Crypto fluctuations jump nine times in Jan

Crypto Hacks rose in January 2025, with total losses of $ 73.9 million in 19 accidents, according to a report issued by IMMUNEFI.

The number represents an increase nine times from December, but a decrease of 44.6 % compared to January 2024, when infiltrators stole $ 133.4 million, According to To the report.

The Singapore -based Exchange Phenex company formed its headquarters, the largest part of the losses, as a violation of $ 69.1 million. During the breach, PhenEx suffer Nearly $ 70 million of hot wallet with infiltrators who make fun of money via Ethereum (Eth), Solana (Teller), XRP (Xrp) And Bitkeen (BTC).

Analysts linked the attack north koreaNoting that the stolen stablecoins was quickly converted into Ethereum to evade the blacklist.

CEFI opposite Defi

Central financing platforms were the main targets of breakthroughs in January, as they constitute 93.5 % of the total losses, while decentralized financing protocols witnessed 18 attacks, but only 6.5 % of stolen money.

This important gap between the central and decentralized financing was largely due to the PHEMEX attack. Fraud did not contribute to any reported losses, while penetrating the only cause of theft in January.

The BNB series was the most targeted Blockchain series in January 2025, representing 50 % of the total losses across the targeted networks with 10 individual attacks. Ethereum follows six incidents, which make up 25 % of the losses.

Each of the expression and al -Qaeda suffered two attacks, while optimism witnessed one breach.