2025 Crypto Theft Losses Surpass $4 Billion: Hack Attacks and Scams Strike Simultaneously

SignatureVerifier · 2026-01-13T06:40:10+00:00

In 2025, cryptocurrency asset theft cases occurred frequently, with total losses exceeding $4 billion, a 30% increase year-on-year. Among them, hacking attacks resulted in $2.67 billion in losses, and scams caused a loss of $1.37 billion. Although asset recovery has decreased, indicating increased difficulty in prevention and control, the industry's defense system is being upgraded.

SignatureVerifier

2026-01-13 06:40:10

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【链文】2025年加密资产被盗案件频发，行业蒙受巨大损失。数据显示，去年全年被盗总额超过40亿美元，相比2024年的30亿美元暴增三成多。

盗窃主要来自两个渠道：一是黑客直接攻击，造成约26.7亿美元损失，同比增长近25%；二是诈骗手段，带来13.7亿美元的亏损，增幅更大，达到64%。说明社会工程学攻击越来越猖獗。

稍有安慰的是，追回冻结的资产从2024年的4.9亿美元降至今年的3.3亿美元，这反映出中心化平台的防控和链上溯源难度在加大。整个行业看起来正在和黑灰产对抗中不断升级防御体系。

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WhaleWatcher

· 01-13 13:30

4 billion lost, this number is truly shocking... Fraud increase by 64%, indicating that we really need to be more cautious. The recovery rate is even lower now, centralized platforms can't handle it either, it feels like prevention, control, and tracing are always falling behind. Hackers and scammers are working together; what can individuals do? We can only pray for good luck. This growth rate is even more terrifying than the rise in coin prices, no wonder everyone is so cautious. It seems necessary to upgrade the defense system, but it feels like the speed can't keep up with the black market's creativity.

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LazyDevMiner

· 01-13 07:10

Fraud increased by 64%? That's the real big head, indeed, people's morals are truly declining. --- 4 billion USD... Last year, I lost so much, and I was still hoping to breathe a sigh of relief this year. --- On-chain traceability becoming more difficult? Basically, hackers are getting smarter. --- Recovery rate is still declining. Looking at this data is really painful; it feels like it's becoming harder to defend. --- Social engineering is the most ruthless. Even if technical defenses are good, you still have to guard against human nature. --- 2.67 billion in hacking attacks, 1.37 billion in scams. I just want to know where all these coins ended up. --- Oh my God, this growth rate... Is there still a way to stay in this industry? --- Risk control needs to be strengthened again. The platforms are probably having a tough time too. --- The proportion of scams is increasing, indicating that hacking is too difficult; switching to deception is the way. --- Once this data comes out, my small coins will probably shrink again.

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BlockchainGriller

· 01-13 06:53

40 billion? Oh my god, this number is really outrageous. It feels like we're all working for hackers. The 64% increase in scams is even more absurd. To put it simply, it's still a human problem. No matter how much technical protection there is, it can't stop someone from being brainless. The recovery rate is still declining, which means... centralized exchanges can't hold up either. So many have been washed out in just one year. How many project teams need to go bankrupt and compensate users? Honestly, using non-custodial wallets to manage private keys is really the only way out, but transfer fees are expensive and slow. How do we solve this contradiction? Black and gray industry defenses... uh, actually, it's just an ongoing arms race, never-ending.

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NoStopLossNut

· 01-13 06:44

The scam rate has surged by 64%... indicating that scammers are now more rampant than hackers, and this is the most terrifying part.

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