Crypto crime topped $150 billion in 2025 as state-backed actors scaled onchain

Reported by Brian Danga (Excerpt shared below. To read full report, go to: https://www.theblock.co/post/384753/crypto-crime-150-billion-usd-2025-state-actors-scale-onchain-chainalysis) The professionalization of the illicit onchain ecosystem reached a new quantitative peak in 2025 as sovereign states integrated with established criminal supply chains to bypass global financial restrictions. According to a new Chainalysis report shared with The Block on Jan. 8, […]