Crypto crime numbers in the first half of 2025 have already surpassed all of 2024’s stolen funds, and Asia is reportedly at the center of it all. A mid-year report by blockchain analytics firm ...

The first half of 2025 has already set a new benchmark in cryptocurrency-related thefts, with criminals stealing $2.17 billion from crypto services, surpassing the $1.87 billion stolen across all of ...

The cryptocurrency and web3 ecosystem has been marked by challenges and transformative regulatory developments: Chainalysis reports.

Crypto services lost over $2.17 billion in 2025, with personal wallet hacks and physical crime surging, driving security concerns.

While crypto thefts are not new, the use of physical violence is a far more recent trend, said John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas in Austin who tracks financial crimes.

The FBI reports a staggering increase in reports of crimes linked to cryptocurrency fraud across the country resulting in 9.3 ...

While crypto thefts are not new, the use of physical violence is a far more recent trend, said John Griffin, a finance professor at the University of Texas in Austin who tracks financial crimes.

Crypto Crime Spills Over From Behind the Screen to Real-Life Violence HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man says he was tortured for weeks in a New York townhouse. Another in Paris was held for ransom ...

Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence May 28, 2025, 9:06 PM FILE - An advertisement for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is displayed on a building in Hong Kong on Nov ...

Crypto crime spills over from behind the screen to real-life violence An advertisement for the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is displayed on a building in Hong Kong on Nov. 18, 2021. Credit: AP/Kin Cheung ...