Americans lost a record $9.3B to crypto-related crimes last year, according to a recent Federal Bureau of Investigation report, marking a 66% surge from the year before amid digital assets' accelerating role in financial fraud.

Cybercrime of all stripes cost victims globally more than $16 billion dollars last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a report released on Wednesday.

Scammers stole a record $16.6 billion in 2024, the FBI said on Wednesday. That marked a 33% increase from 2023, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center's annual report. More than a quarter million complaints reported money lost to a scam,