In the latest report on internet crime, the FBI shows that the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) recorded losses of $11,366 billion in cryptocurrency fraud during 2025, an increase of 22% from the previous year.

The annual report also showed 181,565 cryptocurrency-related complaints, which is an increase of 21% compared to the previous year. The average loss was $62,604, and 18,589 people lost more than $100,000.

A group lost $4.4 billion in cryptocurrency fraud during 2025

Individuals aged 60 and older were the most affected. They filed 44,555 crypto-related reports and lost 4.43 billion USD, which is nearly 39% of all reported crypto losses. This amount was almost double the approximately 2.8 billion USD from the previous year.

This group also lost more than double that of the next age group. Americans aged 50 to 59 reported crypto losses of 2.139 billion USD.

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Crypto investment fraud dominated, accounting for 7.228 billion USD in losses through 61,559 reports. This corresponds to a 48% increase in reports and a damage that increased by 25% compared to 2024.

Fraud at crypto ATMs and kiosks also increased, with 13,460 reports of losses totaling 389 million USD, a rise of 58% from the previous year. Recovery fraud caused an additional 1.4 billion USD in losses.

California accounted for the most with crypto losses of 2.099 billion USD, followed by Texas with 1.016 billion USD and Florida with 914.5 million USD.

The FBI's results show that although law enforcement has increased, crypto fraud is evolving faster than measures against it.