Despite the CFTC’s focus on virtual currencies and DLT, however, the CFTC, to date, has not directly addressed how liability for CEA violations involving DLT should be allocated among the various ...

Since its introduction in 2014 the Solidity programming language has become the de facto standard to write smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain network. Solidity is so popular that numerous ...

A smart contract is a self-executing computer program with the terms of the agreement written directly into lines of code. It is stored and replicated on a blockchain network. Smart contracts enable ...

In a world where most of the infrastructure behind processes, applications, and agreements relies on centralized entities, smart contracts are a novel concept that fosters trust and removes the need ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Smart contracts are talked about quite a lot. What is often ignored, however, is their ...

One of the Trump administration’s very first executive orders (No. 14178), issued January 23, 2025, titled “Strengthening American Leadership ...

Smart contracts are potentially one of the most useful tools associated with blockchain, and they can enable the transfer of everything from bitcoin and fiat currency to goods transported around the ...

Whether it is due to layers of middlemen or archaic practices, consumers and businesses suffer from unnecessarily high transaction costs in a wide range of legacy businesses, from insurance sales to ...