#CryptoScamSurge AI-Powered Scams Rampaging Across the Crypto Space

0-2Chainalysis reports that crypto scam revenue reached around $9.9 billion in 2024, and is projected to rise above $12 billion by year-end. As of early 2025, losses could hit $15 billion, fueled by AI tools enabling deepfake videos, synthetic identities, fake websites, phishing bots, and pump-and-dump schemes  .

Social Engineering & Ponzi Tactics Profiting Big

604-1Bitget, SlowMist, and Elliptic estimate global scam losses at $4.6 billion in 2024, rising sharply in 2025. AI‑powered deepfakes, phishing campaigns, Ponzi-style staking scams, and romance/pig-butchering schemes are chief culprits  .