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The Data Act — a contentious piece of European Union legislation that includes a clause requiring the ability to terminate smart contracts — has been approved by the European Parliament. If introduced, the legislation will require a smart contract to have a “kill switch.”In a Nov. 9 press release, the parliament
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has shared its top tips to support consumers shopping smart tech this Black Friday. Smart tech is expected to be a popular category again this year, with Brits primed to bag themselves a bargain
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Ethereum account abstraction advocate John Rising has shared some “sobering” numbers showing overall ERC-4437 adoption has been far from ideal. In a Nov. 14 post on X (formerly Twitter), Rising shared data points that showed ERC-4337-enabled smart accounts suffered a decline in users, low transaction activity and poor operational costs for
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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 other computations by carrying them out off-chain. In both cases, transactions or computations would only need to carried out on-chain for verification or to address a dispute. Source
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With this integration of Smart Pools, users can now earn higher yields without the hassle of manually rebalancing their liquidity. Decentralized finance (DeFi) network Steer Protocol has teamed up with Sushi to integrate its innovative Smart Pools into the ecosystem. According to the announcement, the collaboration aims to revolutionize liquidity management and
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The European Parliament has voted to approve the Data Act — controversial legislation that includes a stipulation necessitating smart contracts have the ability to be terminated.In a Nov. 9 press release, the parliament said the legislation passed 481 votes to 31 against. To become law, it will now need approval
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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 legislation now needs formal approval from the European Council, a body comprising the 27 member nations' heads of state. Original Source
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Scams facilitated on BNB Smart Chain (BSC) decreased from $55.4 million in the second quarter of 2023 to $13.6 million in the third quarter, according to an AvengerDAO report contributed to by security firm HashDit. This represents a 75% drop in the amount lost to scams.According to the security firm’s
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Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave, were among investors in a fundraise for Llama, a protocol aiming to provide easy-to-use tools for on-chain organizations. Llama, an access control and governance platform for smart contracts, raised $6 million during a seed funding round led by Founders Fund and
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Smart contract platform Llama has raised $6 million in seed funding from Founders Fund and Electric Capital, with other investors including Sandeep Nailwal, the co-founder of the Polygon blockchain, and Stani Kulechov, the founder of lending protocol Aave. Source
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