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Origin Defi Protocol Suffers Massive Flash Loan Attack- OUSD Stablecoin Value Plunges 85%
18.11.2020
The OUSD stablecoin issuer, Origin Protocol is the latest Defi protocol to fall victim to a flash loan attack. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, on November 17, resulted in the disappearance of tokens worth millions of dollars. Confirming the attack, one of...
Bitfinex, a Pioneering Tier-1 Exchange, Lists XinFin Network’s Native XDC Token
18.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. After Indodax, Alpahex.net and Bitrue, XinFin Digital Contract ($XDC) tokens—the fuel of XinFin’s enterprise-ready, hybrid blockchain ecosystem—will be available on Bitfinex—a pioneering Tier-1 exchange—from 11 a.m. (UST) on November 16, 2020....
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...
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%
CertiK deploys automated smart contract auditing tool
12.11.2020
An automated tool can help pick the low-hanging fruit vulnerabilities
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Fails to Break $15.9K; Over 50K ETH Staked on Eth 2.0 Contract
11.11.2020
Bitcoin’s price closed in on $16,000 before losing steam while over $20 million in ether is already staked for the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade
Kucoin Recovers 84% of Funds Stolen in $280 Million Hack
11.11.2020
Kucoin chief executive officer Johnny Lyu revealed Wednesday that the exchange recovered 84%, or $235 million, of the $280 million stolen in one of crypto industry’s biggest hacks in September. In a tweet, Lyu said the affected funds have been recovered “via approaches like on-chain...
Indian exchange offers ETH staking ahead of Ethereum 2.0 launch
11.11.2020
CoinDCX users to stake on ETH 2.0 with as low as 0.1 ETH, the exchange says
Ethereum 2.0 Deposit Contract Tops $22.5M One Week After Launch
10.11.2020
The deposit contract for Ethereum’s 2.0 upgrade now holds over 50k ETH – 10% of the threshold needed to activate the watershed update
ETH 2.0 Scheduled for December, Vitalik Deposits $1.4M Worth of Ether Into Phase 0 Contract
7.11.2020
This December the cryptocurrency community may see the first introductory phase of the highly anticipated Ethereum 2.0 consensus change. On Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation published ETH 2.0 specifications explaining how the genesis phase will be invoked. Moreover, on November 5, Ethereum’s...
$5M staked in eight hours as community cautiously backs ETH 2.0
5.11.2020
Staking is now available for Ethereum 2, but are the returns and conditions worth it?
FTX Looking to List ‘Beacon Chain’ Ether as Deposit Contract Goes Live
4.11.2020
Exchanges may consider markets for “Beacon chain ether” – that is, ether that’s been staked in the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract
Blockchain Bites: Ethereum 2.0’s Deposit Contract Goes Live as ETH Miner Revenues Dwindle
4.11.2020
Ethereum stakers can now begin depositing the 32 ether (ETH) required to stake on Eth 2.0
Ethereum 2.0 begins launch process as deposit contract goes live
4.11.2020
The first day of December is likely to be the launch date
Ethereum 2.0 Countdown Begins With Release of Deposit Contract
4.11.2020
Ethereum 2.0’s deposit contract is now live, heralding the imminent unveiling of the "world computer's" second act
Did the Eth 2.0 deposit contract just launch?
4.11.2020
There's buzz that the Eth 2.0 deposit contract appears to have been deployed but there has been no official announcement
Tron Blockchain Stalled for Hours by ‘Malicious Contract,’ Justin Sun Says
2.11.2020
A “malicious contract” caused a Tron blockchain super representative to suspend block production for a few hours on Monday
Uncollaterized Power: A Makerdao Governance Vote Was Swayed by a Defi Flash Loan
2.11.2020
The Makerdao and the stablecoin DAI has been a popular project in the decentralized finance (defi) space and it’s also had its share of problems. This week the project called Bprotocol leveraged a defi flash loan in order to sway a Makerdao governance vote. The development team behind...
FTX Increases Trump Futures Margins Before the Election, Biden Futures Lead by 64%
31.10.2020
At the beginning of the year, the trading platform FTX Exchange launched a futures market so people can bet on the U.S. election and created a futures contract token called TRUMP. On Friday, FTX revealed that the exchange is lifting the initial margin requirements to $0.50 for its TRUMP token...
CertiK releases blockchain with real-time smart contract auditing
26.10.2020
The security company wants to build a formally secure blockchain for DeFi