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The Downside of Programmable Money

Software bugs aren’t the half of it, says Steven Kelly of Yale in a Q&A with CoinDesk. “You can’t preprogram the exigencies of a crisis.”

ByMarc Hochstein

Nov 30, 2021

Smart Contract Platform Agoric Launches Public Chain

Agoric hopes to attract JavaScript developers to DeFi apps with a development environment providing reusable governance, lending and trading components.

Nov 11, 2021

Algorand Boosts Smart Contract Performance With ‘Virtual Machine’ Launch

The project is making the development process more in line with that of other networks.

Sep 29, 2021

Cardano Gains Smart Contract Capability Following ‘Alonzo’ Hard Fork

The latest upgrade ushers in an era of smart contract composability for the four-year-old network.

BySebastian Sinclair

Sep 12, 2021

Cardano Nears All-Time High as Investors Await Smart Contracts

Expectations are rising for the blockchain to implement smart-contract functionality by next month.

Aug 19, 2021

Gelato Network Launches Whitelist for Token Offering

The sale of the GEL token will officially launch on Sept. 13.

ByJamie Crawley

Aug 19, 2021

Cardano Jumps on Signals Smart Contracts Coming Next Month

The plan to add smart contracts next month could defy skeptics who have bet that the functionality wouldn't come anytime soon.

Aug 13, 2021

Chainlink Oracles Become Available on Ethereum Scaler Arbitrum One

U.S. dollar-denominated price feeds are available now, with support for new price pairs to follow.

ByJamie Crawley

Aug 12, 2021

Ripple Proposes Adding Federated Sidechains

Chief Technology Officer David Schwartz cites demand from users for smart contract implementation.

ByJamie Crawley

Jun 8, 2021

Ex-Head of China's Digital Yuan Effort Says CBDCs Could Operate on Ethereum

Central bank digital currencies will one day be more "smart," and not merely digital versions of cash, Yao Qian said.

ByDaniel Palmer

May 31, 2021

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