Smart contracts enable automated, trustless transactions without intermediaries. However, the security of these contracts is paramount, especially when dealing with valuable digital money and property ...

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 ...

Aashika’s near two decades stint in business and finance journalism has led her to report, write, edit and lead teams covering public investing, private investing and personal investing both in India ...

Despite being groundbreaking, smart contracts are not impervious to flaws that malevolent parties could exploit. Inadequate input validation is a prevalent weakness that enables attackers to affect ...

Imagine if ordinary people could write smart contracts in their native language. It could bring in “billions of new [blockchain] users.” “Smart contract programming is hard,” said Emin Gün Sirer, ...

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Smart contracts may sound like tech jargon, but beneath the name lies a game-changing solution that’s reshaping finance as we know it. The purpose of this piece is to, or at least attempt to anyway, ...

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 ...