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BREAKING: OpenAI just teamed up with one of crypto's biggest investors to let AI hunt for smart contract bugs

AI and crypto just got a lot closer…

OpenAI and Paradigm have launched EVMbench - a new tool designed to test whether AI agents can find, fix, and even exploit vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts.

Smart contracts power almost everything in DeFi.

Lending protocols, decentralized exchanges, token launches - all built on code that can't be changed once it's live.

That's the whole point. But it also means one bug can drain millions.

And it keeps happening…

Just this month, DeFi protocol Moonwell was exploited through vulnerable code that was actually written with AI assistance. (The irony…)

CrossCurve lost around $3 million in a separate smart contract attack.

So now the question is simple: can AI fix what AI helped break?

EVMbench tests that across three modes:

And the results so far are promising.

OpenAI's GPT-5.3-Codex scored 72.2% in exploit mode. That's up from just 31.9% for GPT-5 six months earlier. Detection and patching still lag behind, but the trajectory is steep.

The benchmark draws on 120 real vulnerabilities from 40 audits, including security work done on Tempo - Stripe's purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain for stablecoin payments.

That's traditional finance infrastructure being stress-tested by AI. A year ago that sentence wouldn't have made sense.

And OpenAI isn't alone here.

Anthropic published a report late last year arguing that AI agents have already progressed enough to identify smart contract flaws - meaning exploit costs are likely to fall.

The question now isn't whether AI will reshape crypto security.

It's how fast. 🚀

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Ric Edelman manages $270 billion in assets. He's one of the most respected financial advisors in the world, advising everyone from retail investors to institutional giants.

And he just laid out the bull case for $500,000 Bitcoin.

Not with hope. With arithmetic.

Here's how he broke it down in his latest interview.

The total value of all the world's assets - stocks, bonds, real estate, gold, cash - adds up to roughly $750 trillion.

The average investor in the world does not yet own Bitcoin.

But that's changing. Governments are buying. Sovereign wealth funds are buying.

Pension funds, endowments, hedge funds, insurance companies, banks, brokerages - they're all starting to move in.

Edelman's thesis is simple. If everyone who holds a diversified portfolio ends up allocating just 1% to Bitcoin, that's $7.5 trillion in inflows.

Add that to Bitcoin's current market cap, and you land at roughly $500,000 per coin.

That's it. That's the math.

Now, Edelman was clear: this will not be a straight line. The road from here to there will be bumpy. The past couple of months have already proven that.

But the direction? He's not questioning it.

And neither is the institutional money that's quietly building positions while everyone else panics over short-term drawdowns.

1% from everyone changes everything. 🚀

Time for check in on Ethereum’s supply side dynamics.

To do that we’ll be focusing on the amount of Ethereum currently being staked.

Quick Note: Ethereum staking involves locking up ETH to support the blockchain’s security. In return, users earn rewards for staking.

If you’d like to learn more about staking, check out this article.

37.23 million ETH is now locked in staking. That's up 1.24 million ETH since the start of 2026.

30.85% of the entire supply - locked. Earning yield. Not returning to exchanges.

Meanwhile, exchange balances keep draining. Long-term holders stay put.

The circulating supply has never been this tight.

What happens when demand finally collides with that kind of scarcity?

ETH doesn't drift. It rips. 🚀

Why Bitcoin Open Interest Has Seen Its Largest Decline in Almost 3 Years. Bitcoin open interest has plunged 55% from its October 2025 peak, marking the steepest decline since April 2023 as traders unwind leverage.

ECB To Launch Payment Provider Selection For Digital Euro. The ECB will start selecting PSPs this quarter for its digital euro pilot, giving providers early experience and supporting local payment networks.

Goldman Sachs' David Solomon says he owns 'very little' bitcoin. “I’m an observer of bitcoin,” Solomon said at the World Liberty Forum on Wednesday, saying he's still trying to understand how it moves.

OpenAI and Paradigm partner on AI agent tool for smart contract security. DeFi lending protocol Moonwell and CrossCurve have both recently suffered exploits connected to smart contracts.

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