Cryptocurrency theft has stolen $3,000,000,000 this year SO FAR

[thewayne]

Last year - the entirety of 2021, theft accounted for $2.1B.

My question is whether they can top $4B before 31 December.

The CBS site complains if you have an ad blocker up, FYI.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cryptocurrency-theft-hacker-chainalysis-blockchain-crime/

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/10/15/0137213/3-billion-in-cryptocurrency-stolen-this-year-so-far

Comments

[kathmandu]

Well, *if* the prices keep going up, stealing the same number of 'coins' has a higher dollar value.

I'm guessing thefts are actually carried out in 'per-wallet' or 'per-transaction' counts, but inflation in per-coin value still inflates those.

[thewayne]

I would expect the thefts were calculated at the point-in-time valuation.  But I really don't care. :-)