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Smart contracts power decentralized applications, and smart contract news follows innovations in blockchain automation. These self-executing agreements enable DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs but also face security risks and legal questions. As Ethereum, Solana, and other networks improve scalability, smart contract adoption is transforming finance, gaming, and data security.
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BNB tops Grayscale Smart Contract Fund at 30.6%
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The cryptocurrency market, currently dominated by Bitcoin (BTC), is entering a new cycle and attracting numerous investors; however, as economic cycles shift and the industry experiences its ups and downs, no single investment can perform exceptionally well in every environment.…
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New Jersey has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal derivatives law prevents states from regulating sports contracts offered by CFTC-registered prediction markets. A Sept. 2 court filing shows that New Jersey has petitioned the Supreme Court for…
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A three-judge federal appeals panel has rejected Kalshi’s attempt to block Nevada gaming regulators from enforcing state laws against its sports event contracts. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled on Aug. 28 that Kalshi had not…
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GnosisDAO approved Gnosis Chain’s transition into an Ethereum rollup, with its validator set set to retire after the EEZ launches.
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Grayscale added BNB at a 30.6% weight in its Smart Contract Fund, ahead of Ether and Solana, while trimming UNI and NEAR during its Q2 rebalance.
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Bridges move assets between blockchains using lock-and-mint, burn-and-mint, or liquidity pool mechanisms, but their trust assumptions have made them the most exploited category in crypto. Introduction Blockchains do not talk to each other. Ethereum cannot read Solana’s state. Arbitrum cannot…
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Smart accounts replace seed phrases with passkeys, social recovery, and gas sponsorship, making self-custody usable without memorizing 12 words. Introduction The standard advice for anyone entering crypto has not changed in a decade: write down 12 words, store them offline,…
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In the summer of 2020, a governance token called COMP turned decentralized finance inside out. Compound, a lending protocol on Ethereum, began distributing COMP tokens to anyone who lent or borrowed on the platform, and within weeks, hundreds of millions…
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In April 2024, a single on-chain vote moved $165 million from Uniswap’s treasury into a two-year grants program. No CEO signed off. No board convened. A collection of token holders, pseudonymous and scattered across every time zone, debated the proposal…
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Every guide says a liquidity lock means safer. On launchpads paying creator fees, the lock is the scam’s revenue engine. What it does and does not cover.
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A binary derivative paying $1 if an outcome happens. How pricing works, where they trade legally, and why regulators still cannot categorize them.
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Aztec has launched the alpha version of its v5 execution layer, introducing a programmable privacy framework that allows Ethereum applications to process both public and private state within the same layer-2 environment. Aztec Labs announced the alpha release of its…
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A smart contract is not smart, and it is barely a contract. It is a small program that lives on a blockchain and runs itself when its conditions are met, with no person to enforce it and no way to…
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Stablecoins’ promise lies in their utility, making them ideal for solving one of the oldest problems: managing risk in an unpredictable world.
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Cross-chain liquidity protocol CrossCurve has been targeted in a smart contract exploit, with attackers draining roughly $3 million across multiple networks. CrossCurve confirmed the exploit via a Feb. 2 X post and has requested all users to “pause all interactions”…
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Chainlink price crashed to the lowest level since Oct. 17, mirroring the performance of most cryptocurrencies.
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