2019 Crypto Crime Totals $4.2 Billion – In First Two Quarters

Cryptocurrency intelligence firm CipherTrace says that in just two quarters cryptocurrency scams, fraud and thefts netted bad guys $4.26 billion.  This compares to $1.7 billion for all of 2018. Crime is up several hundred percent even though exchanges are trying hard to improve security. The attackers are getting more sophisticated, but the users are not.  […]