“On average, cryptocurrency victims report the incident 43.83 hours after the attack. After 46.74 hours, stolen assets already begin to move on the exchange or mixers, according to the Global Ledger report. From the moment of breaking to the first transaction takes about 67.57 hours. Public confirmation is delayed for the longest – an average of 78.55 hours. This means that assets often […]”, – WRITE: Businessua.com.ua
On average, cryptocurrency victims report the incident 43.83 hours after the attack. Another 46.74 hours stolen assets are already starting to move on the stock exchange or To mixers, according to the Global Ledger report.
From the moment of breaking to the first transaction takes about 67.57 hours. Public confirmation is delayed for the longest – an average of 78.55 hours. This means that assets are often deduced before the attack is learned by the community.
Data: Global Ledger
The speed of movement depends on the type of platform:
- NFT-projections: ~ 23.5 days – due to low liquidity and complex infrastructure;
- Centralized exchanges (CEX): ~ 425 hours – complex multi -level schemes are used;
- Defi protocols: ~ 230 hours – often serve as an intermediate stage;
- Game Platforms: ~ 25 hours – simple architecture and small amounts;
- Payment Services: ~ 36 minutes – instant swaps or direct output.
Data: Global Ledger
Where do the stolen assets disappear 46% of the stolen funds remain fixed – it opens the potential for their tracking. Another 42% pass through cross-bridges. The smaller particles fall on the exchange, Defi or mixers. Only less than 1% of assets can freeze quickly.
Data: Global Ledger
Tornado Cash It remains the most popular laundering tool – it has been used in 53% of cases. Next are Railgun (20%) and Wasabi Wallet (10%). The rest of the mixers – Chainflip, Coinjoin, Cryptomixer – have a common share of less than 7%.
Data: Global Ledger
The results of the quarter In quarter of 2025, the industry lost $ 1.93 billion due to 43 attacks. Global Ledger called it one of the worst quarters in the history of observations.
Data: Global Ledger
76% of losses (over $ 1.44 billion) are associated with hacker groups probably affiliated with the DPRK. The remaining $ 450 million is at the conscience of other malefactors.
The main vector of attacks are vulnerability in smart contracts – 62.79% of cases (27 incidents). The largest losses were centralized exchanges, which accounted for 79.56% of stolen funds (~ $ 1.54 billion).
Data: Global Ledger
Experts note the active use of cross-technologies by hackers and private protocols, which requires improvement of monitoring and rapid response systems.
Earlier in Global Ledger reported that the total loss of 265 breaks in 2024 and the first two months of 2025 exceeded $ 3.83 billion.
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