Record Crypto Losses in 2025: 80 %of $ 2.1 billion became steam with infrastructure attacks
According to the TRM Labs report, a total of $ 2.1 billion was lost in 75 attacks in the crypto world in the first half of 2025. Most of these losses were caused by attacks on the infrastructure. The biggest damage was carried out with the Bybit attack of North Korea, while operations against Iran -based Nobitex were on the agenda.
The first half of 2025 was a black turn in crypto security
The new report published by the Blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs revealed the size of cyber attacks in the crypto world in the first half of 2025. According to the report, a total of $ 2.1 billion worth of crypto currency was stolen in this period, and this figure left even 10 %behind the record level in 2022.
🔓 Infrastructure on the target: Seed Phrase and Front-End deficits
80 %of the attacks targeted the technical infrastructure of crypto protocols. The most common of these was the seizure of special switch information of wallets and manipulating user interfaces.
“These attacks target the deficits on the basis of the system and are often strengthened by social engineering.”
- TRM Labs
📟 Protocol -based deficits are also on the rise
Another important finding in the report is that smart contract deficits such as Flash Loan and Re-Entrancy have a 12 %damage. Such attacks are based on withdrawing assets illegally by manipulating the internal logic of the protocols.
💣 Global threat: State -supported attacks at the summit
The biggest emphasis took place with the Bybit attack of North Korea. In February, the attack on the Dubai -based stock exchange suffered a full $ 1.5 billion loss, and the only event made up 70 %of the total losses of the year.
The hacker group called “Gonjeshke Darende ((Predator Sparrow), which is alleged to be linked to Israel, also attacked the Iranian -based Nobitex stock exchange on 18 June and caused a $ 100 million loss.
🧠 Common Struggle is a must: New Security Paradigm
TRM Labs says that complex attacks at this level are no longer used as geopolitical tools, not only “cyber crime , but also as geopolitical tools. On the other hand, it is stated that the sector should create a multidimensional defense line:
Multi -factor authentication
Cold wallet storage
Intelligent Contract Security Controls
Internal threat monitoring systems
Anti -Social Engineering Awareness Programs
“Record losses in the first half of 2025 reveal not only security, but a collective, global and strategic resistance.”
- TRM Labs
