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Web3 Vacation Platform Dtravel Completes First Smart-Contract Rental Booking

Web3 vacation and short-term rental platform Dtravel has completed its first successful smart-contract booking. “The Hash” panel discusses the outlook for decentralized home s...

By CoinDesk Staff

Aug 4, 2022 at 6:25 p.m. UTC

Aug 4, 2022

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Consensus 2022 Foundations: Chainlink

"Chainlink Co-founder Sergey Nazarov discusses the network's evolution as a cryptographic truth source and how they expand the capabilities of smart contracts while maintainin...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jun 22, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Jun 22, 2022

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Avalanche Says Luna Foundation Guard Has ‘No Plans' for AVAX Tokens

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Avalanche Says Luna Foundation Guard Has ‘No Plans’ for AVAX Tokens

Smart-contract blockchain Avalanche said in a tweet that Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), the entity behind Terra blockchain’s failed UST stablecoin, has “disclosed no plans” for...

By CoinDesk Staff

May 20, 2022 at 6:29 p.m. UTC

May 20, 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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Wave Financial Senior Trader: BTC 'Still Bullish' in 2022

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Wave Financial Senior Trader: BTC ‘Still Bullish’ in 2022

Senior Trader for Wave Financial Justin Chuh shares his perspective on where the crypto field is headed in 2022, explaining why bitcoin will remain bullish on a macroeconomic...

By CoinDesk Staff

Jan 3, 2022 at 10:55 p.m. UTC

Jan 3, 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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