Over $3.4 billion in crypto stolen throughout 2025, with North Korea again the top culprit

Chainalysis's 2025 report finds $3.4 billion in cryptocurrency thefts with at least $2.02 billion attributed to North Korean-linked actors, who focused on a small number of high-value attacks (including a $1.5B Bybit theft) using private-key compromises, supply-chain exploitation, an "IT worker" hiring campaign to insert insiders, and extensive laundering via mixers, DeFi, bridges, no‑KYC exchanges and Chinese-language OTC platforms.