Robust security is critical in open networks where software controls user funds. Security strategies must evolve as AI’s role in smart contract evaluation grows.

Crypto protocols lost hundreds of millions of dollars to smart contract failures in 2025. Now, the OWASP Smart Contract ...

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

Last November, a user accidentally froze around 514,000 ETH (worth approx. $155 million) in Parity, a popular Ethereum wallet. The culprit was a bug in the wallet’s software, which the user in ...

AI agents are now being tested against real smart contract vulnerabilities after $3.4 billion was lost to crypto hacks in 2025 ...

OpenAI launches its OpenAI Smart Contract Benchmark called EVMbench with Paradigm to test AI agents in crypto audits.

Developers have started deploying AI agents to defend smart contracts after crypto hackers stole more than US$3.4bn from ...

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Etherscan, one of the most commonly used Ethereum blockchain scanning websites, introduced a tool that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help users interpret the source code of smart contracts, ...

Yet, despite such optimism, something unreal happened soon after OpenAI launched EVMbench. An exploit involving Claude Opus 4.6 raised serious concerns about the risks of “vibe-coded” smart contracts.