Rating agency Moody's has warned of several risks of private, centralized blockchains in a report examining the tech's pros and cons.
Software virtualization giant VMware is integrating Digital Asset's smart contract language into its blockchain platform.
Electronics giant Bosch and power supplier Wien Energie have revealed a blockchain fridge aimed to enable better control of electricity consumption.
More than 1.2 million ethereum applications have used a little-known security tool from Amberdata to help avoid costly errors from smart contracts.
The Commerce Committee of the U.S. state of Connecticut has filed a new bill that would authorize the commercial use of blockchain smart contracts.
Japan financial group Nomura has invested in Y Combinator-backed smart contract auditing startup Quantstamp.
Facebook appears to be doubling down on its blockchain efforts with the hiring staffers from smart-contract startup Chainspace.
After an initial boom, smart contract auditing firm Hosho went from from 37 employees to seven after business slowed in 2018.
Russia’s Sberbank has settled a three-way repurchase agreement using blockchain tech, calling it a "world's first."
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission says smart contracts are covered under financial rules in its new primer on the technology.
RSK Labs is operating under a new banner, with an emphasis on creating a range of open-source protocols for blockchain infrastructure.
Little-known ethereum project Lition is live and quietly helping German citizens hunt down cheaper energy options.
Smart contract security startup Synthetic Minds has raised $5.5 million from investors including Pantera Capital.
Smart contract coders could be held liable for providing predictive "event contracts" on a blockchain, a CFTC commissioner has said.
SpankChain reported Thursday night that a hacker who stole 165 ETH from its payment platform had returned the funds.