Escalating AI-assisted cyber threats are widening the security gap between what individual users can manage and what attackers can exploit, making self-custody riskier.

"Industry reporting cited by Cointelegraph points to increasing AI-assisted attack capabilities, where adversaries can identify and exploit vulnerabilities faster than defenders can patch them. If the threat landscape is accelerating, the gap between what users can comfortably manage and what attackers can probe may widen."

"Bitcoin swap service Boltz suspended its non-custodial bridge after citing a steady rise in AI-assisted exploits. The service said attackers were using artificial intelligence to identify and exploit vulnerabilities faster than its team could patch them."