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Coinbase Says SEC is Attempting to ‘Redefine Definition of an Investment Contract’
25.10.2023
Coinbase argues in a new filing that the Securities and Exchange Commission is attempting to control all investment activity and define its own regulatory ambit
MultiversX Launches Strategic Partnership With Google Cloud to Further AI and Big Data Ambitions in the Web3 World
20.10.2023
PRESS RELEASE. After outlining a comprehensive strategy to spearhead the development of blockchain-powered tools and Web3 solutions that leverage and extend the reach of emerging AI technologies, MultiversX, the leading layer-1 smart contract platform, has announced a strategic partnership with...
Circle launches Web3 development platform for Web2 developers
19.10.2023
Circle announced the launch of a new platform that uses pre-vetted templates to make building Web3 apps easier for traditional developers
Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum
18.10.2023
The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate "smart contracts," that theoretically could attract new applications and users – and potentially more demand for the XLM token
Binance Futures launches USDⓈ-M BOND Perpetual Contract
16.10.2023
Binance Futures has announced the launch of USDⓈ-M BOND. It is tentatively scheduled to go live on October 15, 2023, at 14:30 UTC. The maximum leverage has been set at 50x. BOND will be the underlying asset, and USDT will be the settlement asset at a tick size of 0.001. The capped funding rate...
Agnostic Nature of Blockchain Technology ‘Makes It the Ideal Foundation for Global Travel Industry’ — Pablo Castillo
16.10.2023
Although the travel industry is said to be in great need of digital innovation, according to Pablo Castillo, the CTO of the blockchain-based travel firm Chain4travel, “aviation is the most obvious sector to innovate with blockchain.” To support this assertion, Castillo, a former group...
EtherHiding: Hackers create novel way to hide malicious code in blockchains
16.10.2023
Threat actors have worked out a way to hide malicious payloads in Binance smart contracts to lure victims into updating their browsers from fake prompts, according to cybersecurity researchers
Bitcoin mining without mining equipment, CGMD miner opens contract trading
13.10.2023
CGMD miner is a revolutionary Bitcoin cloud mining project that started in 2020. Recently, it achieved a major milestone in the course of its cloud mining project by raising $50 million from interested investors. There is no sign that the project will rest on its laurels. The entire concept assumes...
Chinese IT Giant Tencent Launches Digital Yuan Smart Contract Services
13.10.2023
The Chinese tech titan Tencent, the WeChat operator, will launch a digital yuan smart contract offering for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The move comes weeks after the firm announced it would join a central bank-led e-CNY and global CBDC interoperability pilot.
Per the Securities...
Computable Functions Verified on Bitcoin — How BitVM Seeks to Elevate BTC’s Smart Contract Game
12.10.2023
A new computing model, BitVM, aims to enhance Bitcoin’s smart contract capabilities without requiring changes to the blockchain’s consensus rules. The white paper, published on October 9, 2023, has drawn significant attention and its fair share of criticism. Can BitVM Set a...
Smart Contract Automation Helps Dapps Maintain Data Integrity Without Relying on External Databases — Pavel Salas
9.10.2023
According to Pavel Salas, the chief growth officer at Gear Foundation, on-chain smart contract automation makes applications “truly decentralized” because it “removes dependencies on centralized servers or external entities.” Salas also claimed that on-chain smart contract...
Gitcoin screws up transfer, sends $460K to unrecoverable address
9.10.2023
Gitcoin’s project lead said the snafu has resulted in nearly half a million in funds being forever locked in a one-way contract address
Social On-Chain App Stars Arena Suffers $2.9 Million Hack; Team Secures Funds to ‘Close the Gap’
8.10.2023
Stars Arena, an on-chain social app built on the Avalanche blockchain, suffered a $2.9 million hack Saturday, when hackers took advantage of a vulnerability in its smart contract, draining funds. Stars Arena’s team has already announced that it has secured the funds to close the gap and will...
Stars Arena patches a smart contract vulnerability
6.10.2023
Stars Arena faced an exploit worth $2,000. Now, reports are surfacing claiming that almost $1 million could be at risk. It was basically a smart contract vulnerability that enabled hackers to sell zero shares in return for AVAX. Meaning, they were draining funds from the network with...
Today in Crypto: UBS Launches Tokenized Money Market Fund Pilot on Ethereum, $8BN was a 'Rounding Error' to SBF
2.10.2023
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Valkyrie backtracks on Ether futures contract purchases until ETF launch
29.9.2023
Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas speculated the SEC may have applied pressure on Valkyrie to halt purchases of ETH futures contracts until the ETF was officially approved
Tonk Is Building a Provability-Focused Onchain Nintendo Emulator
29.9.2023
Tonk, a programming collective focusing on onchain gaming, has announced a blockchain-based Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator called Dappicom. The app, being coded using Noir, a smart contract-enabled privacy-focused language, will allow players to prove they have achieved in-game...
Protocols Must Deploy “Asymmetric Countermeasures” to Counter Code Vulnerability Exploiting Hackers — Spherex CEO
28.9.2023
While both attackers and smart contract auditors are motivated to find vulnerabilities in code, according to Eyal Meron, the co-founder and CEO of Spherex, the former “is always more incentivized as the protocol’s total value locked (TVL) grows.” To overcome this challenge, Meron...
Peak Mining Signs $150M Deal for Microbt Bitcoin Miners, Eyes Large-Scale Liquid-Cooling Tech
22.9.2023
According to Peak Mining, a subsidiary of Northern Data Group, the company has signed a contract with bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Microbt worth $150 million. This agreement will equip Peak Mining with 7 exahash per second (EH/s) of the latest next-generation BTC mining devices. Microbt...
Chinese Banks, Firms Make Digital Yuan Smart Contract Progress
22.9.2023
Chinese banks and businesses want to step up their use of digital yuan-powered smart contracts, as the financial and industrial sectors eye CBDC progress.
Per the Securities Times (via Stockstar), the state-run Postal Savings Bank of China has “officially” co-launched the nation’s first...