smart contracts


Tech

Bitcoin Token Protocol BRC20 Enables EVM-Style Smart Contracts With 'BRC2.0'

BRC20 is a token standard for issuing fungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol

(Dynamic Wang/Unsplash)

Tech

Weaponized Trading Bots Drain $1M From Crypto Users via AI-Generated YouTube Scam

Scammers appeared to be using AI-generated avatars and voices to reduce production costs and scale up video content.

Hacker working on two laptops (Azamat E/Unsplash)

Tech

Adam Back's Blockstream Unveils Bitcoin-Powered, Liquid Network-Based Smart Contracts

Co-founded by early Bitcoin contributor Adam Back, Blockstream introduced Simplicity to solve the limitations of Bitcoin as a smart contract venue

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus Hong Kong in February (CoinDesk/Personae Digital)

Finance

Arch Labs Raises $13M in Funding for Bitcoin-Based Smart Contracts

The funding round, which valued Arch Labs at $200 million, was led by Pantera Capital.

16:9 Arch (LoggaWiggler/Pixabay)

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Finance

Halliday Raises $20M for AI Protocol to Eliminate Writing Smart Contracts for DeFi

The Series A investment was led by venture capital giant a16z's crypto arm, following a $6 million seed round in 2022.

16:9 Halliday CEO Griffin Dunaif (Halliday)

Tech

Popular Crypto Wallet MetaMask Unveils New Roadmap

Part of their new roadmap includes adding features that make the wallet experience easier for users.

The MetaMask Institutional booth at Paris Blockchain Week 2022 (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana’s SOL Could Hit $520 by 2025-End, VanEck Says

VanEck predicts M2 money supply will grow to $22.3 trillion by 2025 from the current $21.5 trillion, boosting crypto markets and top tokens such as SOL.

(VanEck)

Tech

Ethereum Pioneer's New 'Time Machine' Makes Transactions Conditional on Future Events

The new platform, called the “Ethereum time machine,” extends Ethereum’s programming capabilities by allowing smart contracts to execute transactions based on uncertain or not-guaranteed future events.

Vlad Zamfir co-founder of Smart Transactions (STXN)

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Markets

Ripple Will Soon Add Ethereum Compatible Smart Contracts to XRP Ledger

The contracts will exist on a sidechain built on XRPL, developers said in a Tuesday post.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse (Scott Moore/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Tech

Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With 'EVM Object Format'

The EOF proposal is a series of planned changes aiming to update the ubiquitous Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) – the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and an evolving industry standard in its own right.

Artistically modified screenshot from code describing new EOF "containers" (Ipsilon/GitHub, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)