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Latest Smart contracts stories
- 慢雾 Warns of Exploit in Pennysia’s Ethereum Settlement Contract
The warning says a contract flaw let an attacker move tokens users had approved but not yet used.
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- Aave Founder Urges DeFi Lenders to Add Oracle Circuit Breakers
Aave saw $27 million in liquidations in March and an $8.45 billion deposit run in April after a bridge exploit.
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- hitesh.eth Proposes Ethereum Service Market With Human Review
The concept combines agreed work terms, escrow and community-based reputation. Its proposed first test would use Sepolia before any small live pilot.
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- Polymarket Sets Three-Stage V2 Market Rollout Starting Nov. 23
The revised schedule adds launch dates on Nov. 24 and Dec. 1 after an earlier tentative Nov. 2 start.
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- Ethlabs Urges Developers to Delay Hoodi Fork Date Until Audit Results and Impacts Are Clear
Two Glamsterdam audit results are expected before Nov. 16. Ethlabs recommends waiting until their effects are clear before changing upgrade specifications or choosing a new Hoodi date.
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- Ethereum Foundation Reviews Four Reports on Glamsterdam Contract Risks
The reports concern deployed contracts that may be affected by EIP-8037 and EIP-8038. The Foundation is contacting potentially affected protocols.
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- Ethereum's EIP-8488 Draft Would Give New Contracts a Separate Gas Schedule
The open draft uses V2 opcodes for new contracts after activation, while existing contracts keep the legacy schedule.
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- BNB Chain's Red Alarm Security Tool Has Been Live Since 2022
DappBay lists high-risk projects and contracts and lets users scan smart contracts or wallet addresses.
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- Grayscale Highlights Ethereum's Role in Four Digital Finance Areas
Grayscale characterized Ethereum as a leading smart-contract platform. The network supports decentralized applications and smart contracts.
· Insights & Views
- Ethereum Core Developers Pause Glamsterdam Over Eight Gas Invariants
Ethereum Foundation developer Marius van der Wijden urged contract teams to check whether their projects rely on the affected invariants. Hoodi has no new activation date.
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- Backpack CEO Says Five-Person Team Could Build Next Robinhood
Armani Ferrante said open developer APIs could lower costs for financial products recreated with smart contracts.
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- Stellar Bell Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet Ahead of Mainnet Vote
Wallets and indexers need software updates, while developers can opt in to post-quantum signature verification for smart contracts.
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- Privacy is a requirement for finance, Aztec co-founder says in case for private smart contracts
Aztec co-founder Zach Williamson says private smart contracts could enable compliant real-world assets to work across DeFi, making privacy a financial requirement rather than an optional feature.
· Insights & Views
- TRON Committee Proposal No. 108 Puts Storage Update Into Effect
The change is part of GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.4, known as Empedocles, and aims to improve consistency in smart contract execution and node reliability.
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- FOBO Contracts Require a 48-Hour Delay for Buyback-Fund Actions
A separate factory gate waits about 24 hours before allowing a quote asset, while factory pauses and signer rotations remain immediate.
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- GenLayer’s Internet Court Uses AI Panels to Review Agent Contract Outcomes
As of Nov. 2, GenLayer’s network activity stood at 12,500 decisions per day, excluding Bradbury Deployment 2. The figure did not identify Internet Court cases.
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- Treehouse (TREE) Proposal Would Add Blacklist for Confirmed Security Incidents
Voting is open through Nov. 4 on a proposal that would restrict designated addresses during confirmed security incidents across supported networks.
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- Chainlink Announces HKGX Integration for Spot Gold Trading
The partnership is intended to facilitate spot gold trades through smart contracts.
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- Ethereum Draft Would Let EOAs Permanently Disable EIP-7702
The irreversible lock would block later delegation authorizations while preserving ordinary transactions. A compromised private key could still be used to move funds.
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- Newton Foundation Says Binance Incident Attacker Sent Tokens Worth About $3.5M
About 8 million NEWT and 17 other token types are trapped in a contract with no administrator permissions or upgrade path.
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- ai16z Co-Founder Shaw Says Pump.fun Bytecode Is Publicly Accessible
Bracket Company Inc. sent Shaw a warning letter alleging infringement on Oct. 29. Shaw said the code he produced was original and that he would remove material that might violate Pump.fun’s terms.
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- Stellar’s Project Thruput Benchmark Records 7.02 Million Payments per Second
The results measure execution within one validator, not end-to-end throughput across Stellar. Tests used RV32 ERC-20 transfers involving 100 accounts.
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- Midnight Mainnet Passes One Million Transactions in Seven Months
The network had 1,434 deployed smart contracts, while its press-time tally was 26,608 transactions after an Oct. 25 peak of 49,229.
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- Intersect Returns 115,172 Cardano (ADA) to Treasury in First Mainnet Sweep
The funds came from the 2025 Cardano Product Committee budget, in transfers of 55,172 ADA on Oct. 20 and 60,000 ADA on Oct. 21.
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- S&P Global Completes OpenZeppelin Deal to Add Onchain Security
OpenZeppelin's open-source tools will remain publicly maintained, with audits and development continuing under its brand.
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- S&P Global Completes Acquisition of OpenZeppelin Smart Contract Firm
OpenZeppelin will operate as a separate business unit, with founder Demian Brener continuing to lead it.
· Business
- Ethereum Developers Delay Hoodi Upgrade Over EIP-8037 Risks
Thirteen real contract cases have been identified, and developers will review additional contracts this week.
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- Ethereum Draft Proposes CALLSTATUS for Calls and Contract Creation
The proposed three-bit code would identify success, rollback, exceptional termination or termination at a lower level. It aims to distinguish deliberate rollbacks from failures such as gas exhaustion.
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- ai16z Founder Shaw Says 90% of Reverse Engineering on All Pump.fun Contracts Is Done
He said the work covered all Pump.fun contracts and that he expected to finish on Oct. 25.
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- Stellar Foundation Adds Protocol 30 Release Checklist Ahead of Bell Votes
The list names versions for several core tools and SDKs; Stellar CLI’s Protocol 30 release remained pending.
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- Arbitrum Proposal Would Resume Stylus Activations on One After Security Review
New contracts would also need approval from the Arbitrum Foundation’s multisig, while existing contracts could keep running and renew permissionlessly.
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- Centrifuge Adds Optional Smart-Contract Rules for Tokenized Funds
The V3.3 policy applies at the pool level, with examples that delay some changes for 48 hours or seven days.
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- Monad Draft Proposes Protocol-Level Scheduling for Future Contract Calls
The design would store scheduled transactions until their target block and reserve up to 10% of a block’s gas target for them.
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- OpenZeppelin Releases Stellar Token Contracts With Privacy Limits
The v0.8.0 library wraps SEP-41 tokens and includes six Noir proof circuits. The current verifier does not guarantee amount or balance privacy.
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- NEM Token Exploit Drains About $821,900 From PancakeSwap Pool
The attacker repeated a flawed token-accounting sequence 42 times in PancakeSwap’s USDT/NEM market before selling the remaining NEM for USDT.
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- China’s DCEPS System Provides Base for Cross-Border Yuan Settlement
The e-CNY SMART Contract framework has applications in five areas, including prepaid-fund management and migrant-worker wages. The digital yuan shifted to deposit-money-type 2.0 on Jan. 1, 2026.
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- Genius Yield Gradually Winds Down as Reward Claims Require a Co-Signer
Genius Zero lets users unstake through a browser without the protocol’s backend, while reward claims remain limited to funds already added on-chain.
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- Hoskinson's Cardano Language Proposal Still Lacks Public Code and a Release Date
Hoskinson said the proposed language would combine transaction intents, proof-carrying data and Groth16 proofs.
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- China Unveils Digital Yuan System and Smart Contract Framework
The digital yuan operations center introduced DCEPS and e-CNY SMART Contract as part of the infrastructure upgrade.
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- Crypto Sportsbooks Use a Mix of Smart Contracts, Escrow and Operator Accounts
A review of eight platforms shows that wallet access alone does not reveal who holds a stake or how a game result determines a payout.
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