Patrick McCorry tweeted on November 2 2026 that exchanges should adopt smart contract wallets with time-delayed withdrawals, citing his 2017 paper after the Bitfinex hack and the Binance incident where $6b left hot wallets in roughly 20 minutes.

TRON DAO opened Committee Proposal No. 108 for voting to improve smart contract storage operations with activation slated for November 2 at 20:00 SGT and node operators directed to upgrade to v4.8.2.4.

TRON DAO released the mandatory GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.4 Empedocles upgrade to improve execution consistency and smart contract storage handling for node operators.

TRON DAO pushes GreatVoyage-v4.8.2.3 (Anaxagoras) mandatory upgrade optimizing smart contract storage and BN128 pairing for node operators at $0.34 TRX price.

Binance states smart contracts turn blockchain rules into automatic execution, advancing smart contract blockchain automation.

DeFi loses millions to exploits driven by common smart contract vulnerabilities leading to DeFi hacks and history of major DeFi exploits and root causes.

According to @WatcherGuru, X Head of Product Nikita Bier said X is the best source for financial news and that hundreds of billions of dollars are deployed based on information read on the platform. Source: Nikita Bier on X on Jan 11, 2026 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2010277345651990564 Bier announced X is building Smart Cashtags that let users specify the exact asset or smart contract when posting a ticker, and from Timeline users will be able to tap to view the asset’s real-time price and all mentions of that asset. Source: Nikita Bier on X on Jan 11, 2026 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2010277345651990564 Bier added they are collecting feedback as they iterate toward a public release next month, indicating imminent availability for traders to monitor crypto tickers directly within X. Source: Nikita Bier on X on Jan 11, 2026 https://x.com/nikitabier/status/2010277345651990564