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Report: Afghans Use Crypto to Curb Taliban’s Influence on Their Financial Well-Being
26.4.2022
Afghan residents are reportedly acquiring digital assets that they use to preserve their savings and to diminish the ruling Taliban’s ability to affect their financial well-being. Since the militant group seized control, the value of crypto transactions per week has in some cases doubled,...
Payments Giant Stripe Rolls Out Pilot to Test Crypto Payouts With Twitter
22.4.2022
On April 22, the payments giant Stripe announced that it is expanding global payouts with crypto assets via a new pilot. Stripe’s crypto executive Karan Sharma revealed crypto payouts for the firm’s Connect service to a select group of Twitter users as the social media platform...
Tron Founder H.E. Justin Sun Announces the Launch of USDD – A Decentralized Stablecoin
22.4.2022
H.E. Justin Sun, Founder of TRON, announced today in an open letter on Twitter that an all-new stablecoin is launching on the TRON blockchain, USDD (or Decentralized USD), marking its official entry into the field of decentralized stablecoin. TRON DAO will partner with other blockchain industry...
Tron’s Justin Sun Reveals Decentralized Algorithmic Stablecoin USDD
21.4.2022
On April 21, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, announced the launch of a decentralized algorithmic stablecoin called USDD. Sun said on Thursday that the USDD Network will “provide custody service for the $10 [billion] worth of highly liquid assets raised from blockchain industry initiators...
The Risks Behind LUNA-UST Stablecoin, According to a Bearish Academic
21.4.2022
The Terra ecosystem's breakout success may be "unsustainable," University of Calgary law professor Ryan Clements said on CoinDesk TV's “First Mover.”
Upcoming airdrop and boosted staking rewards send Origin Protocol (OGN) price higher
21.4.2022
OGN booked a 140% rally as increased staking rewards, the launch of a governance token and new NFT launches excite investors
Biggest Movers: XMR Climbs to 6-Month High, TRX up 17% Following News of USDD Stablecoin
21.4.2022
TRX was up by over 17% on Thursday, as founder H.E. Justin Sun announced that a new stablecoin, USDD, was going to be launched on the TRON blockchain. XMR was another big mover today, climbing to its highest point since November. TRON (TRX) TRX surged today, as founder H.E. Justin Sun of TRON...
Tron’s Justin Sun Launches ‘Most Decentralized Stablecoin,’ Bitcoin Might Get a Role Here Too
21.4.2022
Tron (TRX) founder Justin Sun is launching a new algorithmic stablecoin called USDD that he says will become “the most decentralized stablecoin in human history.”
The new stablecoin, with the full name Decentralized USD, will mark the beginning of the “Stablecoin 3.0 era,” according to a tweet...
Makerdao Plans to Integrate Ethereum L2 Solution Starknet to Lower DAI Transaction Costs
20.4.2022
The decentralized finance (defi) project Makerdao has announced its plans to support the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup solution Starknet in order to make DAI transactions faster and network costs cheaper. Starknet will be integrated into the defi protocol on April 28, 2022, as part...
MakerDAO deploys on layer-2 network StarkNet to enhance functions of DAI stablecoin
20.4.2022
MakerDAO is currently the 4th largest DeFi protocol as per TVL rankings with $14.24 billion in locked value
IMF global financial stability report sees complex roles for cryptocurrency, DeFi
19.4.2022
Decentralized finance offers a mix of risks and benefits as it forms interconnections with traditional finance, the International Monetary Fund finds in a new report
Solana's STEPN hits record high as GMT price skyrockets 34,000% in over a month
19.4.2022
Strong hype around move-to-earn tokens could offset the bearish technicals emerging for GMT
IMF’s DeFi Governance Recommendations Include These Two Steps
19.4.2022
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed a series of measures aimed at regulating the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector.
The body spelled out its preliminary recommendations in the latest chapter of its Global Financial Stability report, which is entitled “The Rapid Growth...
UK Crypto Industry Hopes for More Clarity From Planned Stablecoin Rules
19.4.2022
A new regulatory package for crypto could clear up some gray areas for digital asset companies around which regulations they should comply with
Terra’s LUNA Surges 17% as UST Becomes Third Largest Stablecoin
19.4.2022
Terra has also purchased record amounts of Convex tokens in the past month, a research found
Terra’s Algorithmic Dollar-Pegged Crypto UST Is Now the Third-Largest Stablecoin
18.4.2022
The algorithmic stablecoin stemming from the Terra (LUNA) network has become the third-largest stablecoin token in terms of market capitalization at $17.54 billion. As of today, UST’s market capitalization has surpassed the BSC-based stablecoin BUSD by more than $67 million. Stablecoin...
$76 Million Wiped Out From Beanstalk Stablecoin Protocol in Hacking
18.4.2022
Beanstalk has been built on Ethereum, and it is a decentralized credit-based stablecoin protocol. Beanstalk leverages its credit system to create a blockchain native asset that is liquid and decentralized. Beanstalk encourages the participation of its community members to maintain the peg...
Beanstalk Hacker Drains USD 182M from Project, But Nets Only USD 80M
18.4.2022
Beanstalk, a decentralized credit-based stablecoin protocol, fell victim to a flash-loan attack over the weekend that saw the protocol exploited for USD 182m worth of crypto. However, the attacker managed to cash out 'only' USD 80m.
According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, the attacker...
Terra's UST flips BUSD to become third-largest stablecoin
18.4.2022
UST market cap has surged to flip BUSD, however, its trading volumes are still only around one-fifth worth of the Binance digital dollar
Attacker Drains $182M From Beanstalk Stablecoin Protocol
17.4.2022
The flash-loan attack becomes the second nine-figure DeFi exploit in a month