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first_img Bitrace: In 2025, high-risk addresses will receive illegal funds totaling 50.21 billion USD

The cryptocurrency risk data analysis company Bitrace released the "2026 Annual Cryptocurrency Crime Report," which shows that in 2025, the illegal funds received by blockchain addresses marked as high risk across the network reached $50.21 billion. Organized crime networks in Southeast Asia were severely impacted, as the United States and the United Kingdom jointly sanctioned the Cambodian Prince Group, seizing or freezing billions of dollars in cryptocurrency assets, and Huibang Group was forced to temporarily halt its Huibang Payment operations.The report states that in 2025, high-risk addresses for online gambling received $14.53 billion, down from $21.78 billion in 2024; it is predicted that platform funds transferred or bet will reach $6.64 billion. High-risk addresses for money laundering received a total of $6.98 billion, with USDT-related money laundering amounting to $5.7 billion on Ethereum and $60.2 billion on Tron. High-risk addresses for black and gray market transactions received $186.9 billion, almost all occurring on the Tron network, with Huibang Payment receiving $52.4 billion in USDT that year.In 2025, the number of addresses frozen reached 4,059, exceeding the total of 3,199 from the past four years, with 3,406 on Tron. Tether froze over $1.1 billion in USDT, and Circle froze over $23 million in USDC. From 2021 to 2025, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Israel, and France collectively imposed sanctions on at least 1,683 blockchain addresses.

first_img The cryptocurrency trading volume in the Middle East and North Africa reached 350 billion USD, doubling compared to 2022

The latest report from the Bitcoin Policy Institute shows that due to the Iran conflict, the annual blockchain transaction volume in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to reach $350 billion in 2025-2026, more than three times the approximately $100 billion in 2022. The report points out that regional conflicts typically accelerate capital outflows, but the Iran conflict presents a different dynamic: an increasing amount of capital is shifting towards digital assets, highlighting the growing role of cryptocurrencies (especially Bitcoin) as a hedge against economic and geopolitical uncertainty.The report states that after the outbreak of the conflict, Bitcoin initially fell in sync with other risk assets, but then investors shifted from higher-risk cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin, raising its market capitalization share to a one-month high of 64.8%. In countries like Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iran, due to currency devaluation, more people are increasingly using Bitcoin and dollar-pegged stablecoins to preserve value. Meanwhile, Gulf countries like the UAE and Bahrain are attracting crypto firms and institutional investors by establishing regulatory frameworks.Chainalysis data also shows that after the US-Israel airstrikes from February 28 to March 2, approximately $10.3 million left Iranian crypto exchanges. The report believes that in countries suffering from sanctions, conflict, or currency instability, cryptocurrencies have become tools for preserving and transferring value outside the traditional financial system, while regulated Gulf markets continue to attract institutional capital.
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