OpenAI and Paradigm launched EVMbench to evaluate AI programs’ skill to deal with Ethereum sensible contract vulnerabilities. The benchmark makes use of 120 real-world audit points and evaluates detection, restore and exploit capabilities in managed environments. Early outcomes present vital efficiency variations between GPT-5.3-Codex and GPT-5, highlighting speedy mannequin development.Continue Reading

Goldman Sachs CEO, David Solomon, has revealed for the primary time he personally owns Bitcoin, saying he owns “little or no” of the OG cryptocurrency. Solomon’s feedback got here throughout his look on the World Liberty Discussion board 2026, an occasion focussed on the Trump family-owned DeFi undertaking World LibertyContinue Reading

WLFI plans to tokenise mortgage income from a Trump-branded Maldives resort as a part of its broader real-world asset technique. The providing will present accredited traders with mounted yield and publicity to hospitality-linked mortgage earnings inside a regulated framework. The tokens can be privately positioned, topic to switch limits, andContinue Reading

TD Cowen experiences that US states presently maintain a authorized benefit over the CFTC in regulating sports-based prediction markets attributable to historic precedents in playing oversight. Latest courtroom rulings in Nevada and Massachusetts have blocked platforms like Crypto.com and Kalshi, treating their occasion contracts as unlicensed playing moderately than federallyContinue Reading

Bitcoin fell beneath US$66,000 following hawkish Federal Reserve minutes, marking its longest weekly dropping streak for the reason that 2022 bear market. A rising US greenback and potential price hike discussions shifted threat sentiment, inflicting reversals in crypto-related equities like Coinbase and Technique. The Crypto Concern and Greed Index hitContinue Reading

BlackRock seeded its proposed iShares Staked Ethereum Belief ETF with US$100,000 (AU$141,000), advancing plans for a staking-enabled Ethereum fund. The ETF intends to stake 70%–95% of its Ether, concentrating on round 3% annualised yield below early 2026 benchmarks whereas preserving redemption liquidity. An 18% share of gross staking rewards willContinue Reading

Conditional federal approval would permit Bridge to function as a nationwide belief financial institution overseeing stablecoin issuance, custody and reserves. The transfer follows Stripe’s US$1.1 billion (AU$1.55 billion) acquisition and aligns with implementation of the GENIUS Act. Bridge joins a cohort of crypto corporations searching for federal belief standing, althoughContinue Reading

Poland’s President has, for the second time since December, vetoed laws supposed to align Poland with the EU’s MiCA crypto regulatory framework. President Nawrocki refused to signal the invoice that was handed by Polish lawmakers, saying it was “virtually an identical” to the sooner model of the invoice and wasContinue Reading