Americans filed 181,565 cryptocurrency-related complaints in 2025 and reported more than $11.366 billion in losses, with crypto making up over half of the FBI IC3’s $20.877 billion in total internet-crime losses. A fast-growing slice is crypto kiosks, which generated $389 million across 13,460 complaints, and victims 60 and older accounted for $257.4 million of that total.
Key Takeaways
FBI logged 181,565 crypto complaints and $11.366B in 2025 losses, topping 50% of IC3 fraud.FBI said kiosk scams hit $389M in 2025, pushing Spokane and DC toward tougher oversight.Operation Level Up prevented $225.9M in 2025 as Bitcoin ATM scrutiny keeps expanding.The FBI is also leaning into outreach. Operation Level Up notified 3,780 potential victims in 2025 and is credited with preventing an estimated $225.9 million in losses that year, part of more than $500 million prevented since the program launched in 2024.
