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PaiShield: Cryptocurrency Losses Due to Theft Exceed $4.04 Billion in 2025, Reaching Historic High
Summary: According to PaiShield monitoring, cryptocurrency theft cases reached a historic high in 2025, driven mainly by systemic vulnerabilities in centralized infrastructure and a strategic shift towards targeted social engineering attacks. The total losses in 2025 exceeded $4.04 billion, an increase of about 34.2% from the $3.01 billion stolen in 2024. This includes $2.67 billion in ...
According to PaiShield monitoring, cryptocurrency theft cases reached a historic high in 2025, driven mainly by systemic vulnerabilities in centralized infrastructure and a strategic shift towards targeted social engineering attacks.
The total losses in 2025 exceeded $4.04 billion, an increase of about 34.2% from the $3.01 billion stolen in 2024. This includes $2.67 billion in losses from cryptocurrency hacker attacks (a year-on-year increase of about 24.2%) and $1.37 billion in fraud losses (a year-on-year increase of about 64.2%). Approximately $334.9 million of stolen cryptocurrency has been recovered or frozen, compared to $488.5 million in 2024.
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