smart contracts


Policy

EU Smart Contract Regulations Included in Council’s Data Act Draft

Some worry the text, a version of which was already agreed on by the European Parliament, will prove impossible to meet for most smart contracts.

(Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images)

Finance

Web3 Security Company Ironblocks Takes Aim at Spate of DeFi Hacks

Ironblocks is the latest Israeli startup to build a protocol monitoring product.

Ironblocks CEO Or Dadosh (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

EU Parliament’s Smart Contract Plans Limit Standard-Setting Promise, EU Commissioner Says

Controversial lawmaker proposals on data use may no longer meet original objectives, Thierry Breton told reporters.

The EU Commission's Thierry Breton (Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Policy

EU Parliament Passes Bill Requiring Smart Contracts to Include Kill Switch

One critic says the bill alters the fundamental nature of an automated computer program.

EU data rules target smart contracts (Walter Zerla/Getty Images)

Tech

Ethereum Says ERC-4337 Deployed, Tested, Beginning Era of Smart Accounts

The news of the deployment of ERC-4337 will be shared at an ETHDenver-related event, known as WalletCon.

Yoav Weiss, a security fellow at the Ethereum Foundation, announces the launch of account abstraction on Ethereum at WalletCon 2023 (Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Tech

Chainlink Launches Platform to Help Web2 Connect With Smart Contracts

The beta version of Chainlink Functions is now live on the Ethereum Sepolia and Polygon Mumbai test networks.

Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov (Chainlink)

Policy

China Launches Smart-Contract Functionality on Digital Yuan Through E-Commerce App Meituan

Through the smart contract, users can win part of a daily prize of $1,312 for using the digital yuan.

(Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

Tech

Mobile-Focused Blockchain Celo Partners With Ethereum Software Firm ConsenSys

The partnership will allow for Celo to integrate with ConsenSys’ Infura infrastructure.

Celo se asocia con ConsenSys. (Getty Images)

Finance

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to Set Up Platform for Digital Assets

The bourse is "venturing into crypto" and will explore how the technologies that underpin digital asset markets can enhance capital markets infrastructure.

Tel Aviv (Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images)