In 2024, 0.14 percent of the total cryptocurrency transaction volume was identified as illicit. This figure is based on the transactions involving cryptocurrency addresses known to be controlled by ransomware actors. The highest reported share of illegal transactions between 2017 and 2022 was in 2019, 1.9 percent.
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