🚨 Crypto Scam Surge in 2025: What You Need to Know
Crypto scams are exploding in 2025, with losses surpassing $2.17 billion in just the first half of the year. The biggest hit came from the ByBit hack linked to North Korean actors, draining over $1.5 billion. But it’s not just exchanges—wallet-targeted attacks and deepfake AI scams are growing fast.
Scammers now use AI-generated voices and videos to impersonate crypto influencers and CEOs, tricking victims into fake investments. Romance fraud and “pig-butchering” scams are also rising, where scammers build fake relationships before draining wallets.
New “multi-stage” scams trick users into approving wallet access over time, and then steal everything using bots.
Platforms like Xinbi Guarantee have helped launder billions in crypto through Telegram and Tether, with little oversight. Even Pakistan has responded by launching a Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority to combat rising fraud.
🛡 Stay safe: never trust unsolicited DMs, revoke unused token approvals, verify all sources, and avoid “too good to be true” schemes.
Crypto freedom is real—but so are the scams.