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CertiK releases blockchain with real-time smart contract auditing
26.10.2020
The security company wants to build a formally secure blockchain for DeFi
Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Release Kicked Back Until November
23.10.2020
Researchers are waiting on a final audit of a critical crypto library before releasing the deposit contract, Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan said
Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract May Come in Days & Phase 0 in December
20.10.2020
First of Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 phases - Phase 0 - seems to be nearing, possibly arriving at the end of this year, as the protocol’s deposit contract is said to be ready for launch any day now.
The upcoming deposit contract is a much-anticipated, one of the final steps towards the Phase 0 rollout,...
Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract to launch this week: ConsenSys dev
20.10.2020
An Ethereum 2.0 developer predicts the protocol’s deposit contract will be released in a matter of days, and that ETH 2.0 staking will go live this year
Yearn Finance Founder Blames Social Actors for Role in the EMN Token Hack
18.10.2020
Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje suggests he did not mishandle the Eminence (EMN) project’s economic exploit, which he insists functions well. He accuses certain social actors of creating a story around EMN that caused rational actors to jump onto the token. Cronje’s comments follow...
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...
Philippines Regulator Warns Investors to Steer Clear of Mining City’s Bitcoin Vault Ponzi
15.10.2020
There’s a mining contract scheme people are discussing and making the rounds on the web called “Mining City” or “Bitcoin Vault.” The Philippines SEC recently put out a warning against the operation and the alleged masterminds behind the project. One thing is for sure...
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...
Chainalysis and Integra Win $1.25 Million IRS Contract to Break Monero
2.10.2020
Crypto intelligence firm Chainalysis and data forensics company Integra Fec have won a combined $1.25 million contract to provide tools that break the privacy-focused coin, monero, for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Floated early September, the one-year contract specifically covers...
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
Data Management Startup Fluree Unlocks $1.5M Air Force Contract With Latest VC Raise
30.9.2020
The Air Force demanded that Fluree raise at least $1.5 million before beginning its blockchain project's second phase
Chainalysis and Texas firm win million-dollar IRS contract to crack Monero
30.9.2020
The IRS has named the winners of its bounty program to track transactions on privacy tokens and layer-2 protocols
ConsenSys wins contract for Thailand-Hong Kong CBDC project
28.9.2020
Following a successful research phase between the two central banks, Consensys will develop a proof-of-concept for cross-border interbank blockchain payments
The CFTC Files Complaint Against Crypto Trading Company
26.9.2020
The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Thursday, September 24, filed a complaint against crypto dealing Paxforex for allegedly soliciting or accepting business from US customers without relevant registration. According to a report, the CFTC wants a U.S. court to stop...
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....