Crypto x AI, AI x Crypto: A Survey

Computer Science > Cryptography and Security [Submitted on 11 Jun 2026] Crypto x AI, AI x Crypto: A Survey Sarah Allen, Pranay Anchuri, James Austgen, Maryam Bahrani, Samuel Breckenridge, Aaron Buchwald, Christian Cachin, Andrés Fábrega, Jared Fernandez, James Hsin-yu Chiang, Marwa Mouallem, Roi Bar-Zur, Neil DeSilva, Ittay Eyal, Giulia Fanti, Ari Juels, Andrew Miller, Christian Sillaber, Dani Vilardell, Pramod Viswanath, Wenhao Wang, Matt Weinberg, Sen Yang, Jianzhu Yao, Fan Zhang The intersection of crypto x AI is spawning papers, products, online posts, and companies. All the surrounding buzz, though, obscures what exactly has been done, what the opportunities and challenges are, and what open questions deserve attention. This survey paper asks what AI can do for blockchain-based technologies (broadly construed as "crypto") (crypto x AI), and vice versa (AI x crypto). We systematize existing work, summarize key takeaways, highlight open research questions, and offer a perspective on pervasive industry misconceptions, concluding that AI and crypto are still in the very early stages of meaningful integration. Subjects: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) Cite as: arXiv:2606.13892 [cs.CR]   (or arXiv:2606.13892v1 [cs.CR] for this version)   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2606.13892 Focus to learn more Submission history From: Giulia Fanti [view email] [v1] Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:32:19 UTC (4,251 KB) Access Paper: view license Current browse context: cs.CR < prev   |   next > new | recent | 2026-06 Change to browse by: cs cs.AI References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Export BibTeX Citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Demos Related Papers About arXivLabs Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)