Thailand’s Central Bank Eyes DeFi Use Cases for Its Digital Baht
Thailand’s central bank is looking at smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi) implementations for its national digital currency, the digital baht.
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How One Line of Code Destroyed Yam DeFi
The now notorious project, Yam.Finance, was launched without a proper code audit just like many other projects in the space.
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People Are Already Building Businesses Around Cardano’s Staking Functionality
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.
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Chainlink Zeroes in On Smart Contract Adoption With New Grant Program
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.
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Blockstack CEO Says Bitcoin Is a Better DeFi Solution Than Most Think
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)?
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ChainLink (LINK) Launches Grant Program to Support Developers – Ethereum World News
In summary:
Chainlink (LINK) has launched a community grant program to accelerate development on the platform.
The ChainLink ecosystem is growing rapidly and it is important to support the growth.
One goal of the Chainlink grant program is to accelerate the adoption of smart contracts.
Five Years Later, the Ethereum DApp Ecosystem Looks Exactly as Predicted
Ethereum’s fifth anniversary from the mainnet launch is upon us, marking an important milestone in the long history of the first smart contract platform to reach significant adoption.
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Vitalik Says DeFi Users Are ‘Underestimating Smart Contract Risk’
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has warned of the dangers of ‘smart contract risk’ in DeFi protocols in an interview to mark Ethereum’s fifth birthday.
Buterin also warned users not to ‘risk their life savings’ in DefI in his appearance on Laura Shin’s Unchained Podcast.
Smart Contract Language DAML Is Now Available on R3’s Corda
DAML, a major smart contact language designed for building business-level blockchain applications, has been integrated with R3’s blockchain.
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