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Hackers Drain $2 Million in DAI From Defi Protocol Akropolis
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) protocol Akropolis was on Thursday hacked for $2 million in DAI, in the latest flash loan attack to hit the nascent defi industry. The attacker pilfered the platform’s Ycurve pool in batches of $50,000 in the stablecoin DAI. This particular pool allows investors...
Defi Yield Protocol Is a Massive Boost for Yield Farmers and the Defi Space
13.11.2020
Since February 2020, we have seen a steady growth of the blockchain space and, most significantly, decentralized finance. While DeFi isn’t entirely new, the network’s growth has been more aggressive this year than it has ever been. The distribution of COMP governance token and...
Algorand-Backed Axelar Raises $3.75M in Seed Funding to Help Blockchains Communicate
13.11.2020
Axelar is a decentralized protocol designed by the founding members of Algorand to make it easier for dapps to work across blockchains
Akropolis DeFi protocol 'paused' as hackers get away with $2M in DAI
13.11.2020
Blockchain records show the hackers got away with more than $2,051,159 in DAI before moving the funds to a different address
The ‘Undo Button’ Wallet Tool Gives Users the Ability to Reverse Ethereum Transactions
12.11.2020
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, the blockchain firm Kirobo launched a tool that allows users to reverse ethereum transactions. Similarly to the replace-by-fee (RBF) protocol leveraged by bitcoin users, ethereum transactions can be reversed as well with Kirobo’s “Undo Button”...
Origin Protocol Teams Up with Bonded Finance
11.11.2020
Hailed as one of the most trusted finance and DeFi-supporting brands, Bonded Finance has announced its strategic collaboration with Origin Protocol, a globally-acclaimed entity fostering commercial operations through blockchain-supported marketplace tools. The integrating firms will leverage their...
Sharktron Defi Project Devs Exit Scam: Tron Foundation Says Part of Missing Funds Now Frozen
10.11.2020
Developers of the Sharktron defi project have exit scammed with reports suggesting that TRX tokens worth up to $10 million are missing. The Tron Foundation has confirmed the theft, but is quick to inform Sharktron token holders that a portion of the missing funds has been frozen. The exit scam...
Japanese firm Layer X Labs develops blockchain-based e-voting protocol
8.11.2020
The new system will bring blockchain security and immutability to local elections as well as reinforce Tsukuba City’s "smart city" initiative
Haven Protocol Integrates Band Protocol’s Pricing Oracle
6.11.2020
Monero based DeFi ecosystem Haven Protocol has integrated decentralized oracle network Band Protocol’s pricing oracle to secure its decentralized private assets. Band Protocol will be the primary price aggregator for Haven Protocol’s synthetic assets, including xGOLD, xSILV, xEUR, and xCNY, while...
Band Protocol Validator Now Available on MANTRA DAO
4.11.2020
Cross-chain DeFi network, MANTRA DAO, has announced that the validator for Band Protocol is now available on the platform for delegation. In a tweet on Tuesday, the network informed that users would earn OM token rewards for taking part in the innovative ways of distributing the token....
Uniswap Dark (UNID) Next Generation Defi protocol with Ultimate Security Futures, Token Pre-Sale is Now Live
4.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Uniswap Dark is a uniswap fork that tackles impermanent and permanent loss. Our exchange provides a decentralized, peer-to-peer, and safe exchange platform with minimal fees and slippage to solve the problems. Usually, trading or swapping on Uniswap demands ERC-20 token to...
$100 Million Accelerator Fund from Binance Now Supports PARSIQ, a Reverse-Oracle Blockchain Platform
3.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. PARSIQ is a working platform that makes blockchain events consumable and blockchain data actionable. It allows users—both individuals, companies, enterprises—to monitor any events across different blockchains in real-time and at scale and connect those events to...
Factom Protocol: An Outstanding and Avant-Garde Blockchain
3.11.2020
Understanding the Concept Data provides a critical foundation for every operation of your organization. Protecting and using it securely is central to a zero-trust strategy. Secure data solutions help one to gain greater visibility and to investigate & enforce real-time controls &...
Lightning Network Exploits Continue to Hinder the Bitcoin Scaling Solution
1.11.2020
While bitcoin has run-up to all new price highs in 2020, a great number of crypto supporters have been complaining about the mempool backlog and the high fees needed to send a transaction. Meanwhile, the Lightning Network is far from seeing widespread adoption, and a number of attack vectors have...
Yield Trust DeFi Protocol with Anti-Manipulation and Unique Trust Score Feature – Presale Now Live
31.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Trust Team from Stockholm, Sweden is ready to launch their new DeFi protocol for public access, providing users exciting and unique technologies to finally beat market manipulation and reduce market affection by the whales. The protocol is going to grow all around starting it’s...
‘Flash Loans’ Have Made Their Way to Manipulating Protocol Elections
29.10.2020
BProtocol used a flash loan to speed up election results on MakerDAO. The DeFi platform is now weighing changes to its voting process
Kraken CEO: ‘Defi Scams’ Must Take Their Losses as Way to ‘Enlightenment’
29.10.2020
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the world’s fourth-largest crypto exchange Kraken, has criticized decentralized finance (defi) projects, accusing them of being “scams” that enter the market too quickly, unprepared. In a charged Oct. 26 tweet, Powell said...
Ocean V3 Brings Wave of Data Monetization Tools to Ethereum
27.10.2020
A third version of Ocean Protocol has been released, fleshing out its vision for “datatokens” and decentralized data marketplaces
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
26.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven...
The unluckiest DeFi protocol? A personal take on bZX’s tumultuous year
24.10.2020
The platform got hacked not once, but thrice, putting the team through a trial by fire