Рекордное кража криптовалют: хакеры похитили $2,87 млрд в 2025 году Translation: Record Crypto Theft: Hackers Stole $2.87 Billion in 2025

In 2025, the total value of illicit cryptocurrency transactions soared to a historic $158 billion, marking a staggering annual increase of 145%. This information is detailed in a report by the analytical firm TRM Labs.

Despite the rise in absolute figures, the proportion of «dirty» funds within the overall transaction flow decreased from 1.3% in 2024 to 1.2% in 2025.

Analysts also introduced a new metric assessing risk in relation to available liquidity rather than the total volume of transactions. According to this measure, illicit actors captured 2.7% of the active capital within the crypto ecosystem.

A key driver of this growth was the activity of sanctioned jurisdictions and individuals, with transaction volumes in this sector skyrocketing by over 400%.

Criminals and sanctioned entities predominantly utilized “stablecoins,” particularly USDT, for their operations.

Over the year, fraudsters stole $2.87 billion across nearly 150 incidents. Although the total number of attacks decreased, the average damage increased due to the targeting of larger entities.

The hacking of Bybit exchange in February 2025 netted hackers $1.46 billion, accounting for 51% of all funds stolen that year.

Criminals have shifted their focus from exploiting vulnerabilities in smart contracts to compromising operational infrastructures (such as stealing private keys and accessing servers).

The volume of funds sent to fraudulent addresses reached $35 billion, with financial pyramids and «romantic» schemes leading the charge.

Fraudsters are actively employing artificial intelligence to create deepfakes and automate interactions with victims. The money laundering process has accelerated, as criminals attempt to liquidate assets through cross-chain swaps within 48 hours.

In 2025, there were 93 new variants of ransomware — representing a 94% increase compared to the previous year. This surge in the number of groups occurred amid intensified law enforcement actions against major players like LockBit: the ecosystem became fragmented, and the entry barrier lowered due to the RaaS model.

TRM Labs analysts summarize that cryptocurrencies have moved beyond being a niche tool and are now deeply integrated into the global financial system, attracting both legitimate businesses and criminals.

It is worth noting that from 2020 to 2025, the volume of money laundering through digital assets increased from $10 billion to $82 billion, as noted by Chainalysis.