Besides using lots of computing power, AI and crypto have had little in common. But our investigation suggests the two are tightly linked by a booming illicit trade https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/09/29/the-ai-boom-meets-a-new-kind-of-crypto-scam?taid=6ac736197a4b4a000148c88f&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter