Chainalysis: Cryptocurrency criminal transactions could reach $51 billion by 2024
On January 16th, blockchain data analytics company Chainalysis released the "Cryptocurrency Crime Report 2025". The report shows that the total amount of funds flowing into illegal addresses in 2024 amounts to 40.90 billion dollars, which is expected to increase to 51 billion dollars depending on other crimes that may be discovered in the future. It is worth noting that illegal activities only account for 0.14% of the total amount of all on-chain transactions. The report also states that stablecoins currently account for 63% of all illegal transactions, which is related to a 77% year-on-year increase in stablecoins' activity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.