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The Situation Smart contracts are often mentioned in blockchain-themed patent applications and recited in claims. However, Examiners without a thorough understanding of this concept or unfamiliar with blockchain technology often equate smart contracts with legal or commercial contracts stored on blockchains. As a result, the Examiners may find claims directed to merely applying the blockchain technology to execute legal or commercial contracts, for example, as part of a commerce system, like hedging.  See, e.g.,  Bilski v. Kappas, 561, U.S. 593, 611 (2010)). Without detailed explanations of...

Could Reddit's GameStop Run Be a Boon for Crypto? On 1/29/21 at 6:00 AM EST As GameStop's stock price has continued to rise over the past week, due to users of a Reddit thread, some experts have suggested that the situation could be beneficial to cryptocurrency trading. Over the past week, the share price of GameStop has skyrocketed to a high of $469 on Thursday, an increase of roughly 400 percent. The surge was caused by a group of Reddit users on the subreddit R/WallStreetBets, who set out to thwart hedge fund traders who bet against the company by short selling. Several other stocks, such ...

Hackers Steal Thousands of Customer Emails From Popular Crypto Wallet Share Photo: Rob Kim / Stringer, Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Hackers have released over 270,000 email addresses associated with customers of the popular hardware-based cryptocurrency wallet Ledger. The leak, which allegedly stemmed from a company hack last July, appears to contain over 270,00...