more robust protection measures. These include multifactor authentication and advanced threat detection systems.

If the projections were fulfilled, the year would close with unprecedented losses that could weaken the confidence in the security of digital assets. However, it could also be the catalyst that drives urgent structural improvements in the crypto industry.

Article written by a content editor. Edited by Angel Di Matteo / Diariobitcoin

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