AI deepfakes make trust crypto’s scarcest asset. Proof-of-humanity can become the currency powering finance, governance and markets in the imitation economy. Opinion by: Kirill Avery, founder and CEO of Alien AI-generated voices are already being used in ransom scams. Synthetic agents now trade, vote and interact on blockchain networks. In this environment, the greatest threat to crypto is no longer scalability or regulation; it is the collapse of trust. As deepfakes, bots and synthetic agents saturate every corner of the internet and as scams increased by 1,400% in 2025, authenticity is becoming a scarce resource. Read more