Ransomware Payments Topped $800 Million in 2025: Chainalysis
Although hackers made less money overall last year, victims who paid faced far higher bills than a year earlier.
Ransomware crypto payments stalled for a second year in 2025, even as attacks hit record levels and ransom demands jumped. Data from Chainalysis shows that total on-chain payments fell about 8% from a year earlier to roughly $820 million, while claimed attacks rose by about 50%. The biggest shift was in how much victims paid when they did give in. The median ransom payment surged 368% year-over-year to nearly $60,000 from about $12,700 in 2024. To this as well as other DeFi and Web3 news, visit us at thedefiant.io
