Postmortems can’t stop AI-powered crypto fraud
AI systems drive crypto fraud while the industry relies on outdated postmortems. Real-time transaction defense must become infrastructure.
Opinion by: Danor Cohen, co-founder and chief technology officer of Kerberus
In 2025, crypto risk is a torrent. AI is turbocharging scams. Deepfake pitches, voice clones, synthetic support agents — all of these are no longer fringe tools but frontline weapons. Last year, crypto scams likely hit a record high. Crypto fraud revenues reached at least $9.9 billion, partly driven by generative AI-enabled methods.
Meanwhile, in 2025, more than $2.17 billion has been stolen — and that’s just in the first half of the year. Personal-wallet compromises now account for nearly 23% of stolen-fund cases.
