Mythos Model Officially 'Takes Over' the Crypto World? Unveiling the Truth of Coinbase and Binance Seeking Help from Anthropic

TradingKey - The birth of Anthropic's Mythos has made Binance and Coinbase feel the threat of AI models, forcing them to seek its help.

According to a report by The Information on April 15, the world's two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance ( BNB) and Coinbase ( COIN) are seeking access to Anthropic's AI model Mythos, hoping to prepare for AI-driven cyber threats and ensure the safe operation of their cryptocurrency businesses.

Last Tuesday (April 7), Anthropic released its most powerful AI model, Claude Mythos, which possesses "hacker-level" reasoning and automated vulnerability discovery capabilities. Consequently, Anthropic deemed the model "too dangerous" and refused to release it to the public.

Anthropic's Claude Mythos is regarded as the world's most powerful yet most dangerous AI model. The anxiety it triggers is not just about technological "evolution," but a "dimensionality reduction strike" on the underlying security logic of the entire Web3 ecosystem. This includes anxieties over vulnerability discovery, attacks, and security stratification, as detailed below:

Mythos has the capability to scan millions of lines of code and discover vulnerabilities within seconds. Tests show it identified a 27-year-old OpenBSD vulnerability and a 16-year-old FFmpeg vulnerability. If public chains and smart contracts like Ethereum ( ETH ), Solana ( SOL) contain similar hidden vulnerabilities, they would be defenseless against Mythos, potentially triggering a chain reaction of collapses.

Traditional smart contract audits take weeks, whereas Mythos can generate effective attack paths in seconds. This extreme asymmetry in speed poses an unprecedented threat to DeFi protocols and custodial platforms; should hackers use similar models to launch attacks, existing response mechanisms would be unable to react in time.

For security reasons, Anthropic has refused to open Mythos to the public, granting access only to a few partners through "Project Glasswing," such as Amazon ( AMZN ), Google ( GOOG ), and JPMorgan ( JPM ). Small and medium-sized exchanges and DeFi projects fear that without access to such "top-tier AI defense rights," they will become "second-class citizens" on the security battlefield, facing the risk of obsolescence or targeted elimination.

Coinbase and Binance are actively engaged in deep negotiations with Anthropic. Their primary motivation is to transform this heavyweight technology into their own "digital shield," hoping to establish an AI immune system, protect institutional clients and custodial businesses, and gain defensive access. Philip Martin, Chief Security Officer of Coinbase, stated, "The model will accelerate digital threats and defenses, and Binance and Fireblocks are also taking steps to understand to what extent it can reshape cyber offensive and defensive tools."