Crypto exchanges seek Mythos access

Major cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase, Robinhood, Gemini, and Bullish are seeking access to Anthropic's highly restricted Mythos AI model to defend against AI-accelerated cyberattacks. Mythos can find software vulnerabilities at extreme speed with unprecedented accuracy, but could also enable new waves of attacks on crypto companies that handle large amounts of money and personal data. Exchanges like Coinbase and Binance are investing heavily in AI security, with Coinbase in close communication with Anthropic and Binance experimenting with AI to identify vulnerabilities faster across its systems. While Bitcoin advocates note the core blockchain has never been hacked since 2009 and remains secured by cryptography unaffected by AI, centralized exchanges represent the most at-risk targets for AI-powered threats including mass scam emails and synthetic identity attacks.

Bitcoin's resilience against AI-based attacks

• ▪The Bitcoin blockchain itself has never been hacked and has operated securely and without interruption since 2009.
• ▪Yan Pritzker is chief technology officer at Swan Bitcoin.

Exchanges investing in AI for defensive security measures

• ▪Cosmo Jiang is general partner at Pantera Capital.
• ▪Philip Martin is chief security officer at Coinbase.

Perspective of Bitcoin advocates (represented by Yan Pritzker)

• ▪The Bitcoin blockchain's security is fundamentally different from centralized exchange platforms.

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