The Chinese government is supporting a new global DeFi association. Amid the ongoing craze around decentralized finance, or DeFi, a blockchain startup in China is launching a global DeFi initiative. Conflux Network, a permissionless blockchain startup, has launched a new DeFi-focused association focused on international cooperation of major industry players. Called “Open DeFi,” the new…
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Binance wants to stay ahead of the DeFi trend. After teasing the upcoming blockchain in April, Binance has launched the mainnet of its Smart Chain — a smart contract-enabled blockchain running in parallel to Binance Chain. Binance Smart Chain comes with an Ethereum Virtual Machine-compatible environment, which allows Solidity developers to move into the new…
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Russian enterprises get deeper into blockchain. Sberbank, the largest state-owned bank in Russia, is working with a major domestic airline company to introduce a blockchain-based ticket sale system. Russia’s largest bank is reportedly collaborating with S7 Airlines on a new ticket sale platform that will enable corporate clients with instant settlement through smart contracts and…
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‘These kinds of token experiments are not going away,’ Messari said about DeFi project YAM doubling its total value locked. Experimental DeFi protocol Yam Finance all but collapsed last week following the discovery of a fatal error, but the project has since gained $200 million in total value locked. According to a report from crypto…
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A single mistake cost them everything. The now notorious project, Yam.Finance, was launched without a proper code audit just like many other projects in the space. Richard Ma, the CEO of blockchain security company Quantstamp, told Cointelegrpah that many DeFi projects are launched unaudited in order to capitalize on reverse psychology: “Not having an audit…
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Sounds like Cardano is already contributing to the gig economy. In a recent Cointelegraph interview, Aparna Jue, a product director at IOHK, the Cardano (ADA) development company, opined that even at the current stage of its development, the platform is much more than just a wallet. Cardano recently migrated from the Byron to the Shelly…
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Chainlink quietly unveils a grant program with the stated goal of making smart contracts “the dominant form of digital agreement”. Chainlink (LINK) introduced a new community grant program focused on making smart contracts “the dominant form of digital agreement”. Chainlink’s positive feedback loops. Source: Chainlink. Dominating digital agreements The grants will be awarded to projects…
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Bitcoin a secure cryptocurrency, whereas Ethereum has been a “frontrunner” when it comes to smart contracts. As interest in smart contracts surges, some Bitcoiners are asking: why can’t Bitcoin (BTC) become the foundation for smart contracts too, instead of Ethereum (ETH)? Muneeb Ali, co-founder and CEO of Blockstack open-source platform, believes that the best way…
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R3’s widely-used open source blockchain platform Corda now supports the DAML smart contract language. DAML, a major smart contact language designed for building business-level blockchain applications, has been integrated with R3’s blockchain. Developed by United States’ blockchain startup Digital Asset, DAML, or Digital Asset Modeling Language, is now available on R3 commercial blockchain platform, Corda…
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Binance Smart Chain will integrate Chainlink data oracles to add usability to its blockchain, in particular, in the burgeoning DeFi space. Binance Smart Chain — a dual-chain architecture from major crypto exchange Binance — is now integrating Chainlink (LINK) data oracles. Binance Smart Chain adds smart contracts to the exchange’s original chain, Binance Chain, and…
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