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title: "Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams"
date: 2026-05-18
source: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a0b26142ad64a4abc050a36b2948b07&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.coindesk.com%2ftech%2f2026%2f05%2f18%2fcrypto-security-is-turning-into-an-ai-arms-race-as-agents-may-overwhelm-compliance-teams&c=6272300416744778048&mkt=en-us
description: "AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned."
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# Crypto security is turning into an AI arms race as agents may overwhelm compliance teams

AI agents and automated payments could reach a scale that crypto monitoring systems built for human-paced markets cannot handle, Elliptic CEO Simone Maini warned.

*Published: 2026-05-18*