$BTC The increased usage of stablecoins has also reached crypto crime markets. In 2024, around 5.14% of all stablecoin trading activities could be linked to high-risk addresses. 

In 2025, stablecoin activity grew as a whole, along with the inflow to high-risk addresses. The Bitrace Crypto Crime Report for 2024 showed stablecoin payments to high-risk addresses reached $649B worldwide. In 2024, overall stablecoin volumes expanded to over $450B per month, processing an estimated $14T for the whole year.

Stablecoin usage increased in place of BTC or ETH payments, as a more intuitive tool. This also invited more scammers or hackers to use the dollar-denominated tokens. Based on Bitrace data, up to 5.14% of all crypto trading activity was linked to high-risk addresses.