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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...
Binance’s CZ Views ‘CeDeFi’ as a Complement, Not a Competitor, to DeFi
14.10.2020
Binance’s latest experiment to integrate decentralized finance with its centralized platform, Binance Smart Chain, is not here to beat DeFi, said the company’s CEO during CoinDesk’s invest: ethereum economy program
Six Binance Smart Chain DeFi projects awarded grants from $100M fund
14.10.2020
More than 180 projects have applied for grants since the $100 million accelerator fund was announced in September
Aztec launches private smart contracts as Ethereum rollup
12.10.2020
Aztec 2.0 is both a scaling and a privacy solution rolled into one
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...
Bill to Give Blockchain Records Legal Clout Reintroduced in US House
7.10.2020
Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill
Port of Rotterdam testing blockchain and AI for renewables trading
6.10.2020
The Port of Rotterdam's Innovation Dock has been testing a high frequency decentralized energy market for renewables since August 2020
US: New bill would legally recognize digital signatures on a blockchain
5.10.2020
Congressman and Blockchain Caucus Co-Chair David Schweikert has advanced a bill to make good on the crypto adage, "code is law."
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...
Sensitrust: Smart Working empowered by Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies
30.9.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, smart working was still a niche paradigm adopted by few software startups, freelancers, and nomad workers. Despite the unfortunate consequences of Covid-19 in the worldwide economy...
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
Token Projects to Recover $130M from the Kucoin Hack, Devs Condemned for Centralization
29.9.2020
The cryptocurrency community has been discussing the Kucoin hack as a great number of ERC20 projects have frozen, paused, or reversed their smart contracts after the hack. Estimates say that at least $129 million ERC20 tokens affected are considered “safe” from the hacker’s...
Spikes in gas prices slowing growth of new NFT marketplaces
27.9.2020
New NFT marketplaces may even leave Ethereum altogether to deal with high gas fees
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...
Smart Advertising Token SaTT Reveals ProBit as Next Exchange Listing
23.9.2020
Singapore, September 23, 2020 – Against the predominantly dim and drab ICO backdrop, smart advertising token SaTT ICO has continued to defy expectations. Alongside its remarkable ICO fundraising, the project is proud to announce yet another exchange listing, this time with the popular global...
DeFi and security not mutually exclusive, say CertiK and Binance Smart Chain Reps
23.9.2020
The crypto space continues to build frameworks to supplement DeFi's rising star
VIDYA’s Public Sale Marks the Dawn of a New Blockchain Gaming Era
23.9.2020
In 2017, the gaming world was revolutionized by the massive success of a simple blockchain game called CryptoKitties. It enabled players to breed and trade unique digital cats via a series of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain. That simple concept led to a game that now boasts millions...