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A North Korea–nexus threat actor is enhancing its social engineering playbook. The group is integrating AI-enabled lures into crypto-focused hacks, according to a new report from Google’s Mandiant team.
AI-generated deepfake videos portraying former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and Yi He have flooded Crypto Twitter. This has sparked debate over how far artificial intelligence has advanced in replicating real crypto figures.
A growing share of information driving crypto markets comes not from journalists, but from paid press releases. A Chainstory analysis of 2,893 crypto press releases published between June and November 2025 shows that these distribution networks operate as a parallel news market, capable of shaping sentiment and temporarily moving prices, even before verification occurs.
Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open-source AI assistant ClawdBot, has publicly rejected any association with crypto. This is after scammers hijacked his online identity to promote fake token projects.
A major crypto scandal has emerged in the US, implicating John Daghita, known online as “Lick,” in the alleged theft of over $40 million from government seizure addresses. The incident is tied to Daghita’s father, who heads CMDSS, a Virginia-based IT firm awarded a 2024 contract to assist the US Marshals Service (USMS) with managing The post $40 Million Crypto Heist Allegedly Linked to US Government Contractor’s Son appeared first on BeInCrypto.
A worrying pattern has formed in the crypto sector. Reports say that about four in five projects hit by major hacks do not fully recover. Money is lost, yes. But the deeper damage is often to trust — and that can be fatal.
According to Chainalysis’s estimates, crypto-related scams and fraudulent activity may have caused over $17 billion in losses in 2025 The blockchain data firm also highlighted a concerning trend, as scammers are increasingly turning to impersonation schemes to deceive unsuspecting users.