AI agents to help investigators unearth crypto criminals, according to new TRM program
TRM Labs has added an AI agent to the services the blockchain analytics firm offers law enforcement agencies.
By Jesse Hamilton|Edited by Nikhilesh De Mar 25, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
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What to know:
- TRM Labs is offering a new AI agent to simplify investigators' ability to pursue illicit crypto transactions.
- The agents will work with plain-language prompts to perform complex operations, the analytics firm said.
Artificial intelligence agents will be deployed starting Wednesday by law enforcement agencies using analytical tools provided by TRM Labs, which added the new agents that are meant to allow investigators to use regular language to frame their searches.
The new investigative assistant is embedded in the TRM Forensics service that's extended to law enforcement agencies, crypto businesses and financial firms, and it "translates natural language prompts into complex investigative actions," TRM said in a press release. A user can request information about the flow of funds without needing highly technical inputs, speeding up the time-dependent process of chasing bad actors.
Last year, illicit crypto volume hit $158 billion, according to the analysis firm.
"What we’re seeing every day is that the caseload is growing faster than the workforce, and investigators are being asked to operate across dozens of blockchains, jurisdictions, and typologies simultaneously," said Ari Redbord, head of legal and government affairs for TRM.
An AI tool on investigators' side, he said, could help overcome "a sharp acceleration in AI-enabled fraud and scams," which TRM data puts at a 500% increase "as criminal actors use automation, deepfakes and AI-driven tools to scale operations with speed and precision that simply didn’t exist before."
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