TRM Labs report indicates that artificial intelligence is reshaping digital financial crime, with illegal cryptocurrency flows expected to reach $158 billion by 2025. AI-driven scam cases have surged by 500%. Autonomous AI agents accelerate money laundering, lower the barriers to evasion, and lead to a compliance crisis. Legal liabilities are difficult to trace, requiring international cooperation to resolve jurisdiction conflicts.

February 13 News, Chainalysis released a new report showing that the amount of cryptocurrency funds flowing into suspected human trafficking networks surged by 85% in 2025, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, mainly concentrated in Southeast Asia. The involved services include scam operations, online casinos, and Chinese money laundering networks that have been active in recent years. The report points out that these cryptocurrency transactions primarily support international escort services, prostitution networks, kidnapping labor intermediaries, and suppliers of child sexual abuse materials, with stablecoins being the most commonly used in escort and prostitution services. Chainalysis emphasizes that although the inflow of funds has increased significantly, the transparency of blockchain provides law enforcement agencies with unprecedented investigative advantages. By analyzing identifiable transaction patterns and wallet clusters, regulators can trace the flow of funds and combat illegal networks.

ATT Global.io announces that ATT will continue its IEO activities with a 10% exchange rate for ETH to reward ecosystem contributors and expand application scenarios. ATT is a Web3.0 application project based on DePin technology, building a new digital advertising ecosystem that covers multiple business areas, with core participants reaching tens of thousands.

According to SecureList, the average selling price of stolen cryptocurrency accounts on the dark web is $105. Prices vary depending on the account age and status, affected by phishing attacks. Data is typically leaked through channels such as email and Telegram, with attackers favoring Telegram due to its difficulty to trace. The report shows that from early 2025 to September, 88.5% of phishing attacks targeted to steal account credentials.

PANews reported on September 23 that Meta Alchemist, the founder of the Web3 incubator and Launchpad platform Seedify, stated on the X platform that one of their SFUND cross-chain bridges recently suffered a hacker attack and is currently under investigation. All related contracts have been audited, and the cross-chain bridge contract has been operating stably for over 3 years. They have contacted Layerzero and will continue to provide updates as the investigation progresses, fully cooperating with law enforcement and cybersecurity teams to trace the hacker. Meta

Odaily News The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture lawsuit against Bitcoin (BTC) worth over $5 million. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro announced that these funds are allegedly ill-gotten gains from multiple SIM card swapping attacks against victims across the United States. The indictment states that these funds trace back to the theft of crypto assets from the wallets of five victims and unauthorized transfers of crypto assets, which occurred between October 29, 2022, and March 21, 2023.

PANews reported on August 28 that Binance disclosed that in June 2024, after a multi-stakeholder investigation supported by Binance, Chainalysis, and other industry partners, law enforcement agencies in the Asia-Pacific region froze nearly $50 million in illegal funds. In the case that year, the Chainalysis investigation team used Blockchain analysis techniques to trace funds related to another active scam network in Southeast Asia. They tracked transactions of dozens of victims from November 2022 to July 2023, identifying a series of integrated wallets controlled by the scammers. The criminals concentrated funds into a main wallet, distributing them through intermediate addresses to five final wallets, which collectively held nearly $47 million USDT. To prolong the scam, the scammers would also return a small amount of funds. After receiving intelligence, the Asia-Pacific law enforcement agencies instructed stablecoin issuers to freeze the funds in June, and investigators acted quickly to prevent the illegal proceeds from being cashed out.

BlockBeats news, on August 27, according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a certain Whale Address just transferred 500 BTC to Binance, worth 55.37 million USD. The Wallet initially received 5000 BTC 4 years ago (then worth 282 million USD), and these assets trace back to an Address from 12 years ago — when the price of Bitcoin was only 322 USD. The Whale Address still holds 3,500 BTC, worth 387 million USD.

ODIN•FUN co-founder Bob Bodily stated that a security audit is underway and they are collaborating with multiple auditing firms. The team has joined forces with law enforcement to trace the stolen funds and address the issue of token price manipulation, reaffirming their commitment to the safety of user funds.

British lawmakers have called for a ban on the use of cryptocurrencies for political donations, fearing that it would be difficult to trace and trigger foreign interference. Officials have said legislation needs to be updated to ensure transparency in political financing, and anti-corruption agencies have warned of increased crime risks. Other countries have also imposed bans on crypto donations.