Chainalysis: North Korean hackers stole a record $2 billion in cryptocurrency in 2025.

PANews reported on December 18th that, according to CoinDesk, Chainalysis stated that North Korean hackers stole approximately $2 billion in crypto assets in 2025, a 51% increase from 2024, bringing the total to approximately $6.75 billion. The attacks primarily targeted centralized services with small but substantial amounts, including Bybit which suffered approximately $1.4 billion in losses. DPRK was involved in 76% of server-side attacks this year. Money laundering involved small-scale splitting and early conversions via bridging and mixing, often through Chinese margin trading services and OTC transactions, with a typical redemption cycle of about 45 days. The amount stolen from individual wallets decreased to approximately $713 million, representing a drop from 44% to 20%, but the number of incidents increased to 158,000.