
KEY POINTS
- Chainalysis found that the number of days scams were running have decreased in recent years
- Scammers are regenerating their operations to avoid getting discovered by authorities
- Pig-butchering has become the most lucrative type of scam in crypto so far this year
The cryptocurrency industry has long been rife with scams and frauds, but in recent years, scammers have been adapting their on- and off-chain tactics to keep the operations going, a new report from leading blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis revealed.