#CryptoScamSurge 📈 Overview of cryptocurrency scams in 2025
According to CertiK, investors lost approximately US $2.5 billion in crypto scams and hacks in the first half of 2025, already surpassing the total annual loss of 2024. During that period, 344 significant incidents were recorded, with losses amounting to US $2.47 billion.
The global trend is also reflected in a report from Binance: victims of crypto scams will have an average loss of US $38,000 in 2025—more than double that of 2021.
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🧠 Most common tactics and involved actors
The Elliptic report on scams shows that the following now predominates:
Deepfake scams, AI voice cloning, social media phishing,
“Pig-butchering” (prolonged emotional investment scams),
“Address poisoning” and false charitable donations with cryptocurrencies.
An alarming example was the use of deepfake videos and hijacked YouTube accounts simulating official communications from Ripple, using images of executives to promote alleged fake XRP airdrops. Ripple warned that it never requests XRP transfers. Such scams increased after the token's rally (+42%).
