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Artificial intelligence (AI) tools now exploit smart contracts roughly twice as effectively as they detect vulnerabilities, according to Binance Research. AI has become a central talking point in the conversation around crypto hacks. Many analysts are increasingly suspecting that attackers are leveraging these tools to pull off DeFi exploits. Why the AI Offense-Defense Gap Is Widening In a recent report, Binance Research noted that GPT-5.3-Codex hits a 72.2% success rate in “exploit” mode on the EVMbench. Meanwhile, its success rate in “detect” mode is roughly half that. “Whether we welcome it or not, AI is currently 2x better at exploitation…

The number that’s been circulating across crypto media — $831 billion — is not a stablecoin market cap. It is not total supply. It is the amount of stablecoins that were actually transferred on-chain over the past 30 days. That distinction matters enormously, because the story it tells is almost the opposite of what a declining figure usually implies.According to data from RWA.xyz as of April 28, 30-day stablecoin transfer volume dropped 19.18% to $8.31 trillion — meaning $831 billion was the rounded figure being widely cited, while the full measure is $8.31 trillion in circulation activity. Think of transfer…

Bitcoin reclaims $76,000 despite U.S. spot ETFs posting a third consecutive day of outflows.Crypto markets staged a modest intraday recovery on Thursday as traders digested a Big Tech earnings night that delivered roughly $650 billion in combined 2026 AI capex commitments and the most contested FOMC vote since 1992. Bitcoin is changing hands at $76,420, up 1.2% on the day but still down 1.8% on the week, according to CoinGecko. Ether sits at $2,263, up 1.3% over 24 hours and off 2% on the week. Total crypto market capitalization is back above $2.63 trillion, up 1.1% on the day.Among the…

In brief Elon Musk said xAI partly used OpenAI models to train Grok, according to a TechCrunch report. The method, known as distillation, allows companies to replicate model behavior at lower cost. The disclosure came during Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI over its shift to a for-profit model. Elon Musk said his artificial intelligence company xAI partly used OpenAI models while training its Grok chatbot, according to a report by TechCrunch.The admission is a rare public acknowledgment by a major AI developer of a practice under growing scrutiny. It comes as Musk’s case against OpenAI moves forward in federal court, where…

Strike CEO Jack Mallers announced a series of product updates and strategic moves Wednesday, including the launch of lending proof-of-reserves, a new “volatility-proof” bitcoin-backed loan structure built with Tether, and a $2.1 billion credit facility.  He also said he supports a proposal by Tether Investments to merge Strike with Twenty-One Capital and bitcoin miner Elektron Energy. Mallers said Strike’s bitcoin-backed loan and line-of-credit business has grown since launch, with users drawn to the ability to borrow against bitcoin rather than sell it.  He described bitcoin as a savings account for many customers and said Strike cut its rate tiers across…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain data shows the Bitcoin spot volume has observed a notable decline, something that could make the market more sensitive to flow shifts. Bitcoin Spot Volume Has Gone Through A Decline Recently As highlighted by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode in an X post, the Bitcoin Spot Volume has declined to multi-year lows. The “Spot Volume” here refers to an indicator that measures, as its name suggests, the total amount of the cryptocurrency (in USD) that’s becoming involved in trading activity on the various centralized spot exchanges. When…

In brief Mistral Medium 3.5 is a 128 billion parameter dense model priced at $1.50 input / $7.50 output per million tokens, far above comparable Chinese alternatives. Chinese open-source models—Qwen, GLM, MiMo-V2—dominate the leaderboard top, leaving Mistral as a lonely Western holdout. Mistral is positioning the release as a building block toward a future large flagship model. Mistral AI dropped Mistral Medium 3.5 on April 29. The Paris-based lab announced a dense 128-billion-parameter model, a set of agentic features—and walked straight into a wall of online “meh” reactions.The release came in three parts. First, the model itself. Second, remote coding…

SINGAPORE, April 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — VerifyVASP, a leading Travel Rule solution provider, today announced the acquisition of Sygna, a prominent Japan-based provider. This transaction represents a major step in VerifyVASP’s global expansion strategy, further establishing the company as a core compliance infrastructure provider for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) across key international markets. Consolidating the Travel Rule Ecosystem The acquisition marks a defining moment in the evolution of the global Travel Rule landscape. By integrating Sygna into its network, VerifyVASP is advancing the consolidation of a fragmented market into a unified, interoperable compliance network aligned with national regulations, Financial…

New York, United States, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire 30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin. BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart’s eighth anniversary and the exchange’s listing of $EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange. Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making…

Eightco treasury composition as of April 27, 2026: $90M OpenAI equity (indirect), $25M Beast Industries equity, 11,068 ETH, 283 million WLD holdings, and $121M cash and equivalents World offers a solution to the ‘double human’ problem in a world proliferating with deepfakes and agentic agents Tinder, Zoom, Docusign, Vercel, Browserbase, and Exa to integrate Proof of Human verification features Eightco provides indirect exposure to some of the most innovative private companies including OpenAI and Beast Industries EASTON, Pa., April 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Eightco Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBS) (“Eightco” or the “Company”) today provided an update on its total holdings, highlighting…