Imagine money that's only online – that's cryptocurrency! Bad guys sometimes use it for bad things, like stealing money. This year, they might use even more cryptocurrency than last year!
But things are changing. They're using different kinds of crypto now, not just the most famous one, Bitcoin.
Experts are tracking this. They are finding ways to catch criminals!
- Criminals are using more "stablecoins" – crypto that's always worth about the same amount of regular money.
- Bitcoin is used less by criminals now than before.
- Good guys are using cryptocurrency more, so the bad guys' activity is a smaller part of the total.
| Fact | Number |
|---|---|
| Criminal crypto use in 2023 | $40 billion |
| Expected criminal crypto use in 2024 | Over $51 billion |
| Percentage of crypto activity that's illegal in 2024 | 0.14% |
| Percentage of crypto activity that's illegal in 2023 | 0.61% |
