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DeFi Must Be Defended
26.10.2022
Is SBF Right About DeFi Regulation?
25.10.2022
Crypto News Briefs: Australia Comes After BPS and Qoin, Bithumb Ex-Chair Faces 8 Years in Prison, Canaan Launches New Series, Art Project in Support of Ukraine
25.10.2022
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Read More: Crypto News Briefs: Australia Comes After BPS and Qoin, Bithumb Ex-Chair Faces 8 Years in Prison, Canaan Launches...
KPMG & Aspen Digital Study Reveals Wealthy Asian Investors Are Keen On Crypto
25.10.2022
“Big four” accounting firm KPMG and technology and financial services company Aspen Digital found that family offices (FO) and high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) in Hong Kong and Singapore "have embraced" the digital asset class, with more than 90% of survey respondents having already invested...
Polygon-Based DeFi Platform QuickSwap Closes Lending Service Following Exploit
25.10.2022
The attack comes as October looks set to be the worst month for exploits and attacks in the history of cryptocurrencies
On-Chain Analysis: How to Effectively Manage DeFi Risks
24.10.2022
Polygon-Based Decentralized Exchange Quickswap Loses $220K in Flash Loan Exploit
24.10.2022
On Monday, the Polygon-based decentralized exchange (dex) Quickswap lost $220K in a flash loan exploit and following the attack, the team detailed the Quickswap Lend platform will be terminated. Quickswap Hacked for $220K, Dex Project Sunsets Lending Platform 2022 has been quite the year...
Proof-of-Stake L1 Blockchain Token Aptos Climbs Close to 20% Higher in 24 Hours
22.10.2022
Five days ago, the Aptos blockchain went live after the project received an influx of capital from venture capital (VC) firms and crypto exchanges like a16z, Binance, and FTX. During the past 24 hours, aptos (APT) is up more than 19% against the U.S. dollar and up 11.1% against bitcoin’s...
State of Decentralized Finance Remains Lackluster, Value Locked in Defi Slid 67% in 6 Months
22.10.2022
During the last 125 days or roughly four months, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has been range bound within the $50 billion to $65 billion region. The TVL in defi has shed significant value during the past six months as it dropped from $161 billion on April 1, down...
What directional liquidity pooling brings to DeFi
22.10.2022
Directional liquidity pooling is a new way for liquidity providers to add liquidity to exchanges while avoiding impermanent loss
3 reasons why DeFi investors should always look before leaping
21.10.2022
DeFi investing is riddled with potholes. Here are a few tips on how to avoid them
Unsung hero saves DeFi protocol from potential exploit: Finance Redefined
21.10.2022
Analytical data reveals that DeFi’s total value registered another dip, with the total value locked (TVL) falling below $50 billion at the time of writing
Hacker Siphons Close to $300K in OHM Tokens From the Olympus DAO
21.10.2022
On Friday, October 21, a malicious entity siphoned 30,437 OHM tokens from the Olympus DAO after finding a loophole in the rebase project’s smart contract. Following the exploit, the blockchain security and data analytics company, Peckshield, detailed the hackers stole close to $300K in OHM tokens....
Crypto News Summary: $40M in Crypto Seized, Hong Kong May Allow Direct Crypto Purchases, Bitcoin Group May Buy Local Bank
21.10.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Crypto News Summary: $40M in Crypto Seized, Hong Kong May Allow Direct Crypto Purchases, Bitcoin Group May Buy Local Bank
DeFi’s ‘Severe Threat’ Needs New Kind of Regulation, EU Commission Told
21.10.2022
The EU executive is seeking academic input as it turns its attention to decentralized finance based on software protocols
Sam Bankman-Fried Under Fire for Controversial Comments on DeFi Protocols
21.10.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of the crypto exchange FTX, has come under fire by the crypto community for comments that could imply that he is in favor of censoring DeFi protocols....
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DeFi Options Platform Opyn's 'Crab Strategy' Generates 14% Return in Comatose Ether Market
21.10.2022
Opyn's crab allows investors with little knowledge of options to generate alpha in a sideways market with a single click. However, its not without risks
Sam Bankman-Fried faces flak for DeFi regulation
21.10.2022
Sam Bankman-Fried drew serious flak from stalwarts and individual players involved in the blockchain and cryptocurrency arena. However, this incident occurred post the declaration announcing a proposal, mentioning certain regulations to be attached to the functioning of DeFi. The entourage...
DeFi Exchange Mango's $114M Exploit Was 'Market Manipulation,' Not a Hack, Ex-FBI Special Agent Says
20.10.2022
Chris Tarbell, co-founder boutique investigative firm NAXO, discusses why the $114 million exploit of Mango Markets was more about market manipulation, rather than hacking
Stealthy Crypto Hedge Fund Edge Capital Raises $66.8M for DeFi Bets
20.10.2022
Founded in 2020, Edge is a market-neutral, macro-style DeFi hedge fund