Why is Fantom (FTM) Price Up By 30%?

Fantom (FTM), a leading smart contract platform focused on speed, witnessed its native token abruptly gain 30% amid a mix of network-specific improvements alongside broader Bitcoin momentum, lifting crypto markets higher.

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Dencun Update Set to Boost Ethereum’s Ecosystem Amidst Rising Competition, Asserts Grayscale

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Filecoin Gains 10% Following Its Integration With Solana; Ambitious Goals for Shiba Inu’s Rising Rival

The crypto market is a rollercoaster, but some coins are defying gravity. Filecoin (FIL), often dubbed the “Netflix of blockchain storage,” has seen its price skyrocket by 10% in the past 24 hours, fueled by a major integration with Solana, a rising star in the smart contract platform world.

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Files to Dismiss SEC Lawsuit Against It

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission didn't allege fraud and stretched the definition of a contract in its lawsuit against Kraken, the exchange said in a motion to dismiss the case Thursday.

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The Polygon Vesting Contract Is Officially Empty, Will This Send MATIC Price To $3?

Like many other crypto projects, the native token of the Polygon network, MATIC, was launched with some portion of the supply vested for the team over a period of time. In the case of Polygon, the vesting was for five years, and since 2019, there have been periodic token unlocks.

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PlayDapp breach 8th largest hack in crypto history at $290m

PlayDapp’s smart contract exploit enters its fifth day, accumulating over $290 million in losses, marking the largest hack since 2022.

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Will Cardano (ADA) Break $1 Before Bitcoin Halving?

Cardano’s native token, ADA, shows signs of awakening from its multi-year bear market slumber. The smart contract platform has lagged peers during the recent crypto frenzy but appears positioned for major catch-up activity in 2024.

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Axiom raises $20M in series A round led by Paradigm, Standard Crypto

Axiom, a ZK protocol that allows one to compute the entire history of Ethereum from their smart contract, has announced it raised $20 million in its series A funding round. Paradigm and Standard Crypto led the funding round, with participation from Robot Ventures and Ethereal Ventures.

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Crypto Launchpad Team Finance Suffers $14.5M Exploit

Team Finance, a crypto token launchpad, has suffered a $14.5 million exploit in relation to a smart contract bug in its migration feature.

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OpenSea Ventures Among Backers for $7M Round for Crypto Security Startup

Web3 Builders also launched the free TrustCheck tool to verify the safety of smart contract and NFT transactions

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DeFi Apps display their soft underbelly - October 2022 is the biggest month for Crypto hacks ever

Decentralized Finance protocols are harder to run than they look. There are multiple points of failure for platforms including smart contract exploits, flash loan attacks, and rug pulls by anonymous employees.

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Radix launches its Alphanet testnet as top exchanges list XRD

Radix, the DeFi-focused smart contract platform with a rapidly growing developer community, has announced that its testnet named Babylon Alphanet is now live. Radix’s native token XRD has also been listed on multiple major crypto exchanges, the platform revealed on Thursday via a press release shared with Invezz.

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Post Analysis of Ethereum Merge and Cardano’s Vasil Hard Fork

Two smart contract rivals undergo major technological upgrades to enhance their ecosystems. Cardano centered on a Vasil Hard Fork Upgrade, while Ethereum transformed from a Proof of Work consensus to a Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. The real question crypto…

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S. Korean Crypto Project Klaytn Will Offer Gas Fee Rebates to Gaming Firms

The South Korean project said it would offset user gas fees and contract fees charged to gaming companies built on its platform.

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Reversible transactions could mitigate crypto theft — Researchers

The proposal puts forward an “opt-in” token standard that would enable victims to report theft to a governance contract, with algorithms helping to identify and freeze ill-gotten gains.

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Fameex escort crypto investment: $100,000 contract bear fund quantitative trading platform

As more mainstream financial institutions on the Wall Street enter the crypto financial market, the correlation between cryptocurrencies represented by BTC and ETH and NSDQ increases. The strong interThe post Fameex escort crypto investment: $100,000 contract bear fund quantitative trading platform appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Crypto Auditing Platform Sherlock Raises $4M in Funding

The protocol features an open auditor competition to help find smart contract vulnerabilities

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Weekly active crypto devs drops over 26% over the last 3 months

Blockchain developer activity is one of the most crucial metrics in measuring the success of a smart contract platform — one that lacks developers will struggle to grow.

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Crypto Engineers, Investors Sue US Treasury Over Tornado Cash Sanctions

The Treasury’s sanctions watchdog, OFAC, exceeded its authority in blacklisting smart contract wallets, plaintiffs allege in a new suit.

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Waves Founder: Crypto Needs Regulation to Deal With Market Manipulation

Sasha Ivanov, founder and CEO of the Waves smart contract blockchain, said the crypto industry needs regulation to deal with issues of market manipulation and to protect users against bad actors. The post Waves Founder: Crypto Needs Regulation to Deal With Market Manipulation appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Celestia: Launching a blockchain to be as easy as deploying a smart contract

New crypto project wants to give online communities their own sovereignty by easily deploying their own blockchain with their own rules

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Ledger & StarkNet Partnership: Experience New Wallet Features with Account Contracts

Things to know: – Ledger will be one of the first crypto wallets to integrate StarkNet during the first quarter of 2023. – The integration will allow you to create a contract account in Ledger Live* and upgrade your experience with additional features such as multi-signature governance, a backup authorization of your account, advanced security […]

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Korean crypto exchange KODA to use Uppsala to boost AML and threat detection

Uppsala, a blockchain security service provider for crypto AML/CTF, transaction risk management, regulatory compliance, and transaction tracking, has announced today that it has signed a contract to supply digital asset AML solutions to KODA (Korea Digital Asset), a South Korean crypto exchange.

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Santiment claims Cardano (ADA) is the most developed asset in crypto

Cardano (ADA/USD) is a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain platform. Cardano enables smart contract functionality and is aimed at providing an efficient alternative to networks using the power-intensive Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism.

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Solana and Ethereum smart contract audits, explained

What are smart contract audits, how do they work, and how do they benefit the crypto projects who get their code scrutinized? Let's find out.

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Bearish Crypto Outlook — the Perfect Environment for Bearcoin (BTCBEAR) Launch

Polygon-based smart contract Bearcoin is launching on July 15. The intelligent contract offers a feasible and competent solution to crypto volatility. It’s tied to the price of bitcoin, allowing it to stay stable even when bitcoin is going through a deflationary cycle.

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Visual blockchain data app Bubblemaps teams with Hacken to bring additional safety to DeFi investors

Hacken, the blockchain and crypto security platform, today announced it has established a partnership with Bubblemaps, a supply auditing tool for DeFi tokens & NFTs, to allow investors to make better-informed decisions utilizing easy-to-read on-chain data infographics and smart contract audits.

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Know Your Order Types In Crypto Investing

Introduction The act of betting on how the price of a cryptocurrency will change through a contract for difference (CFD) trading account or buying and selling the underlying coins through an exchange is known as cryptocurrency trading.

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JPEX launches CryptoPunks and REDHARE NFT Index contract

JPEX launched Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) index, CryptoPunks index, Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) index before, and recently launched Crypto Punk & REDHARE NFT INDEX. These whole series of contractThe post JPEX launches CryptoPunks and REDHARE NFT Index contract appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Coinbase Is Reportedly Selling Geolocation Data to ICE

Crypto exchange Coinbase analytics program, Coinbase Tracer, will provide the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) with data about crypto users, including their “historical geo tracking data” and transaction history, according to a contract obtained by watchdog group Tech Inquiry,

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Coinbase is Reportedly Selling Geo-Location Data to ICE

Crypto exchange Coinbase analytics program, Coinbase Tracer, will provide the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) with data about crypto users, including their “historical geo tracking data” and transaction history, according to a contract obtained by watchdog group Tech Inquiry,

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Crypto trading platform MoonXBT unveils new referral program

MoonXBT, a social cryptocurrency trading platform with spot, contract, and options markets, announced that it has officially launched its new referral program. Currently, MoonXBT users can earn commissions by referring new users to the platform.

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VanEck partners with Investo to launch crypto ETF in Brazil

VanEck and Investo, a Brazilian asset manager, have launched a new crypto-focused Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) in Brazil called BLOK11, Invezz learned from a press release. The ETF will aim to track the MVSCBR performance (Crypto Compare Smart Contract Leaders Brazil Index), giving exposure to the most liquid and biggest smart contract assets in the […] The post VanEck partners with Investo to launch crypto ETF in Brazil appeared first on Invezz.

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Chinese court invalidates 2019 car sale made using now worthless crypto token

It appears that not only was the sales contract invalidated, but the buyer paid for the car with a questionable digital token in the first place.

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The A to Z of ETH 2.0 deposit contract seeing new ATH amidst...

More than $1 billion worth of digital assets were liquidated on 16 June in the face of the crypto crash. Moreover, around $480 million was wiped out on centralized exchanges over the past 24 hours.

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Hacker Exploits ApolloX Exchange; Here’s What Led to the Loss of 53 million APX Tokens

Decentralized crypto exchange ApolloX was reportedly exploited on June 8, as the platform stated that the hacker found a flaw in the platform's Trading Rewards Contract. The post Hacker Exploits ApolloX Exchange; Here’s What Led to the Loss of 53 million APX Tokens appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Crypto Reacts: The CryptoPunks V1 NFT Collection Turns Five Years Old

The creators deployed the original CryptoPunks smart contract five years ago today. It’s a historic day for sure. Those pioneering NFT projects created a Billion-dollar industry. So, why is the crypto media so silent about the CryptoPunks NFT collection’s fifth anniversary? Because we’re talking about the legendary CryptoPunks V1.

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CFTC Sues Gemini Over Futures Contract Statements

Gemini, a leading crypto exchange, has been sued by the CFTC over statements regarding its earliest Bitcoin futures contracts. Lawsuit Concerns Bitcoin Futures Contract According to the U.S. Commodity Futures...

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CFTC sues Gemini claiming crypto exchange lied in futures contract evaluation

The agency says the exchange gave false information in person and in documents in its 2017 bid to be among the first to offer Bitcoin futures contracts.

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More than 10% ETH deposited in ETH 2.0 contract but here's the caveat

Ethereum, the largest altcoin continues to suffer the bearish winter within the crypto market. ETH slipped below the $2k mark following aggressive sell-offs from traders/investors. The number of addreThe post More than 10% ETH deposited in ETH 2.

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Ethereum Merge Testing Enters Final Phases But Price Drops Below $2K

Crypto markets may be bleeding out but testing on the world’s largest smart contract and decentralized app network, Ethereum, is still going ahead at full steam. The post Ethereum Merge Testing Enters Final Phases But Price Drops Below $2K appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Certora Raises $36M for Smart Contract Security Tools

Jump Crypto led the funding round for the firm, which secures $50 billion of DeFi assets.

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Crypto Market Forecast: Week of May 16th 2022

A curated weekly summary of forward-focused crypto news that matters. This week, crypto markets reel from the collapse of UST and LUNA, Fed officials warn that negative growth is coming in the near future, and smart contract tokens are hit hard during the market dip

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“Ethereum Killers” Underwater Against Ethereum

Amidst a sustained crypto market correction that began last November, many of the Layer 1 smart contract platforms meant to compete with Ethereum have been severely depressed in terms of...

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Zilliqa: From 42% intra-day rally to dizzying volumes - what's going on in ZIL

Zilliqa (ZIL), a smart contract crypto has garnered significant attention since its inception. Well, it incorporated three main attributes: low cost, environmentally sustainable, and high scalabilityThe post Zilliqa: From 42% intra-day rally to dizzying volumes - what's going on in ZIL appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Lack of transparency among project auditors a big problem — Hacken CEO

Dyma Budorin thinks the crypto industry would be much safer if smart contract auditors took responsibility for the code they audited.

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Cardano Ledger App Receives Smart Contract Functionality

Famous crypto hardware wallet provider ‘Ledger’ has announced that version 4. 0. 0 of the Cardano (ADA) app will now be available and accessible on Ledger live. This development introduces the smart contract functionality of the ADA ecosystem, which is one of its new features.

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SHIB Gains Traction Among ETH Whales, Becoming Most Used Smart Contract for Them

Shiba Inu has been actively purchased by largest ETH whales and remains their biggest crypto holding

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Lionel Messi signs $20 million deal with digital fan token company Socios.com

As global sports personalities flock to the crypto world Lionel Messi, a world-class footballer, has signed an agreement worth more than $20 million with digital fan token company Socios. com. The contract will see Messi promote the company.

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