According to Odaily Planet Daily, a new report released by Chainalysis on Thursday showed that the amount of money stolen by criminals has nearly doubled from US$857 million between January and July 2023 to US$1.6 billion in 2024 so far.

Eric Jardine, head of cybercrime research at Chainalysis, said that if calculated directly from today's situation, the total amount stolen this year would be between $2 billion and $3 billion.