1、Risks,trends,and using behavioraldetection to stop fraudsters The state ofcryptoscams 2025The State of Crypto Scams 20252Executive summaryScams have rapidly emerged as one of the leading and most lucrative forms of crime globally,both within and beyond the cryptoasset ecosystem.This has implications

2、 for the continued worldwide adoption of blockchain technologies,the maintenance of trust in our rapidly maturing industry and anti-money laundering/consumer protection obligations for virtual asset compliance professionals.Recent crypto scam data and findings by Elliptic note that:In major economie

3、s that release granular statistics,between 20-56%of all fraud losses originate in crypto.This figure is highest in the United States,where$9.3 billion of$16.6 billion in 2024 fraud losses were crypto-based according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation The last year saw a rise in sextortion,pig bu

4、tchering,memecoin-based rug-pulls and deepfake incentive scams.Artificial intelligence(AI)tools,including chatbots,deepfake software and fake ID generators,are enabling the automation and scaling up of many of these scam types Some scams can pose significant secondary risks for virtual asset service

5、s.Phishing,for example,is a known tactic used by North Korean cyberhackers to gain access into internal systems and facilitate hacks of crypto exchanges.Donation scams may be used as a front by terrorist or sanctioned entities.The facilitation of fraud has become a leading source of revenue for illi

6、cit online marketplaces.Elliptic has publicly exposed two marketplace networks called Haowang Guarantee and Xinbi Guarantee,which sold fraud-related goods and services to organized scam rings.Together,these markets processed over$30 billion worth of purchases,far exceeding the volumes of traditional