Category: Smart Contracts
Stellar’s Quietest Upgrade Just Changed Everything
Stellar upgraded to Protocol 25 X-Ray on January 22, adding BN254 elliptic curve and Poseidon hash support to bring ZK proofs natively to Soroban smart…
Midnight and OpenZeppelin Build Privacy-Focused Smart Contract Foundation
Midnight partners with OpenZeppelin to develop secure smart contract libraries as the mainnet launch approaches, bringing privacy-preserving blockchain development tools. Midnight’s mainnet launch inches closer.…
Smart Contracts Are Blind Without This One Thing
The deployment of a smart contract on Ethereum may feel like it’s a piece of code that someone would be unable to stop or hinder…
Sky Considers Rebrand Adjustments After Mixed Feedback
Sky rethinks its rebrand after mixed feedback from the community, exploring options for Maker’s role and future tokenomics changes. Sky, the stablecoin-focused DeFi protocol formerly…
Argentina Legally Recognizes Smart Contracts for Commercial Use
Argentina officially recognizes smart contracts as legally enforceable, paving the way for blockchain adoption in commercial transactions and legal agreements. In a groundbreaking development, Argentina…
CFTC Warns Court of Election Prediction Contract Frenzy
The CFTC worries about market manipulation as numerous exchanges are set to release election prediction contracts after a federal court sided with Kalshi and lifted…
Stacks Registers Unseen Smart Contract Deployment Days Away From Its Nakamoto Upgrade
Bitcoin layer-2 Stacks witnessed 1,400 smart contract deployments month over month, as its soon-to-be-effected Nakamoto upgrade will reduce its transaction confirmation time to seconds. Popular…
Ripple Will Support Ethereum Compatible Smart Contracts Soon
Ripple will let developers launch Solidity-based contracts on its network in the coming months, expanding its use cases beyond simple payments and transfers. Enterprise-geared blockchain…
Bitcoin L2 Stacks Sees Outage for Over 9 Hours
Stacks, a Bitcoin layer 2 network, experienced an outage for 9 hours last week, leaving user transactions and blocks unprocessed for that entire period. Stacks…
