smart contracts


Finance

Polkadot-Based DeFi Insurance App Raises $1.95M Led by KR1

Tidal will use the Polkadot blockchain to allow users to insure a set of DeFi applications against smart-contract failure or breaches.

Tide pools, seen from above

Technologies

Amid DeFi Hacks, Nervos and Cardano Join Forces to Improve Smart Contract Security

Blockchain projects Nervos and Cardano are working together to improve the security of UTXOs to reduce smart contract hacks.

Nervos co-founder Kevin Wang

Technologies

Cardano to Launch Hard Fork Before Next Major Development Phase

The hard fork will introduce the token-locking mechanism, one of its most significant new functions, to the Cardano mainnet.

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Technologies

$10.8M Stolen, Developers Implicated in Alleged Smart Contract 'Rug Pull'

Rogue developers seem to have rug-pulled their own project, Compounder Finance, netting some $10.8 million in funds from the project’s investors.

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Marchés

Curve Finance Votes to Disperse $3M in Fees to Governance Token Holders

The community vote was an exercise in decentralized governance for a protocol not unfamiliar with meeting community demands.

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Marchés

Bill to Give Blockchain Records Legal Clout Reintroduced in US House

Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill.

Rep. David Schweikert

Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Clings to $10.4K; Ether in Smart Contracts Highest Since 2016

Bitcoin price holds steady while ether in smart contracts reach a level not seen in four years.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Technologies

Discreet Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.

(simarik/Getty Images)

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Technologies

Galaxy Digital, IOSG Lead $1.2M Raise for Startup Creating Automated Ethereum Services

Gelato said the seed round will fund further development of its bot network that will provide automated smart contract execution.

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Technologies

RGB Continues Its Work to Bring Better Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

The RGB protocol, now in beta, is working to outfit Bitcoin with the capabilities that have made Ethereum the go-to blockchain for issuing tokenized assets.

(Tyler Lastovich/Unsplash)