Cryptocurrency holders lost an estimated $17 billion to scams in 2025, driven by a huge rise in impersonation scams and AI-enhanced attacks. Chainalysis reports that scam inflows on-chain reached at least $14 billion, with AI-enabled scams stealing 4.5 times more per incident than traditional frauds. Law enforcement actions also saw record crypto seizures linked to organized crime amid increasingly professional scam infrastructure.

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