Crypto Lost Over $2.1B to Hacks in First Half of 2025 | COINDESK DAILY

Host Sam Ewen breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as crypto investors lost over $2.1 billion to hacks and exploits in the first half of 2025. Crypto investors lost over $2.1 billion to hacks and exploits in the first half of 2025, according to a report from TRM Labs. Researchers say North Korean-linked groups are responsible for $1.6 billion of those. Plus, why bitcoin miner revenues are sliding. CoinDesk’s Jennifer Sanasie hosts “CoinDesk Daily.” - Is the Layer-1 landscape saturated? Bahamut Blockchain offers a fresh perspective, aligning validator economics with real usage. Discover Bahamut's new approach to validator rewards in our CoinDesk Research's latest report. In it we explore their novel Proof of Staking and Activity (PoSA) consensus mechanism and activity-weighted validator scoring system. Go to CoinDesk.com/Research to read more about the Bahamut Blockchain. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.