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DiFy.Finance (YFIII) Is an In-Development Software Fork of Yearn.Finance (YFI)
16.10.2020
DiFy.Finance, like YFI, the platform it is based on, is an environment of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending aggregators: it allows users to provide liquidity for the ecosystem by parking their cryptocurrency tokens in a smart contract vault and earning interest in return. By the virtue of...
12 Defi Con Artists Exposed – Are Rug Pulling Incidents Threatening the Future of Defi ?
12.10.2020
The ongoing hype about the abnormally high returns from Defi tokens has naturally seen many more investors moving funds to decentralized protocols. As of October 10, total value locked in Defi protocols was nearly $11 billion. However, despite this apparent endorsement of Defi, rug pulling...
Bitcoin Defi: Smart Contract Platform RSK Integrates ETH-Based Stablecoin DAI
9.10.2020
On October 6, 2020, the RIF (RSK Infrastructure Framework) development team announced that the Makerdao project’s DAI stablecoin is now available via the smart contract protocol RSK. According to the software engineers, RIF developers leveraged the RSK-Ethereum token bridge and individuals...
Ripple Wins US Patent for New Oracle-Based Smart Contract Design
2.10.2020
Ripple's patented design would allow derivatives to settle based on external information – such as temperature data
Smart Contract Protocol RSK Attempts to Bring Defi to the Bitcoin Network
2.10.2020
During the last year, Ethereum has dominated the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem but a number of other blockchain projects plan to join the fray. The second layer, smart contract protocol RSK aims to bring the defi demand to the Bitcoin blockchain and there’s already a few RSK-based...
A Model for the Next Generation DEX, TitanSwap Will Be a Dex With Better User Experience
2.10.2020
TitanSwap is using the renBTC protocol to implement cross-chain operations. Compared with the currently more common custodial cross-chain solutions wBTC and tBTC, the renBTC smart contract is a non-custodial access mechanism. Its core is the RenVM virtual machine, a decentralized network mainly...
Blockstack’s Clarity Smart Contracts Will Source Data From Chainlink Oracles
30.9.2020
Blockstack and Algorand's Clarity smart contracts will source their data from Chainlink's oracle network
Rescuing USD 9.6 Million in Ethereum: The Fellowship of a Smart Contract
25.9.2020
"On September 15, 2020, a small group of people worked through the night to rescue over USD 9.6m from a vulnerable smart contract," the author of a recently published blog wrote, starting the story.
Sam's discovery
While looking at some smart contracts, expecting to find nothing...
SBTC Plummets by 99% as Devs Announce Dissolution of Token
23.9.2020
The price of SBTC plunged by nearly 98% in just over an hour on September 21 as devs announced the dissolution of the token. The dissolution announcement came more than a month after the token reached an all-time high of $5.07. At the time of writing, the token was quoted at $0.007 down from $0.64....
CoinEx Lists ONES Token First and Launches Initial Trade Offering with OneSwap’s Official Launch
19.9.2020
OneSwap is a groundbreaking new DeFi project offering a decentralized exchange protocol on a smart contract, with permission-free token listing and automated market making. It offers multiple advantages over other swaps including the ability to preform limit orders and a user friendly interface...
China’s national blockchain project to support DAML smart contract language
14.9.2020
Digital Asset’s DAML will connect diverse blockchains on a national DLT project in China
'Massive moment' as first ever DLC smart contract deployed on the Bitcoin mainnet
9.9.2020
Crypto users can now use DLCs on the Bitcoin mainnet
Binance Launches Smart Contract-Enabled Blockchain, Adds Staking for Its Coin
1.9.2020
Crypto exchange Binance has launched the mainnet for its smart contract-enabled blockchain and is also introducing staking for BNB tokens
Minereum Launches Crypto Bond With up To 50% Yield
26.8.2020
Minereum, the project behind the first self-mining smart contract, has released a new crypto bond allowing investors to earn up to 50% a year on their digital assets. The Minereum Crypto Bond is described as a blockchain experiment to prove that it is technically possible to bring traditional bond...
Chainlink Competitor Band Token Grows 300% in 7 Days Setting New ATH
11.8.2020
BAND, the native token of the Band Protocol, has grown by more 300% in just seven days. At the at time of writing, the token traded at $14.50 against the August 3 trading price of $3.86. On August 10, the token also touched a new high of $17.78 while the 24 hours traded volumes were […]
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SEC Seeking ‘Smart Contract’ Tracing Tool That Can Spot Security Vulnerabilities
4.8.2020
The federal securities watchdog has taken an interest in DeFi's most basic building block
Chainlink Zeroes in On Smart Contract Adoption With New Grant Program
4.8.2020
Chainlink quietly unveils a grant program with the stated goal of making smart contracts “the dominant form of digital agreement”
Vitalik Says DeFi Users Are ‘Underestimating Smart Contract Risk’
29.7.2020
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has warned about the risks of smart contract exploits in DeFi
Community Behind Privacy-Focused Smart Contract Forges Ahead After Settlement
28.7.2020
The open-source Secret Network has begun a swap for defunctENG tokens and launched a "secret contract" testnet with big name partners
Smart Contract Language DAML Is Now Available on R3's Corda
27.7.2020
R3’s widely-used open source blockchain platform Corda now supports the DAML smart contract language