Articles from www.chainalysis.com

Articles from www.chainalysis.com

Iranian cryptoasset outflows reached ~$10.3M between February 28 and March 2 amid US and Israeli strikes; in 2025, Iran's crypto ecosystem was worth $7.8B (www.chainalysis.com)
5 days ago Israel Iran

Total on-chain ransomware payments fell 8% YoY to $820M in 2025, despite a record 50% rise in claimed victims; the median payment grew 368% YoY to nearly $60K (www.chainalysis.com)
10 days ago

Crypto transaction volume linked to suspected human trafficking, largely based in Southeast Asia, hit hundreds of millions of dollars in 2025, up 85% YoY (www.chainalysis.com)
24 days ago Asia Southeast Asia

Chinese-language crypto laundering networks processed ~$16.1B in 2025, or $44M per day on average across 1,799+ wallets, representing 20% of laundering activity (www.chainalysis.com)
2026-1-28 China

Crypto scams received $14B+ on-chain in 2025, up from 2024's $12B and potentially rising to $17B+ as more wallets are found; impersonation scams jumped 1,400% (www.chainalysis.com)
2026-1-14

Illicit crypto addresses received a record $154B in 2025, up 162% YoY, driven by sanctions evasion; Russia's A7A5 token transacted $93.3B+ in less than one year (www.chainalysis.com)
2026-1-9 Russia

North Korean hackers stole a record $2.02B in crypto in 2025, a 51% YoY rise that takes its cumulative stolen total to $6.75B; individual wallet hacks hit 158K (www.chainalysis.com)
2025-12-19 Korea

In H1 2025, hackers stole $2.17B+ from crypto services, including the DPRK's record $1.5B Bybit hack, surpassing all of 2024 and up 17% on H1 2022 (www.chainalysis.com)
2025-7-17

In 2024, sanctioned jurisdictions and entities received $15.8B in crypto, or ~39% of all illicit crypto transactions; Tornado Cash inflows jumped 108% from 2023 (www.chainalysis.com)
2025-2-20

In 2024, crypto scams received at least $9.9B on-chain, up 40% YoY and likely a record; scams marketplace Huione Guarantee received $376M+ in crypto in 2024 (www.chainalysis.com)
2025-2-14

In 2024, ransomware attackers received ~$813.55M in payments from victims, down 35% on 2023's record $1.25B, as more victims refused to pay (www.chainalysis.com)
2025-2-6

In 2024, hackers stole $2.2B in crypto across 303 hacks, up from $1.8B across 282 hacks in 2023; in H1 2024, $1.58B had been stolen, but the pace slowed in H2 (www.chainalysis.com)
2024-12-20

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