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Post Pectra 'Malicious' Ethereum Contracts Are Trying to Drain Wallets, But to No Avail: Wintermute
2.6.2025
The recent EIP-7702 upgrade allows Ethereum addresses to function as smart contracts, increasing convenience but also risk
Cork Protocol hacked for $12M, smart contracts paused
28.5.2025
Cork Protocol, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, was hit by a smart contract exploit on May 28, resulting in the loss of roughly $12 million in digital assets.Cybersecurity firm Cyvers said the hack occurred at 11:23:19 UTC and was funded by an address ending in “762B.” According...
Cork Protocol hacked for $12M, smart contracts paused
28.5.2025
Cork Protocol, a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, was hit by a smart contract exploit on May 28, resulting in the loss of roughly $12 million in digital assets.Cybersecurity firm Cyvers said the hack occurred at 11:23:19 UTC and was funded by an address ending in “762B.” According...
Bitlayer secures 31.5% of Bitcoin's hashrate to bring smart contracts to BTC
27.5.2025
Bitlayer’s Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the network’s hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin blockchain, the company said.According to a May 27 announcement shared with...
Bitlayer secures 31.5% of Bitcoin's hashrate to bring smart contracts to BTC
27.5.2025
Bitlayer’s Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the network’s hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin blockchain, the company said.According to a May 27 announcement shared with...
Bitlayer secures 31.5% of Bitcoin's hashrate to bring smart contracts to BTC
27.5.2025
Bitlayer’s Bitcoin smart-contract system is being implemented by mining pools behind 31.5% of the network’s hashrate, a development that will help ensure that its system will operate on the Bitcoin blockchain, the company said.According to a May 27 announcement shared with...
Judge Overturns Convictions in Mango Markets Exploiter’s Crypto Fraud Case
24.5.2025
The judge ruled that prosecutors failed to prove Eisenberg made false representations to the platform, which operated through smart contracts
What is RISC-V, and why does Vitalik Buterin want it for Ethereum smart contracts?
12.5.2025
What is RISC-V? RISC-V, pronounced “risk five,” is a modern open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. In simple terms, it’s like a blueprint that defines a set of instructions...
Bitcoin DeFi Security Improves as Rootstock Boosts Hashrate Share
11.5.2025
Rootstock is one of numerous projects looking to bring greater utility to Bitcoin by expanding the provision for DeFi with smart contracts
Mobius Token smart contracts on BNB Chain exploited, $2.1M drained
11.5.2025
Hackers drained over $2.15 million from Mobius Token ($MBU) smart contracts on the BNB Chain in a targeted exploit detected early May 11, according to security firm Cyvers Alerts.The attacker deployed the contract from address 0xb32a53... at 07:31:38 UTC and initiated the exploit at 07:33:56...
Etherscan Unveils EIP-7702 Tracking as Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live
7.5.2025
Etherscan has launched monitoring tools for EIP-7702 authorizations following Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade, which introduced 11 improvement proposals to bolster scalability, security, and user experience. Ethereum Users Gain Smart Contract Flexibility With EIP-7702 Post-Pectra Ethereum’s Pectra...
Visa and Baanx Launch USDC Stablecoin Payment Cards
30.4.2025
The Visa cards enable holders to spend USDC directly from their crypto wallets, using smart contracts to move a stablecoin balance
Arch Labs Raises $13M in Funding for Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts
22.4.2025
The funding round, which valued Arch Labs at $200 million, was led by Pantera Capital
StarkWare researchers propose smart contracts for Bitcoin with ColliderVM
11.4.2025
Sidechain developer StarkWare and Weizmann Institute of Science researchers claim to have created a workaround for multiple Bitcoin script limitations.According to a recent research paper, the new design claims to allow the deployment of complex smart contracts on Bitcoin in a more...
Apple, Tesla Among Stocks to Get Tokenized Via DigiFT's New On-Chain Index Fund
24.3.2025
The funds, available to accredited and institutional investors, aim to change portfolio management with smart contracts and stablecoins
Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol to Eliminate Writing Smart Contracts for DeFi
18.3.2025
The Series A investment was led by venture capital giant a16z's crypto arm, following a $6 million seed round in 2022
Popular Crypto Wallet MetaMask Unveils New Roadmap
28.2.2025
Part of their new roadmap includes adding features that make the wallet experience easier for users
$63M Investment Fuels Raise’s Blockchain-Powered Smart Cards
28.2.2025
Raise, a Chicago-based gift card marketplace, secured $63 million in funding led by Haun Ventures and backed by Paypal to expand its blockchain-based Smart Cards system, the company announced this week. Paypal-Backed Raise Raises $63M; Aims to Revolutionize Gift Cards via Blockchain The funding...
Blockchain Bridging Protocol LayerZero to Connect With Bitcoin Sidechain Rootstock
20.2.2025
Rootstock's aim is to end Bitcoin's "isolation" from other chains due to its lack of native smart contracts
Solana’s SOL Could Hit $520 by 2025-End, VanEck Says
7.2.2025
VanEck predicts M2 money supply will grow to $22.3 trillion by 2025 from the current $21.5 trillion, boosting crypto markets and top tokens such as SOL