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DeFi Could Be Forced to Incorporate and Certify, French Central Bank Says
11.4.2023
Regulators are seeking to extend EU laws to cover more diffuse and decentralized structures
Shiba Inu's Metaverse Will Partially Open by 2023-End, Developers Say
11.4.2023
The metaverse is unlikely to be fully completed on release as it will be an “ongoing project,” developers said
Euler Finance Community Weighs Plan to Return Money Recovered From $200M Hack
10.4.2023
The goal of the proposal is to let Euler users redeem their funds as soon as possible
Terra DeFi project Terraport suffers $2M hack days after launch
10.4.2023
Terra users are losing another round of funds due to a breach on the new DeFi platform Terraport Finance, which launched on March 31
Sushi DEX Recovers 100 Ether After Millions Lost on Weekend Exploit
10.4.2023
‘White hat’ hackers are working to recover more of the stolen funds as of Monday
Symbiosis integrates zkSync: ‘Natural evolution' of scaling solutions
10.4.2023
Cross-chain DeFi platform Symbiosis has integrated zkSync to improve transaction speed and reduce fees on its automated market-making protocol
Jared Grey confirms SushiSwap lost $3.3M in token allocation
10.4.2023
Jared Grey, the Head Chef of SushiSwap, recently confirmed that the platform was attacked. According to the latest tweets, the platform lost over $3.3 million. The breach occurred in RouterProcessor2 that led to sifuvision.eth losing 1800 ETH. SushiSwap has reported that one attacker has returned...
SushiSwap Exchange Suffers Major $3.3 Million Smart Contract Hack – Here's What Happened
10.4.2023
Popular decentralized exchange (DEX) platform SushiSwap has suffered more than $3.3 million in losses after a hacker exploited a bug in a smart contract.
More specifically, the DEX saw its RouteProcess02 contract, a smart contract that aggregates trade liquidity from multiple sources...
Sushiswap Smart Contract Bug Results in Over $3M in Losses; Head Chef Says Hundreds of ETH Recovered
10.4.2023
According to several reports, a bug introduced to the decentralized exchange (dex) protocol Sushiswap’s smart contract has resulted in more than $3 million in losses. The blockchain and smart contract security firm Peckshield explained the exploited contract was “deployed in multiple...
How Utility NFTs Will Drive Mainstream Web3 Adoption
9.4.2023
Ken Timsit, is Head of blockchain startup accelerator Cronos Labs and Cronos Chain.__________
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) were perhaps the most publicly followed hype cycle, with celebrities from Justin Bieber to Madonna dropping NFT collections for their fans over the past couple of years....
Solana's Latest Tech Solution Aims to Dramatically Reduce On-Chain Storage Costs – Here's How it Works
7.4.2023
Popular layer-1 blockchain Solana has unveiled a new solution that will dramatically decrease the cost of storing data on-chain.
In a Thursday blog post, Solana Foundation tech lead Jon Wong said the "state compression" technology would bring down the cost of minting 1 million non-fungible tokens...
Today in Crypto: Do Kwon Converted Millions in Illicit Funds to BTC, Robinhood to Pay $10.2M in Penalties, Mt Gox Creditors Repayment Window Now Open
7.4.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Today in Crypto: Do Kwon Converted Millions in Illicit Funds to BTC, Robinhood to Pay $10.2M in Penalties, Mt Gox Creditors...
U.S. delivers 2023 DeFi Illicit Finance Risk Assessment
7.4.2023
The U.S. Treasury Department happened to have delivered the 2023 DeFi Illicit Finance Risk Assessment. This happens to be the very first of its kind in the whole world ever. It was carried out on the topic of decentralized finance (DeFi). Risk assessment is useful in protecting the U.S. financial...
US Treasury Report: North Korea and Scammers Using DeFi to Launder Dirty Money – Regulation Incoming?
7.4.2023
The US Treasury has revealed that North Korean hackers and scammers exploit loopholes in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to launder money and hide criminal activity.
In a Thursday report, the federal agency claimed that North Korean hackers and other groups engaged in illicit activity have...
US Treasury Report Warns of Defi’s Threat to National Security, Authors Conclude Fiat Is Used in Illicit Finance More Than Crypto
6.4.2023
The U.S. Treasury has released a 42-page report assessing the risks of decentralized finance (defi). The report states that specific nation-state adversaries, cybercriminals, ransomware attackers, thieves, and scammers are using defi to “transfer and launder their illicit proceeds.”...
Uniswap Topped Coinbase’s Trading Volume in March During USDC Depeg, U.S. Crackdown
6.4.2023
The DEX, however, has been unable to maintain elevated periods of trading volumes in the past, CCData noted
North Korea and criminals are using DeFi services for money laundering — US Treasury
6.4.2023
Despite the warnings on DeFi, Treasury noted that "most money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing" occurred using fiat or outside the crypto ecosystem
Arbitrum Registers Record Activity Over the Last 2 Weeks as Transactions per Day Count Surges
6.4.2023
In the past 20 days, the Arbitrum blockchain has recorded a significant number of transactions coinciding with the recent ARB airdrop that occurred on March 23. About two weeks ago, on that day, the Arbitrum network recorded an all-time high of 2.72 million transactions settled in 24 hours....
U.S. Treasury Warns DeFi Is Used by North Korea, Scammers to Launder Dirty Money
6.4.2023
The Treasury's first analysis of illicit finance risks associated with DeFi recommends the U.S. look at enhancements to its existing anti-money laundering regime
ApeSwap announces the release of ApeSwap V3
6.4.2023
ApeSwap has taken this opportunity to officially announce the release of ApeSwap V3. This makes use of the most recent industry benchmark strategy for focused liquidity. The scalability will provide advantages for both ApeSwap and its connected users in the form of a higher level of capital...