Smart Contracts

In a recent blog post, Mauricio Magaldi, Head of Product at Midnight, took a close look at how smart contracts in Midnight — which is a data protection-based sidechain solution for Cardano — work. Midnight’s smart contracts are designed to address a critical challenge in blockchain technology: ensuring data protection while maintaining the decentralized ethos […]

On 4 October 2023, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced the imminent launch of Synapse, a groundbreaking platform set to debut on 9 October. Synapse aims to bring a new level of automation and efficiency to settlement activities within the Stock Connect program. According to HKEX’s press release, Synapse leverages DAML smart contracts […]

Marlowe, a domain-specific language (DSL) designed for the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, is set to revolutionize the creation and execution of smart contracts. This high-level language, designed to be user-friendly and approachable, is aimed at making financial contracts and agreements accessible to individuals, regardless of their programming background. Earlier today, IOG announced that Marlowe had been […]

New data controls may require smart contracts to include kill switches, sparking debate among experts and the Web3 community. According to a report by CoinDesk, in a recent development, the European Parliament has given the green light to new data regulations that could potentially necessitate the incorporation of kill switches in smart contracts to halt […]

French cryptocurrency hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger has added a new experimental feature for Cardano ($ADA) holders that allows them to make Plutus V2 smart contract transactions on their Ledger devices. Paris-headquartered Ledger was co-founded in 2014 by Eric Larchevêque, Nicolas Bacca, Joel Pobeda, and Thomas France. It currently makes three crypto hardware wallets: Ledger Nano X and Ledger […]

IO Global (aka “IOG”, formerly known as “IOHK”), the company responsible for Cardano’s research and development, has some great news for the Cardano ($ADA) community. As you may remember, on April 28, IOG published a blog post (titled “Interoperability is key to blockchain growth”), in which it talked about five Cardano sidechains. One of these was […]

On Tuesday (April 26), Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson applauded French crypto hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger’s announcement about version 4.0.0 of the Cardano app for Ledger wallets now being compatible with Cardano-powered smart contracts. Paris-headquartered Ledger was co-founded in 2014 by Eric Larchevêque, Nicolas Bacca, Joel Pobeda, and Thomas France. It currently makes three crypto hardware wallets: […]

EVM-compatible smart compatible platform Moonbeam has gone live, becoming the first fully operational parachain on Polkadot ($DOT). What Is Polkadot ($DOT)? Here is an overview of Polkadot using information from the Polkadot website: “Polkadot is a network protocol that allows arbitrary data—not just tokens—to be transferred across blockchains. This means Polkadot is a true multi-chain application environment […]

Singapore-based blockchain startup SpaceChain announced on June 3 that “its blockchain-enabled payload” was “launched into space from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket”; SpaceX’s cargo spacecraft Dragon docked to the Harmony module of the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5. Around 17:30 UTC on June 3, we had lift-off for […]

Recently, popular New Zealand-based crypto analyst Lark Davis (@TheCryptoLark on Twitter) talked about why he is super bullish on Cardano ($ADA). His comments were made in a video released on his YouTube channel on May 26. Below are a few highlights: “I think that we could be in for a bit of a Cardano Summer, so […]

Recently, crypto influencer “Coin Bureau” (“@coinbureau” on Twitter) talked about what he considers one of the smart contract platforms in the world. In a video (titled “Elrond: Next BEST Smart Contract Blockchain??“) released on YouTube channel “Coin Bureau“, the show’s pseudonymous host told the channel’s over 652K subscribers about Elrond ($EGLD). The crypto influencer had this to say about Elrond: […]

On Saturday (April 10), Charlie Bilello, the founder and CEO of Compound Capital Advisors, compared the one-year return-on-investment (ROI) of Cardano’s $ADA token against various large-cap cryptoassets. Before founding Compound Capital Advisors, Bilello was “the Director of Research at Pension Partners, where he managed global tactical portfolios and co-authored four award-winning research papers on market […]