AI Is Rereading Crypto’s Old Code, and Finding What Humans Missed

AI-assisted researchers found a four-year-old Zcash flaw capable of creating counterfeit ZEC, a Coldcard weakness dating to 2021, and attackers manipulated an AI agent into transferring roughly 3 billion DRB. The Coldcard issue preceded more than $100 million in estimated bitcoin thefts, highlighting AI's role in uncovering overlooked vulnerabilities.