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

A smart contract is a self-executing computer program with the terms of the agreement written directly into lines of code. It is stored and replicated on a blockchain network. Smart contracts enable ...

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 ...

OpenAI and Paradigm unveil EVMbench, a benchmark testing AI agents on smart contract security across 120 high-severity vulnerabilities.

Aashika’s near two decades stint in business and finance journalism has led her to report, write, edit and lead teams covering public investing, private investing and personal investing both in India ...

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 ...

Ethereum is unique among cryptocurrencies in that it is as much a commodity to be converted from ETH to USD as it is a global software platform that operates on blockchain technology. The ecosystem ...

OpenAI and Paradigm have released EVMbench—a framework for evaluating AI agents' ability to find vulnerabilities in Ethereum smart contracts.

One of the Trump administration’s very first executive orders (No. 14178), issued January 23, 2025, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology,” was aimed at promoting ...

A smart contract hosted on a blockchain autonomously executes once all the specified terms or conditions in a contract or agreement are satisfied, negating the need for intervention by an intermediary ...

Ripple (XRP) launched smart contracts on AlphaNet in November 2025 to enable native DeFi applications on XRPL. XRP has struggled to convert payment infrastructure growth into sustained token demand ...