Reported losses from deepfake scams in 2026 have already exceeded last year’s total by 263%, according to TRM Labs, which classifies scams as the only crypto-crime category where AI has reached a « Mature » adoption level. Reports involving scammer-side use of AI have risen roughly 13-fold since 2022, while the broader series covering all scam reports mentioning AI grew 25-fold over the same period. Chainalysis found that inflows to impersonation scams rose more than 1,400% year over year, with operations linked to AI service providers generating 4.5 times more revenue on average. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report recorded 22,364 complaints with an AI-related descriptor and $893.35 million in associated losses, while crypto-related complaints reached $11.37 billion in losses. The growing problem shows that attackers increasingly manipulate authorized users rather than break blockchain code, shifting the critical security decision to the moment before transaction authorization.
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