Technical weaknesses in smart contracts, such as reentrancy and flash loan exploits, have led to substantial financial losses ...

Smart contracts automate transactions on blockchains, cutting out middlemen and reducing fees. Decentralized finance uses smart contracts for trading, lending, and more without traditional banks.

With more suppliers adopting digitization, traditional contractual agreements in the supply chain space are being superseded by new arrangements known as smart contracts, a type of self-executing ...

Aashika’s near two decades stint in business and finance journalism has led her to report, write, edit and lead teams covering public investing, private investing and personal investing both in India ...

Bitcoin, initially designed as electronic cash, has become a store of value and a foundation for decentralized finance. While its scripting language was initially limited, technologies like SegWit and ...

Digital innovation is transforming the way agreements are concluded and enforced, with smart contracts emerging as one of the ...

Smart contracts’ value proposition is well-founded, as we discussed in our previous blog post Exploring the Disruptive Potential of Smart Contracts. They bring programmability to a value transfer ...

Smart contracts are the worker bees of blockchain technology. Most of the programs that run on blockchains–ranging from financial exchanges to games–are decentralized applications (dapps) that are ...

A version of this article originally appeared in the Artnet News Pro fall 2022 Intelligence Report. You want to buy a new painting from a midsize gallery? It’s not as simple as it sounds. After you ...

Stellar is a blockchain that is trying to beat Ethereum. And so the Stellar Development Foundation will invest $100 million to get developers to make apps for its platform. The foundation is launching ...