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'Wake up and smell the coffee' — regulation is coming to DeFi, says expert
18.11.2020
Siân Jones, a senior partner at XReg Consulting, said the FATF's narrow approach to regulating crypto must be tackled by the community as a whole
Bitcoin Unlimited Hosts Week-Long Hackathon to Bolster the Future of Finance
18.11.2020
On December 2, 2020, the organization and full node project Bitcoin Unlimited is hosting a week-long hackathon that aims to build the future of finance by leveraging the decentralized crypto network Bitcoin Cash. The event dubbed “Coinparty 2020” aims to get the top crypto talent in...
DeFi is here to stay despite signs of a bubble, says Binance CEO
17.11.2020
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the best form of money, Binance’s CEO says
Defi Protocol That Bragged About Having Flash Loan Attack Prevention Hacked for $6 Million
17.11.2020
A decentralized finance (defi) protocol that bragged about having flash loan attack prevention has been exploited for $6 million in DAI, in a flash loan attack. Value Defi, a yield aggregating protocol, boasted of having the “highest security” in a Nov. 13 tweet that now appears to have...
Is Impermanent Loss Overblown?: Flipside Crypto
17.11.2020
Is Impermanent Loss Overblown? The use of decentralized exchanges (DEXes) has skyrocketed this year, with volumes deposited going from underContinue Reading
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Cheese Bank's multi-million dollar hack explained by security firm
16.11.2020
Nefarious parties are using flashloans in conjunction with stablecoins to steal DeFi funds from platforms
DealDefi Network Presale is Now Open to the Public
16.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. The DealDefi network is a scalable heterogeneous blockchain for lending/borrowing & marketplace decentralized finance. The DealDefi Network prides itself in four major unique features; – Minimum or no gas fee on transactions, decentralization, privacy and fast/instant...
Social media problems and solutions: ‘Centralization is not sustainable’
15.11.2020
What lies at the heart of the current problems with social media? What can and cannot be fixed?
Value DeFi Suffers $6M Flash Loan Attack
14.11.2020
The latest flash loan attack in the decentralized finance world has caused a total loss of $6 million
DMEX: No-KYC Derivatives DEX With up To 100x Leverage
14.11.2020
DMEX is a decentralized anonymous margin trading exchange that doesn’t require KYC checks, simply generate a wallet inside the app and start trading. No KYC Because DMEX runs on a smart contract you do not need to register with your personal information. Simply generate a new wallet in-app...
The DeFi market desperately needs to connect with real-world assets
14.11.2020
Connecting DeFi with traditional financial instruments will give a massive boost to the whole market
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...
DeFi the odds: Total user numbers up 55% in just six weeks
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance users steadily increased by 40% during October, despite many DeFi tokens posting heavy losses for the month
DAO treasuries still down 40% after October's DeFi downtrend
13.11.2020
The recent DeFi downturn has impacted the treasuries of decentralized autonomous organizations by 40% in a month
A New Bitcoin Mining Pool Claims It Has Tools to Censor Blockchain Transactions
12.11.2020
A blockchain and technology company claims its new bitcoin mining pool is embedded with tools that enable the pool to censure transactions in the blocks they mine. According to a statement issued by the DMG, the parent company to Blockseer mining pool, this ability allows the latter...
Hackers Have Stolen $100 Million From Defi Projects This Year
11.11.2020
Hackers have stolen $100 million from decentralized finance (Defi) projects so far this year, according to a new report. Defi accounted for 50% of all hacks and thefts in the second half of the year. Defi Hacks on the Rise A new report by cryptocurrency forensics and blockchain threat intelligence...
WhiteBIT launches WhiteSwap DEX
11.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 10, 2020 – Leading cryptocurrency exchange WhiteBIT has launched WhiteSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum that gives control to the community. WhiteSwap aims to improve upon Uniswap V2 by giving 87% of governance tokens to the community...
CER.LIVE Report: Top 25 Decentralized Exchanges by Cybersecurity Score
10.11.2020
Report Highlights 1. Only 2 crypto exchanges out of 25 gained “high” scores of 8 out of 10 points orContinue Reading
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DEX volumes pumped over 1,000% in Q3 before October saw the DeFi craze cool
9.11.2020
Despite pullback, trading volumes on decentralized exchanges are still significantly higher than Q2