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Binance Smart Chain Adds Chainlink Oracles for Better DeFi

23.7.2020
Binance Smart Chain will integrate Chainlink data oracles to add usability to its blockchain, in particular, in the burgeoning DeFi space

Ethereum’s 2020 Defi Boom Doubles Active Ether Addresses, But Fees Skyrocket

22.7.2020
The number of active Ethereum addresses has grown aggressively in 2020 because of the decentralized finance (defi) boom. Active Ethereum addresses doubled in size leaving networks like Tron, Cardano, and EOS in the dust. There’s a lot happening in the world of decentralized finance (defi)...

Top Spanish Banks Finalize Trial of Payments Using Smart Contracts

17.7.2020
Five major Spanish banking institutions have completed a proof-of-concept for payments using smart contracts

This New Coding Language Could Help Unlock Bitcoin’s Smart Contract Potential

14.7.2020
With the introduction of Sapio, Jeremy Rubin hopes to expand Bitcoin's smart contract use cases and increase the "financial self-sovereignty" of its users

Chainlink Token Price Surges, Briefly Breaks Into the Top Ten by Market Cap

14.7.2020
The price of Link, the native token of the Chainlink network, soared in 48 hours gaining some 40% in that period. This rally saw the token briefly breaking into the crypto market capitalization top ten. At the time of writing, the token LINK had a market capitalization of nearly $2.6 billion easily...

Abra Crypto App Charged by SEC for Transactions Affecting Thousands of US Stock and ETF Purchases

13.7.2020
Abra cryptocurrency app has been charged by two U.S. regulators: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The company has agreed to cease-and-desist orders as well as fines. The SEC says Abra’s employees “effected thousands...

World Bank Investigates Smart Contracts as Financial Tools, With Mixed Results

13.7.2020
The World Bank has looked at the benefits of smart contracts and found the blockchain instruments to be a "limited" financial tool

20,000 Helbizcoin Investors Accuse Company of Trying to Destroy Evidence, Seek Court Injunction

12.7.2020
A group representing about 20,000 investors in Helbiz Inc has filed a motion seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the company. Investors want a motion granted to stop the company from destroying smart contracts that supports Helbiz Inc.’s ERC20, a token...

Bitcoin Script and Onchain Contracts: Two High-Level Programming Languages for Bitcoin Cash

11.7.2020
Last May, the software developer and creator of revoke.cash, Rosco Kalis, released Cashscript version 0.4 that included a number of optimizations. Cashscript’s new website highlights the high-level language that “offers a strong abstraction layer over Bitcoin Cash’ native virtual...

HBZ Investors Urge Court to Block Smart Contract Destruction

10.7.2020
A class-action lawsuit seeks to prevent e-scooter firm Helbiz from destroying the smart contract underpinning its ERC-20 token

Smart Contracts ‘Have Limited Potential’ Without IoT Sensors

10.7.2020
Smart contracts in the trade sector will need to rely on IoT sensors to live up to their full potential new research suggests

Crypto Derivatives Volumes Crash 36% to $393 Billion in June, a Low for 2020

7.7.2020
Crypto derivatives trading volumes plunged 36% to $393 billion in June, the lowest they have reached in 2020, according to a new report by Cryptocompare. The decline may be the result of a lull in investor interest in the instruments during the month in review. In May, derivatives – contracts...

DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Maxed Out by Yield-Farming Boom

2.7.2020
Nexus Mutual is seeing a surge in demand. "Our product has honestly seen massive interest since yield farming kicked off," said founder Hugh Karp

IOTA Foundation Enters Base Layer Race With ‘2.0’ Testnet

1.7.2020
IOTA's new testnet addresses the technical feature that nuked the blockchain-like network for nearly two weeks earlier this year

Andreas Antonopoulos: Use DeFi Contracts for BTC Passive Income

29.6.2020
HODLing Bitcoin may pay off eventually, but it means one’s money isn’t working for them now, says Andreas Antonopoulos

Over $1B in Bitcoin Options Set to Expire Today – Crypto Speculators Expect Massive Shakeup

26.6.2020
Cryptocurrency markets and bitcoin price stability might be coming to an end soon, as a number of skeptics and speculators expect a big move after today’s options derivatives contracts expire. Bitcoin prices have been less volatile during the last three weeks, but over 114,000 bitcoin options...