Treasury Probes Contract Program Tied to About $9 Billion in Small-Business Deals

The department is looking into whether companies have misused special programs that are meant to benefit small businesses.
CoinDesk

TON Launches Tolk, New Smart Contract Language With Lower Costs and Faster Development

The TON Foundation has released a new smart contract programming language called Tolk, aiming to simplify development on The Open Network blockchain while cutting costs for builders. Announced ...
Ars Technica

The costs of doing contract web programming?

I recently took a trip to California to visit my friend who's staying there for the summer. I made a few new friends myself in the 5 days I was there and one of them has a parent back home (San ...
CoinTelegraph

Smart-contract devs think AI code will make crypto safer despite vibe coding fears

Update (25 July, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC): This article has been updated to add commentary by Shantanu Sontakke, security engineer at web3 security firm Zokyo Smart-contract developers and auditors told ...
CoinTelegraph

Blockstream debuts Simplicity as Bitcoin’s answer to Ethereum’s Solidity

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 ...