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Initial Benchmark Results
Expected release of the first performance data comparing various LLMs on the EVMbench suite.
Funding Announcement
Eightco secures $125M from Bitmine, ARK Invest, and Payward.
Board Appointment
Bitmine Chairman Tom Lee joins the Eightco board of directors.
Strategic Partnership
ARK Invest officially joins as a strategic advisor to support investment strategy.
Framework Documentation Released
Detailed technical specifications for EVMbench are made available to the developer community.
EVMbench Unveiled
OpenAI and Paradigm announce the launch of the AI security testing framework.
Portfolio Expansion
Eightco establishes initial stakes in OpenAI and Beast Industries.
Ripple has achieved a $50 billion valuation following a $750 million share buyback, placing it among the world's most valuable private firms. The company's aggressive acquisition strategy and high-profile partnerships with Mastercard and Deutsche Bank signal a shift from legal battles to institutional dominance.
Eightco (NASDAQ: ORBS) has secured $125 million in institutional commitments led by Bitmine, ARK Invest, and Payward to accelerate its expansion into artificial intelligence and next-generation technology. The funding marks a significant strategic shift for the firm, which already holds stakes in category-defining companies like OpenAI and Beast Industries.
OpenAI and Paradigm have introduced EVMbench, a specialized evaluation framework designed to measure the proficiency of AI agents in identifying and remediating smart contract vulnerabilities. This collaboration marks a significant step in leveraging large language models to bolster the security of the Ethereum ecosystem.
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| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
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