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Protocol Village: It's Crypto Spring, as Smart-Contract Platform Index Jumps Most in 10 Months

29.11.2023
Digital-asset markets are heating up, especially for blockchain tokens. In this week's Protocol issue, we highlight November's 19% jump in the CoinDesk Smart Contract Platforms Index (SMT), the biggest gain in 10 months

Blockchain devs expect complications from EU smart contract kill switch

24.11.2023
The EU’s Data Act could introduce “kill switch” requirements for smart contracts, raising questions about how decentralized projects would handle such a scenario

China Debuts Solar Power Industry Digital Yuan Smart Contracts

23.11.2023
Source: jeson/Adobe A Chinese power provider says it has completed the first digital yuan smart contract transaction in the solar power industry. Per the Yangtse Evening Post (via Sohu), the State Grid Suzhou Power Supply Company struck the CBDC contract with the materials and textiles firm Suzhou...

Fantom Foundation awards $1.7M bounty for preventing $170M drain

21.11.2023
In the aftermath of Fantom’s $550,000 hack in October, a security researcher found that the attacker could have stolen as much as $170 million

White Hat Hackers Awarded $300K After Uncovering Critical Chainlink VRF Vulnerability

15.11.2023
White hat hackers earn $300K Chainlink bounty for responsibly disclosing critical VRF vulnerability. Image by ZayNyi, Adobe Stock. Decentralized oracle network Chainlink recently awarded white hat hackers Zach Obront and Or Cyngiser of Trust $300,000 for uncovering a critical vulnerability in...

Why the service industry needs blockchain, explained

11.11.2023
The service industry needs blockchain for enhanced security, transparency and efficiency in managing transactions, contracts and customer data

EU backs Data Act with clause to shut off smart contracts

10.11.2023
The Act, inclusive of a clause necessitating “kill switches” on smart contracts, only now needs approval from the European Council to pass into law

EU Parliament Approves Data Act With Smart-Contract Kill Switch Provision

9.11.2023
The final version of the bill's text, reviewed by CoinDesk in July, revealed that it contained a smart-contract kill switch clause

UK Web3 Firm Pimlico Secures $4.2M Seed Investment Led by a16z Crypto

8.11.2023
a16z. Source : Twitter/CRYPTOPURITY.COM Pimlico, a UK-based Web3 company, has successfully closed a seed investment round worth $4.2 million, led by the major venture firm Andreessen Horowitz’s crypto arm a16z Crypto. The new funding round comes after a recent pre-seed round, and marks a “crucial...

Smart Contract Platform Llama Raises $6M From Investors Including Polygon, Aave Founders

6.11.2023
Llama aims to make governance of blockchain protocols more effective by enabling protocols to encode roles and permissions to take on-chain actions

Blockchain adoption continues unabated — Bloomberg analyst

4.11.2023
Blockchain adoption has been "unabated" throughout bull and bear markets over the past years, says Bloomberg analyst Jamie Coutts

Developers on Google Cloud to ‘Verify’ Smart Contracts With Space and Time’s ZK-Proof Protocol

3.11.2023
Developers working with the Google Cloud data warehouse known as Bigquery can now verify blockchain smart contracts and other business processes using Space and Time’s zero-knowledge (ZK)-proof protocol. The protocol is said to be useful for enterprises that are looking to connect their respective...

Coinbase launches regulated crypto futures services for US retail traders

1.11.2023
Coinbase Advanced customers in the U.S. can trade nano-sized futures contracts sized at 1/100th of a Bitcoin and 1/10th of an Ether

Multiparty computation (MPC): Its effects on blockchain innovation

1.11.2023
Staying ahead isn't just about embracing current trends; it's about discerning where the next wave of innovation lies

Unibot contract $560K exploit crashes token price by more than 40%

31.10.2023
Amid ongoing investigations from Unibot and blockchain investigators, Scopescan advised users to revoke the approvals for the exploited contract and move the funds to a new wallet

Cardano vs. Ethereum: Which blockchain is the future of smart contracts?

31.10.2023
We often compare Cardano with Ethereum because both provide users with similar services, including smart contracts. Developers use Cardano and Ethereum for similar functions, including building programs or decentralized applications and running customized programming logic or smart contracts....