Bitcoin’s biggest limitation is being challenged as OpNet brings native, yield-generating DeFi directly to the Bitcoin mainnet – no bridges or wrapped BTC required.

Technical weaknesses in smart contracts, such as reentrancy and flash loan exploits, have led to substantial financial losses in the crypto space. Targeted security solutions, like SphereX and GoPlus, ...

Ethereum is unique among cryptocurrencies in that it is as much a commodity to be converted from ETH to USD as it is a global software platform that operates on blockchain technology. The ecosystem ...

One of the Trump administration’s very first executive orders (No. 14178), issued January 23, 2025, titled “Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology,” was aimed at promoting ...

Contract analysis once required weeks of manual audits and specialized review, but AI tools can now surface issues in seconds. However, as AI’s capabilities expand ...

While exploitation of security flaws in many smart contracts have become a perennial target of cyberattackers, more security firms are shining a spotlight on scams that use fraudulent or obfuscated ...

The digital asset space has grown and changed significantly over the past 10 years, from niche to mainstream financial innovation. Cryptocurrencies and DeFi platforms are disrupting traditional ...

The network's co-founder says many blockchains pitching financial rails lack the activity to justify their valuations, and stablecoins still lack true product-market fit.

The new smart contract platform dismantles longstanding development issues by introducing a scalable, easy-to-use solution. Hathor, a layer-1 blockchain, introduces Nano Contracts, a smart contract ...

Update (25 July, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Shantanu Sontakke, security engineer at web3 security firm Zokyo Smart-contract developers and auditors told ...