We've curated 7 cybersecurity statistics about Crypto to help you understand how cryptocurrency-related threats, like scams and hacks, are evolving in 2025, along with the technologies and practices that are emerging to combat them.
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North Korean cyber threat actors executed the largest recorded cryptocurrency heist valued at approximately $1.5 billion.
In 2025, 40% of job seekers who encountered scams fell for them, with 30% responding to recruiters and 26% applying to fake job postings, according to a survey of 1,254 U.S. adults conducted by PasswordManager.com.
In October 2025, 60% of 1,254 U.S. adults seeking employment reported encountering at least one fake job post or recruiter during their job search, according to a survey conducted by PasswordManager.com.
In 2025, 52% of job seekers found the job search process more stressful due to hiring scams, according to a survey of 1,254 U.S. adults conducted by PasswordManager.com.
In 2025, 56% of job seekers reported being less trusting of job opportunities due to hiring scams, according to a survey of 1,254 U.S. adults conducted by PasswordManager.com.
Among job seekers who engaged with scams in 2025, nearly 50% suffered consequences, including personal information theft or financial loss, based on a survey of 1,254 U.S. adults conducted by PasswordManager.com.
In 2025, 38% of job seekers reported that scams have slowed down their job search, according to a survey of 1,254 U.S. adults conducted by PasswordManager.com.
In 2025, 75% of victims of hiring scams reported losing money, with 5% losing more than $10,000 and 25% losing more than $2,000, according to a survey of 1,254 U.S. adults conducted by PasswordManager.com.
49% of consumers worry about cryptocurrency exchange and trading.
The top internal challenges to achieving post-quantum cryptography include gaps in technical expertise to adopt industry standards (37%) and gaps in dedicated quantum computing knowledge and resources (36%).
A total of $40.9 billion was received by illicit crypto addresses in 2024.
Since 2020, annual estimates of illicit crypto activity have increased by an average of 25%.
The true total for illicit crypto activity for 2024 could approach $51 billion.
Only 14% of business executives say they're prepared for post-quantum cryptography.
Nearly half the cryptomining attacks analysed by Akamai researchers targeted nonprofit and educational organizations.
A total of $2,472,777,618 was lost across 344 on-chain security incidents in H1 2025.
Wallet compromise was the most costly attack vector, with $1,706,937,700 stolen across 34 on-chain security incidents in H1 2025.
Phishing was the second most costly, with $410,747,038 stolen across 132 on-chain security incidents in H1 2025.
Phishing currently accounts for the highest number of security on-chain security incidents so far in 2025 (30/06/2025) in H1 2025.
Ethereum experienced the highest number of security incidents, with a total of 70 hacks, scams, and exploits in Q2 2025 in Q2 2025.