EVMbench is OpenAI’s attempt to see whether modern AI systems are up to the task of helping prevent smart contract issues.

Codex can exploit vulnerable crypto smart contracts 72% of the time, raising urgent questions about AI-powered cyber offense and defense.

OpenAI has launched a new benchmark that evaluates how well different AI models detect, patch, and even exploit security vulnerabilities found in crypto smart contracts. OpenAI released the “EVMbench: ...

Developers have started deploying AI agents to defend smart contracts after crypto hackers stole more than US$3.4bn from blockchain platforms in 2025. Three maj ...

Technical weaknesses in smart contracts, such as reentrancy and flash loan exploits, have led to substantial financial losses in the crypto space. Targeted security solutions, like SphereX and GoPlus, ...

With that growth, a sharp split has emerged between vaults with robust engineering and controls and vaults that are essentially yield packaging.

While exploitation of security flaws in many smart contracts have become a perennial target of cyberattackers, more security firms are shining a spotlight on scams that use fraudulent or obfuscated ...

Update (25 July, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Shantanu Sontakke, security engineer at web3 security firm Zokyo Smart-contract developers and auditors told ...

Bitcoin still sets the tempo for the crypto assets market. However, it no longer defines the entire orchestra. The last few cycles have quietly trained investors to think in ‘ecosystems’ (and not ...