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What's at the Intersection of Crypto and AI? Perhaps Murder
Security expert Ari Juels' new crime thriller novel "The Oracle" considers how smart contracts can kill. How real is the threat?
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Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)
Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of 'Soroban' Smart Contracts
The "Protocol 20" upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by three weeks due to precauti...
Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)
Stellar's Foundation Supports Delay of Smart-Contracts Upgrade After Bug Found
A bug in the upgraded software, identified Jan. 25, was deemed to pose "little risk," but after "robust feedback" from the blockchain's developer community, the Stellar Develo...
Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the "Soroban" project to add smart contracts. (Stellar)

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Towards Governance Abstraction: Understanding a 'Friendly' Way to Manage DAOs
Dagon, a technical implementation introduced by core developer Ross Campbell, looks to improve DAO governance and delegation using smart contracts.
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DeFi hacks represented 2% of total value locked across decentralized protocols in 2023. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
DeFi Has a Risk Problem and It’s Time to Solve It
While the total losses from exploits fell to $1 billion from $54 billion the year prior, this is still an unacceptable threat to users, Haven1's Jeff Owens writes for Crypto 2...
DeFi hacks represented 2% of total value locked across decentralized protocols in 2023. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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The Protocol: It's Crypto Spring, as Smart Contract Platform Index Jumps Most in 10 Months
The CoinDesk Smart-Contract Platform Index (SMT) saw a significant 19% increase in November, led by surges in Sei's SEI and Axelar's AXL tokens.
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EU Parliament Approves Data Act With Smart-Contract Kill Switch Provision
The final version of the bill's text, reviewed by CoinDesk in July, revealed that it contained a smart-contract kill switch clause.
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Llama co-founders Austin Green and Shreyas Hariharan (Llama)
Smart Contract Platform Llama Raises $6M From Investors Including Polygon, Aave Founders
The firm aims to allow blockchain governance protocols to encode role-based functionality.
Llama co-founders Austin Green and Shreyas Hariharan (Llama)

Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the Soroban project. (Stellar)
Stellar, Early Blockchain Built for Payments, Adds Smart Contracts to Take on Ethereum
The nine-year-old project, one of the earliest major blockchains, is getting a facelift to incorporate "smart contracts," which theoretically could attract new applications a...
Stellar Development Foundation's Tomer Weller, who is leading the Soroban project. (Stellar)

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Exploring Crypto's Role in Times of Conflict | Israel's Crypto Scene, Smart Contracts Under BitVM, and More
Covering the influence of conflict on Israel's crypto sector, the evolution of smart contracts on Bitcoin, and a comprehensive examination of the ethical, technical, and legal...
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