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Position Exchange: Crypto Bonds Powered by Smart Contracts
30.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Position Exchange is pleased to announce the release of its Bonds feature. Dive deeper into this game changing DeFi product. What is a Bond? A bond is a fixed-income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental). A bond...
Cyber vigilante hunts down DeFi scammers running away with $25M rug pull
30.1.2022
An exclusive Cointelegraph interview on tracking down a group of DeFi scammers responsible for the $25 million StableMagnet rug pull
Nansen Report Highlights Growth of Defi and NFTs in 2021
29.1.2022
Nansen, a cryptocurrency and blockchain statistics and analytics platform, has issued a report on the growth of decentralized finance (defi) in 2021. The document highlights how defi managed to keep growing, opening the field to new participant chains. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) also had a notable...
Daniele Sestagalli discusses Wonderland’s future after QuadrigaCX co-founder dox
28.1.2022
"Some people said Wonderland should just be wound down and funds be given back to token holders. I believe this is the easy way out," says Sestagalli
Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date
28.1.2022
Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain ↔ Ethereum bridge called Qubit has been hacked for $80 million. Data shows on January 27, 2022, an attacker siphoned a number of tokens from an exploit...
Apple's Metaverse, Crypto Lobbying, WisdomTree's Wallet, USD 80M DeFi Hack + More News
28.1.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Multichain DApp protocol Astar raises $22M in latest round led by Polychain
28.1.2022
Funds will be used for hiring industry-leading engineers to implement both EVM and WASM and to invest and nurture Astar native ecosystem projects
Polygon Developer Ecosystem Reaches New Milestone
28.1.2022
According to info from Alchemy, the world’s biggest Web3 developer platform, Polygon had already achieved a new adoption landmark, with over 7,000 decentralized applications running on the system as of Dec., more than doubling the amount only before three months. The year before, the rising...
‘Broader Range’ of Institutions Seeking Crypto Exposure Beyond Just Bitcoin - Coinbase
28.1.2022
There was “a broader range” of investors that wanted exposure to crypto last year, with many of them seeking access to new products such as bitcoin (BTC)-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), decentralized finance (DeFi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a new report from Coinbase...
Qubit Finance suffers $80 million loss following hack
28.1.2022
The addresses linked to the hack attack have managed to steal 206,809 Binance Coin from Qubit's QBridge protocol
Mettalex and S&P Global Platts Launch Industrial-Grade Commodity Price Data Feeds Within the DeFi Ecosystem
28.1.2022
Mettalex, a decentralized commodities derivatives exchange on Fetch.ai, has partnered with S&P Global Platts, a press release on January 24 reveals. S&P Global Platts and Mettalex Join Hands for better Efficiency and Flexibility S&P Global Platts has a global presence as a provider...
LBank Exchange Will List Shibnobi (SHINJA) on January 30, 2022
27.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jan. 27, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, will list Shibnobi (SHINJA) on January 30, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the SHINJA/USDT trading pair will be officially available for trading at 21:00 (UTC+8) on January...
78 Days: Measuring the Extended Crypto Market Downturn Against Prior Bear Markets
27.1.2022
The crypto economy has shed enormous value over the last three months and the leading crypto asset bitcoin is down more than 46% since it’s all-time high (ATH) at $69,044 per unit. The same can be said for a great number of digital currencies as the so-called crypto bear market has lasted...
Rebase Market Carnage: TIME Slips 61%, Wonderland Admin Allegedly Co-Founded Quadrigacx
27.1.2022
While reserve-based crypto assets like gold tokens and stablecoins have been able to weather the crypto market carnage over the last two weeks, rebase tokens like wonderland (TIME), and Olympus (OHM) have seen massive losses. Wonderland is down more than 96% since the crypto asset’s all-time...
Duet Protocol and iZumi Finance Partner for Improved DeFi Experience
27.1.2022
In what could be termed as an important development for decentralized finance (DeFi), a partnership has been struck between Duet Protocol and iZumi finance. Both of these projects have been conceptualized with the objective of enhancing the convenience of the users in the DeFi space. Specifically...
MetaMask's new inbuilt multi-chain institutional custody feature
27.1.2022
MMI product lead Johann Bornman labeled the integration with Cactus Custody’s DeFi Connector as a “profound DeFi offering for institutions.”
Five Star Bank Goes Bitcoin, Picasso NFTs, Binance Unfreezes SEPA Deposits + More News
26.1.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Read More: Five Star Bank Goes Bitcoin, Picasso NFTs, Binance Unfreezes SEPA Deposits + More News
Crypto-Based Money Laundering Still on the Rise, DeFi Gets Bigger Role
26.1.2022
Money laundering in crypto continued to rise between 2020 and 2021, although the illicit activity still remains below its all-time high from 2019. However, the takedown of two major illegal services in the past year may have made the activity less concentrated, blockchain intelligence firm...
EverRise Expands DeFi Security Infrastructure to Fantom and Avalanche
26.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. EverRise, the blockchain bridging and security solution provider that brought the buyback to crypto, expanded to the Fantom and Avalanche blockchains over the weekend. With the addition of these two blockchains, the EverRise token (RISE) and ecosystem is now available on a total of...
Microsoft Looks To Hybrid Work, Gaming To Boost Its Metaverse Coverage
26.1.2022
Microsoft is aiming to benefit from the rapid spread of hybrid work, looking to extend its presence within the social connection-focused virtual world to companies whose employees are working remotely. The company also seems determined to use its forthcoming acquisition of game developer...