Hackers stole a record $2.7 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025
By ForGeeks
In 2025, the volume of stolen cryptocurrency reached a record — 2.7 billion dollars. This was reported by blockchain monitoring and cryptocurrency crime investigation companies. This is the highest figure ever recorded in the history of such attacks.
As in previous years, cryptocurrency exchanges, DeFi projects and other Web3 services have been the target of dozens of major hacks. The largest incident was the hack of Bybit, a crypto exchange based in Dubai. Attackers stole about $1.4 billion in digital assets in the attack.
This hack was the largest cryptocurrency theft in history and one of the largest financial scams overall. By comparison, the record previously belonged to the 2022 attacks on Ronin Network and Poly Network, where $624 million and $611 million were stolen, respectively.
The record was previously held by the 2022 attacks on Ronin Network and Poly Network, where $624 million and $611 million were stolen.
Chainalysis and TRM Labs estimated the total amount of stolen cryptocurrency in 2025 at $2.7 billion. On top of that, Chainalysis recorded about another $700,000 or so stolen directly from individual cryptocurrency wallets. A similar estimate — 2.7 billion dollars — was also given by De.Fi, which maintains the REKT database that tracks cryptocurrency hacks.
A similar estimate was given by De.Fi, which maintains the REKT database that tracks cryptocurrency hacks.
The other major attacks of 2025 include — the hack of decentralized exchange Cetus with $223 million in damage, an attack on the Balancer protocol on the Ethereum network that resulted in $128 million in losses, and the hack of crypto exchange Phemex, where more than $73 million was stolen.
Experts note that cybercriminal activity in the cryptosphere is not decreasing. By comparison, hackers will steal $2.2 billion in 2024, and in 2023 — about $2 billion. Current data confirms that the threats to the cryptocurrency industry continue to grow.
