Crypto is facing ‘crime season’ as sell-off could continue: pro

Crypto is in the middle of what Mintology CEO Zach Burks calls “the criminal services season” because hacks and illicit activities make investor confidence.

So far, in 2025, more than $ 2.2 billion in crypto have been stolen, including a robbery of $ 1.5 billion per Lazare group in North Korea. In a note at Crypto.News, Burks warned that the increase in crime damages the markets and pose a risk of national security.

“The increase in the perception of crime in the crypto has caused a crushing of the parts market even 56% since December,” said Burks. “At the same time, Bitcoin went from $ 106,000 to $ 83,000, and we were able to see it fall to $ 72,000 in the coming weeks.”

He advises investors, in particular those who hold coins, to prepare for continuous volatility over the next six weeks.

The regulations will not solve the problem of crypto crime

Burks maintains that traditional regulation organizations such as SECOND And the FCA is poorly equipped to manage cryptographic crime.

The agencies “are ineffective in the recovery of cryptography funds and seek only to create more bureaucracy, moving away the crypto from what it was created to achieve.” He wrote.

Instead, he thinks that industry needs a decentralized and community -based approach. We must build a network of Tactics led by the community like Zach XBTWho can attack the illicit transactions carried out by mass operations to bring confidence to the crypto and prevent the capital from being lost forever, “said Burks.

Burks maintains that the problem goes beyond the safeguarding of individual investors – it is a question of national security. Based on politicians and bureaucracy will not solve the problem. According to Burks, what is necessary are the cryptographic pragmatists ready to plead for a fair playground.