smart contracts

IBM Blockchain to Offer Decentralized Smart Contract Option

IBM is implementing the Hyperledger Fabric 2.0 base layer to support smart contract governance on its blockchain platform.

By Paddy BakerMay 12, 2020

Tech

Tezos Becomes Latest Blockchain to Tap Chainlink for Oracle Services

Chainlink has integrated with yet another blockchain, this time Ethereum rival Tezos.

By William FoxleyApr 30, 2020

Tech

Binance Unveils Smart Contract Blockchain but Claims It's No Ethereum Rival

The new Binance Smart Chain will be compatible with Ethereum, however.

By Paddy BakerApr 17, 2020

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao. (Credit: Binance)

Tech

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.

By Brady DaleApr 7, 2020

Markets

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.

By Danny NelsonMar 6, 2020

GrainChain's blockchain tracing platform has already made inroads in the Honduran coffee scene. Image via: Roger Johnson/Medici

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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.

By Alyssa HertigFeb 7, 2020

Blockstream's UX director, Selene Jin, speaks at 2020's Advancing Bitcoin conference in London. (Photo by Alyssa Hertig for CoinDesk)

Markets

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.

By Sebastian SinclairFeb 4, 2020

Research conducted by Gartner is predicting a 50 percent increase in overall data quality by 2023

Tech

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.

By Danny NelsonNov 22, 2019

Markets

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.

By Bradley KeounOct 8, 2019

New York Stock Exchange (f11photo/Shutterstock)

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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.

By Daniel PalmerOct 3, 2019

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