OP_NET is a new protocol that aims to bring smart contracts and decentralized finance directly to Bitcoin transactions.

The financial system is evolving faster than at any point in modern history. Blockchain technology has introduced a structural alternative to centralized bankin ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ripple (XRP) launched smart contracts on AlphaNet in November 2025 to enable native DeFi applications on XRPL. XRP has struggled to convert payment infrastructure growth into sustained token demand ...

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 EY organization announces the launch of new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its EY Blockchain Analyzer: Smart Contract and Token Review (SC&TR) tool. The SC&TR tool is designed to ...

Adam Back’s Blockstream has launched Bitcoin-native smart contract programming language Simplicity, offering an alternative to Ethereum’s Solidity. Blockstream, the developer of Bitcoin’s layer-2 ...

OpenAI is stepping deeper into crypto security with the launch of EVMbench, a new testing framework designed to measure how well artificial intelligence can understand and potentially secure smart ...