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Mobile-Focused Blockchain Celo Partners With Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys

The partnership will allow for Celo to integrate with ConsenSys’ Infura infrastructure.

By Margaux Nijkerk

Nov 21, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 21, 2022

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Insurance for Web3, Cannabis and Crypto, With Joseph Ziolkowski

Liability in a decentralized environment and what it means for a crypto ecosystem to assign responsibility.

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Oct 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. UTC

Oct 28, 2022

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Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to Set Up Platform for Digital Assets

The bourse is "venturing into crypto" and will explore how the technologies that underpin digital asset markets can enhance capital markets infrastructure.

By Sandali Handagama

Oct 24, 2022 at 12:17 p.m. UTC

Oct 24, 2022

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CDCROP: Web3 Builders co-founder Nicholas Horelik, CEO Riccardo Pellegrini and CTO Henry Katz (Web3)

OpenSea Ventures Among Backers for $7M Round for Crypto Security Startup

Web3 Builders also launched the free TrustCheck tool to verify the safety of smart contract and NFT transactions

By Brandy Betz

Oct 18, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Oct 18, 2022

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Smart Contract Platforms: Past, Present and Future

A brief overview of smart contract platform use cases and the potential for investment.

By Frederick Munawa

Oct 14, 2022 at 2:23 p.m. UTC

Oct 14, 2022

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Despite Crypto Bear Market, Web3 Developers Are Still Building, Study Shows

A report from Web3 developer platform Alchemy shows the number of smart contracts deployed on Ethereum has increased by 40% since the end of the first quarter, despite ether’s 60% price plunge this year.

By Cam Thompson

Oct 13, 2022 at 4:08 p.m. UTC

Oct 13, 2022

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Convex Finance Bug Causes CVX Token to Sink on Forced Token Unlock

After a smart contract exploit, locked CVX tokens flooded the market, dragging down prices.

By Andrew Thurman

Mar 4, 2022 at 10:06 p.m. UTC

Mar 4, 2022

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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.”

By Marc Hochstein

Nov 30, 2021 at 5:27 p.m. UTC

Nov 30, 2021

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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.

By Brandy Betz

Nov 11, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Nov 11, 2021

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