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DeFi Akropolis Drops 20% Following a USD 2M-Heavy Hack
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Akropolis is seeing its native coin AKRO drop nearly 20% in a day so far, following a hack that made the attacker some USD 2m richer.
AKRO, ranked 268th by market capitalization on Coinpaprika, is trading at USD 0.0097 this morning (at 7:27 UTC). It dropped...
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
Uniswap farming ends this week, potentially freeing up $1.1B ETH
13.11.2020
With UNI farms closing on Nov.17, the community has discussed what comes next
Impending CME gap close could propel Bitcoin price to $18,000
13.11.2020
Bitcoin bulls are aiming to close the overhead CME gap in order to create a path to $18,000
Tezos upgrade reduces smart contract fees by 75% to attract DeFi
13.11.2020
Tezos is seeking to attract DeFi developers, implementing a protocol upgrade that reduces smart contract gas fees by roughly 75%
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
DeFi Project Akropolis Token Pool Drained of $2M in DAI
12.11.2020
Decentralized finance platform Akropolis’s yCurve pools have been drained resulting in the loss of $2 million
Blockchain Bites: $16K BTC, $1B DAI, $13.6B TVL in DeFi
12.11.2020
Bitcoin is riding fresh three-year highs as nearly all UTXOs are in profit, while MakerDAO's DAI becomes the latest crypto "unicorn" with a $1 billion market cap
Why DeFi Needs to Branch Out From Ethereum
12.11.2020
For its long-term viability, decentralized finance cannot be defined by a single blockchain network
DeFi Dashboard Zapper Snags New Funding From Delphi and Coinbase Ventures
12.11.2020
Zapper announced Thursday an extension of its seed investment round with new backing from Delphi Digital and Coinbase
Brent Crude Oil Futures Now Tradable on DeFi Exchange Synthetix
12.11.2020
One of two global oil benchmarks, Brent Crude Futures are now available through DeFi exchange Synthetix
Finance Redefined: Where does DeFi go from here? Nov. 4-11
12.11.2020
Comparisons with 2017 seem to be ill-advised for now
Total Value Locked in DeFi Sector Hits Record $13.6B
12.11.2020
The U.S. dollar value of the cryptocurrency liquidity locked up in decentralized finance is surging, buoyed by big gains for some lesser known projects
Report: Blockchain Price Oracle Manipulation Produces Millions in Losses, Shows No Signs of Slowing
12.11.2020
On November 9, a writer from the website samczsun.com published a report that shows a number of issues with price oracle manipulation stemming from a few blockchain applications. The researcher notes that price oracle manipulation has resulted in “over $30 [million] in losses so far.”...
Institutional money is pumping the DeFi markets back up
12.11.2020
Since making its first investment in October, Polychain Capital is now the 10th-largest holder of YFI
MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin Breaks $1B Market Cap
11.11.2020
The stablecoin dai (DAI) broke a market capitalization of $1 billion on Wednesday, a major milestone for the DeFi pioneer
Flash Loans Aren’t the Problem, Centralized Price Oracles Are
11.11.2020
Flash loans attacks have received a lot of press attention. But they're not DeFi's biggest vulnerability, says Chainlink's CMO
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...