smart contracts

Binance Unveils Smart Contract Blockchain but Claims It's No Ethereum Rival
The new Binance Smart Chain will be compatible with Ethereum, however.

Ready Layer One: Base Layer Protocols Team for Virtual Developer Event
A virtual conference is being organized by a bevy of base-layer protocols – the Web3 Foundation, Near, Cosmos, Tezos, Protocol Labs and Polkadot.

Overstock's VC Wing Leads $8.2M Funding Round in GrainChain
GrainChain, a blockchain platform for tracing commodities, raised $8.2 million from Medici and Eden Block.

Appealing to Normies: Advancing Bitcoin Starts With Better UX
At London's Advancing Bitcoin conference, developers discussed user-experience fixes for the world's leading crypto.

Gartner Research: Smart Contract Adoption to Increase Data Quality by 50% Over 3 Years
Research conducted by Gartner is predicting a 50% increase in overall data quality by 2023 for all businesses and organizations using blockchain smart contracts.

Algorand 2.0's New Non-Turing-Complete Smart Contracts Are a Feature, Not a Bug
Thursday's Algorand 2.0 upgrade adds decentralized finance (DeFi) features and smart contracts to the $108 million blockchain.

Tiny $217 Options Trade on Bitcoin Blockchain Could Be Wall Street's Death Knell
Skew., a startup led by an ex-JPMorgan trader, is trying to prove that bitcoin’s blockchain works better than Wall Street.

IKEA in 'World First' Transaction Using Smart Contracts and Licensed E-Money
IKEA Iceland has taken part in a commercial transaction using ethereum smart contracts and EU-licensed blockchain e-cash to settle an order.

WATCH: How Blockchain Oracles Could Take Chainlink to New Highs
Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov says there's one big thing holding back corporate adoption of blockchain technology.

Coinbase-Backed ConsenSys Alum Aims to Build GitHub for Web3
Harrison Hines, a former ConsenSys token guru, is building a developer hub for the decentralized web via his startup Terminal.

