Smart Contracts

DeFi

Polkadot-Based DeFi Insurance App Raises $1.95M Led by KR1

Brady DaleDec 22, 2020

Tidal will use the Polkadot blockchain to allow users to insure a set of DeFi applications against smart-contract failure or breaches.

Smart Contracts

Amid DeFi Hacks, Nervos and Cardano Join Forces to Improve Smart Contract Security

David PanDec 15, 2020

Blockchain projects Nervos and Cardano are working together to improve the security of UTXOs to reduce smart contract hacks.

Explainers

What Is an Oracle?

Alyssa HertigDec 22, 2020

An oracle sends data from the outside world to a blockchain so specific data, like temperature, can execute the disbursement of money.

Cardano

Cardano to Launch Hard Fork Before Next Major Development Phase

David PanDec 5, 2020

The hard fork will introduce the token-locking mechanism, one of its most significant new functions, to the Cardano mainnet.

DeFi

$10.8M Stolen, Developers Implicated in Alleged Smart Contract ‘Rug Pull’

William FoxleyDec 2, 2020

Rogue developers seem to have rug-pulled their own project, Compounder Finance, netting some $10.8 million in funds from the project’s investors.

Smart Contracts

Curve Finance

Curve Finance Votes to Disperse $3M in Fees to Governance Token Holders

Daniel Kuhn

The community vote was an exercise in decentralized governance for a protocol not unfamiliar with meeting community demands.

Blockchain Legislation

Bill to Give Blockchain Records Legal Clout Reintroduced in US House

Danny Nelson

Rep. Soto and Rep. Schweikert call for recognizing blockchain signatures as legal instruments in their new bill.

Smart Contracts

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Clings to $10.4K; Ether in Smart Contracts Highest Since 2016

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin price holds steady while ether in smart contracts reach a level not seen in four years.

DeFi

What Is DeFi?

Alyssa Hertig

DeFi is short for "decentralized finance," an umbrella term for Ethereum and blockchain applications geared toward disrupting financial intermediaries.

Smart Contracts

Discrete Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

Colin Harper

A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.

DeFi

Galaxy Digital, IOSG Lead $1.2M Raise for Startup Creating Automated Ethereum Services

Paddy Baker

Gelato said the seed round will fund further development of its bot network that will provide automated smart contract execution.

RGB

RGB Continues Its Work to Bring Better Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

Colin Harper

The RGB protocol, now in beta, is working to outfit Bitcoin with the capabilities that have made Ethereum the go-to blockchain for issuing tokenized assets.