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Dakota Emerges From Stealth to Provide Bank-Like Services to Crypto Depositors
24.7.2024
The crypto-native company, which says it is attempting to right the wrongs of centralized lenders like Celsius, emerged from stealth on Wednesday
Standard Chartered-Backed Zodia Custody Partners with Crypto Lending Firm Maple Finance
9.7.2024
Intimidating Wallet Interfaces Hinder Adoption of Defi Lending Protocols, Says Crypto Veteran
6.7.2024
Decentralized finance (defi) has improved efficiency, inclusivity, and performance in consumer lending, but poor user experience remains a significant barrier to adoption, according to Thor Abbasi, co-founder of Zivoe. Abbasi argues that as long as wallet interfaces seem “unintuitive”...
Pyth ploys DeFi lending overhaul with Morpho, Gauntlet partnership
21.6.2024
Pyth Network teams up with Morpho and Gauntlet to enhance lending protocols on Ethereum and Base using low-latency price data
New York Recovers $50 Million From Gemini — Bans the Exchange From Crypto Lending in the State
15.6.2024
New York Attorney General Letitia James has secured a $50 million settlement from cryptocurrency exchange Gemini for Earn program investors. This settlement ensures that all defrauded investors will fully recover the assets they invested but were unable to withdraw when the program collapsed....
DeFi Heavyweight Curve Focused on Becoming ‘Safest’ Lending Platform, Founder Says
14.6.2024
Curve founder Michael Egorov’s $100 million in loans taken from various protocols using Curve’s CRV tokens started to automatically liquidate on Thursday, sending the token down as much as 30% before it briefly recovered
UwU Lend offers a $5M bounty to whoever catches its exploiter
14.6.2024
The UwU Lend hacker has now stolen a combined $24 million from the protocol across two attacks
Defi Protocol UwU Lend Suffers $19.3M Exploit: Arkham
10.6.2024
Lending and liquidity protocol Uwu Lend has suffered an exploit worth $19.3 million, according to several blockchain security firms
Bitcoin ETFs, Bankruptcy Paybacks Have Given Crypto Lending a Second Wind
10.6.2024
Crypto lending firm Ledn survived the crypto winter by being "boring, slow and safe," according to a co-founder
Galaxy Digital uses historic violin NFT to secure loan
4.6.2024
The violin once belonged to Russian Empress Catherine II, also known as Catherine the Great
FTX-Alameda casualty Maple Finance launches institutional lending
3.6.2024
Maple Finance launches Syrup, a DeFi protocol offering secured institutional lending, amid lingering skepticism from the FTX-Alameda fallout
Genesis Returns $2.2B in Crypto Assets to Lending Program Participants
30.5.2024
Defunct crypto lender Genesis distributed $2.18b worth of crypto to 232,000 users enrolled in Gemini Earn, an interest-accruing lending program. The distribution followed a New York bankruptcy judge approving the Chapter 11 plan last week.
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Bitcoin finds ‘another’ use case via BTCfi — DLC.Link co-founder
29.5.2024
DLC.Link CEO Aki Balogh tells The Agenda how DeFi on Bitcoin will unlock BTC’s potential for collateral, yield farming and more
Crypto Lending Firm Maple Finance Unveils Syrup Yield Platform and Rewards Token
28.5.2024
P2P Bitcoin Exchange Hodl Hodl Suspends Lending Services for US and UN Embargoed Countries’ Residents
25.5.2024
Hodl Hodl, a non-custodial Bitcoin exchange, has announced changes to its “Terms of Service” agreement affecting the availability of its lending services. The platform is now excluding residents of the U.S. as well as U.N. embargoed countries from its lending platform, citing...
Aussie admits to promoting BitConnect crypto services without a license
18.5.2024
The Australian Securities and Exchange Commission claims that John Louis Anthony Bigatton promoted the crypto lending platform at four seminars and via two social media posts
Legendary Investor Tim Draper Leads Bitcoin Lending Protocol Zest’s $3.5 Million Seed Round
17.5.2024
Draper Associates, the VC firm led by the legendary investor Tim Draper, has led the $3.5 million seed round of Zest Protocol, a Stacks-based Bitcoin lending market. The round, which also had the participation of Binance Labs, Flow Traders, Trust Machines, and others, seeks to allow bitcoin holders...
Sonne Finance Suffers $20M Exploit, Hacker Flees
15.5.2024
Lending protocol Sonne Finance halted operations after a hack drained $20 million in cryptocurrencies, including WETH and USDC, and flees.
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Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism
15.5.2024
Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were not affected
DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper
14.5.2024
Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and pays the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers