Tag: contracts
DLC.Link Uses Discreet Log Contracts to Create ‘Safer Wrapped Bitcoin’
April 11: DLC.Link, describing itself as the "self-wrapping trustless bridge to DeFi," announced the release of dlcBTC, "a safer wrapped Bitcoin alter [...]
Stellar Starts Phased Rollout of 'Soroban' Smart Contracts
The "Protocol 20" upgrade, which adds support for Ethereum-style smart contracts to the decade-old payments-focused blockchain, had been delayed by th [...]
StoneX registers 53% Y/Y increase in revenues from FX/CFD contracts in Q1 FY24
StoneX Group Inc. (NASDAQ:SNEX), the owner of Forex brands such as FOREX.com and City Index, has published its financial results for the [...]
CEO Sentenced for Transnational “Cherry-Picking” Scheme Involving Foreign Exchange and Cryptocurrency Futures Contracts – Forex Factory
CEO Sentenced for Transnational “Cherry-Picking” Scheme Involving Foreign Exchange and Cryptocurrency Futures Contracts Forex Factory
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Fujitsu: MPs seek details on public sector contracts with IT firm
The letter, which calls for a reply within a fortnight, asks about the value of any contracts, whether they were awarded through open competition, if [...]
Pentagon awards satellite contracts: L3Harris, Lockheed, Sierra Space
Lockheed Martin's Tranche 0 Transport Layer satellites are seen in one of the company's processing facilities.Lockheed MartinThe Pentagon on Tuesday a [...]
CME Group registers record international ADV of 6.8M contracts in 2023
Derivatives marketplace CME Group today announced that average daily volume (ADV) outside the United States reached a record 6.8 million [...]
CME Group to launch longer-dated event contracts
International derivatives marketplace CME Group will launch event contracts with quarter- and year-end expiries for E-mini S&P 500 a [...]
Elastos’ BeL2 Blockchain Looks to Offer Staking, Smart Contracts
BeL2 will allow more sophisticated bitcoin transactions than the base Bitcoin blockchain, including smart contracts and irreversible digital agreement [...]
Australian Industry Index contracts in November, lowest reading since June 2020
The data is for November, not October. This data from AiG used to be a focus but the S&P Global PMIs are now more closely watched. Key points from [...]
Web3 firm detects major security flaw in common smart contracts
Smart contract development firm Thirdweb reported a security vulnerability that potentially “impacts a variety of smart contracts across the Web3 ecos [...]
Ethereum’s Layer-2 Expansion, Rise of Zero-Knowledge Cryptography, and Bitcoin’s New Frontier in Tokenization, Smart Contracts, and File Hosting
LAYER 2'S EVERYWHERE: In last week's The Protocol, we dedicated a not-inconsiderable quantity of ink to the fast-growing list of new "layer 2" blockch [...]
Robin Linus, Author of ‘BitVM’ for Bitcoin $BTC Smart Contracts, Is Back With New Plan for File Hosting
The BitStream proposal echoes the BitVM paper's attempt address the risk of damaging the network's performance by clogging it up with transactions or [...]
EU backs Data Act with clause to shut off smart contracts
The European Parliament has voted to approve the Data Act — controversial legislation that includes a stipulation necessitating smart contracts have t [...]
EU Parliament Approves Data Act That Could Kill Smart Contracts
The act, which establishes rules on the sharing of data, received 481 votes in favor and 31 votes against, according to a press release. The legislati [...]