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Linear Finance Partners with 3Commas to Expand its Offerings
31.10.2020
Decentralized cross-chain crypto protocol, Linear Finance announced on Friday that it has partnered with one of the largest crypto trading platforms, 3Commas. In the official tweet, Linear Finance mentioned that the partnership would allow it to expand offerings on its platform by integrating...
Remittance Costs Lower in Q3 World Bank Study Shows – Only Cryptocurrencies Meeting UN Goal
30.10.2020
The latest study by the World Bank shows that it costs 4.98% on average to remit funds to South Asia which makes it the least expensive region while sub-Sahara Africa is the most expensive with an average cost of 8.47%. The quarterly study also finds that it is costlier to remit funds when using...
Fidelity Investments’ Digital Asset Custody Services Arm Expands to Asia
30.10.2020
Fidelity Digital Asset Services has revealed the company is expanding into Asia and plans to help high-net-worth investors and family offices in the region with custodial crypto products. Fidelity is working with the Singaporean startup Stack Funds, a fully-insured custody operation servicing...
Harvest Finance Boosts Bounty to $1M for Information Leading to Return of Exploited Funds
29.10.2020
Harvest Finance is offering $1 million for information leading to the return of funds from Monday's $24 million exploit
yearn.finance Loses Crown To Bitcoin While Cronje’s Keep3r Rallies 1,000%
29.10.2020
DeFi darling yearn.finance (YFI), a token that was beating out bitcoin (BTC) for the top spot as the most valuable crypto on the market, keeps tanking while its founder’s new token skyrocketed by more than 1,000% in a day.
Despite BTC being the most popular cryptocurrency in the world, garnering...
Finance Redefined: The curious case of Harvest Finance, Oct. 21-28
29.10.2020
Money Legos can be dangerous, especially when you focus on semantics
Yearn Finance Founder Andre Cronje’s New Defi Token KP3R Soars 3,600% 24 Hours After Launch
29.10.2020
Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje’s new defi token called KP3R has soared more than 3,600% in just over 24 hours after official launch, as yield farmers pour in millions of dollars into the project. The token opened at just $10 on Uniswap on Oct. 28, but is currently trading at $373.58,...
Kraken CEO: ‘Defi Scams’ Must Take Their Losses as Way to ‘Enlightenment’
29.10.2020
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the world’s fourth-largest crypto exchange Kraken, has criticized decentralized finance (defi) projects, accusing them of being “scams” that enter the market too quickly, unprepared. In a charged Oct. 26 tweet, Powell said...
EcoChain’s Capital Logic Will Transform the DeFi Ecosystem
29.10.2020
Decentralized finance(DeFi) has taken the blockchain network by a storm and is now arguably the most discussed topic. Although it has been a roller coaster ride, the DeFi network has grown enormously in size and number. Today, the total value locked in DeFi contracts is more than $11b. Forex Market...
Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
29.10.2020
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based...
Andre Cronje's new KP3R token surges 2000% in hours
29.10.2020
The latest token offering by Yearn Finance founder Cronje has surged within hours of launch
First Mover: Bitcoin Surges to New 2020 High as Harvest Debacle Provides Costly DeFi Lesson
27.10.2020
This week's $24M exploit of DeFi platform Harvest shows risks as real as rewards in open-beta crypto markets, where investor protection is minimal
East meets West as eight top projects join global DeFi alliance
27.10.2020
Eight of the western world’s top DeFi projects have joined an industry consortium that is supported by a Shanghai science and technology institution
Central bank digital currencies have the power to upend global finance
26.10.2020
Central bank digital currencies will fundamentally change our conceptions of money and its uses
Harvest Finance: $24M Attack Triggers $570M ‘Bank Run’ in Latest DeFi Exploit
26.10.2020
Harvest Finance has seen its total value locked drop by more than $500 million in the 12 hours since being hit by a flash loan attack
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
26.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven...
Uniswap, Curve Daily Trading Volumes Surges Past $2B, Likely Driven by Harvest Attack
26.10.2020
Daily trading volume on Uniswap surged by over 1,200% to a record $2.04 billi on, surpassing the previous record high of $953.59 million registered on Sept. 1 by a big margin
Harvest Finance Attacked, Reportedly USD 24M Lost, FARM Down 50%
26.10.2020
Source: Twitter/@harvest_finance
Another decentralized finance (DeFi) project, Harvest Finance, has suffered a flashloan attack that lasted for seven minutes, with reportedly at least USD 24m exploited.
The DeFi side of the Cryptoverse has been on high alert in the last six hours, with many...
Harvest Finance puts $100K bounty on alleged hacker
26.10.2020
Harvest Finance is actively tackling the apparent $24 million attack
Harvest Finance Token Plummets 65% After Attack Saps DeFi Site of TVL
26.10.2020
A possible exploit in DeFi protocol Harvest Finance has caused the site's TVL to drop sharply, along with the price of its FARM token