Chainalysis: “Frauds increase by 162% each year”. Here’s how to protect yourself

AI assists scammers in committing crypto and other frauds. It has lowered the barrier to obtaining information and, for example, stealing someone’s private keys. However, on the other hand, the same AI can help people protect themselves. This is what Jonathan Levin of Chainalysis explained today on the stage of HumanX.

“The criminals are winning if you think they only need one window to pull off a heist,” explains Levin. “But criminals also have windows.”

Chainalysis is a company that tracks crypto funds and attempts to trace them when an illicit act occurs. For example, it managed to recover $3.4 billion stolen from Silk Road, or more recently, it succeeded in recovering the crypto stolen from the wallet of the rapper Razzlekhan.

In 2025, there were thefts and illicit activities in crypto totaling 150 billion, marking a 162% increase compared to the previous year.

Chainalysis launches an AI agent system

Just a few hours ago, the company announced the launch of new “AI agents” for blockchain intelligence, designed to combat the growing crypto crime increasingly enhanced by artificial intelligence. These agents are not a separate product, but an evolution of the existing platform, built on over 10 million investigations and billions of transactions analyzed.

What Chainalysis AI Agents Do to Combat Fraud

These agents operate like expert analysts but at machine speed, and they can:

– Automate complex analyses and investigations

– Enhance and manage compliance alerts

– Generate real-time reports

– Identify suspicious patterns on blockchain

Key Features of Chainalysis AI Agents

Chainalysis highlights four fundamental principles:

– High data quality

– Contextual reasoning ability

– Verifiable and auditable results

– Final human review