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Crypto Market Slides as Total Value Locked in Defi Falls Below $50 Billion Mark
25.2.2023
The value of the crypto market has started to slide again after a bullish run-up over the last seven weeks. The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has slipped below the $50 billion mark to $49.8 billion. The TVL in defi has fallen by 2.24% over the last 24 hours. During that...
DeFi Giant Maker Emerges Victorious as US Judge Dismisses $28M Lawsuit Filed Against It by Crypto Investors
25.2.2023
A US judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against DeFi crypto lender Maker that alleged the platform misrepresented risks investors faced, leading to catastrophic losses of collateral on MakerDAO back in 2020.
According to a court document filed on Wednesday, the “Black Thursday” lawsuit...
Jump Crypto & Oasis.app counter exploits Wormhole hacker for $225M
25.2.2023
The counter exploit came after the High Court of England and Wales ordered Oasis.app to work with Jump Crypto to retrieve the stolen funds
Crypto Investors' $28M ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Against DeFi Giant Maker Dismissed by US Judge
25.2.2023
The class action lawsuit filed in 2020 alleged that Maker-related entities knowingly misrepresented risks of holding collateral debt positions and caused heavy losses for some users during the March 2020 market crash
MakerDAO voting on $100M loan participation with Florida commercial bank
17.2.2023
Florida's Cogent Bank is proposing a $100 million participation in loans to MakerDAO's RWA Master Participation Trust
BUSD Redemptions Soar Near $290 Million in 8 Hours After NYDFS Consumer Alert
13.2.2023
Before Paxos published a press release at 6 a.m. Eastern time Monday, the stablecoin BUSD had approximately 16.16 billion tokens in circulation. In the past eight hours, nearly $290 million has been redeemed, bringing the number of BUSD in circulation to 15.87 billion. Stablecoin BUSD Sees...
MakerDAO partners with Chainlink Automation for DAI stablecoin
10.2.2023
MakerDAO recently announced the successful integration of Chainlink Automation. As the creator of DAI, the protocol has onboarded Chainlink to its Keeper Network. MakerDAO’s Keeper Network acts as an automatic system running particular executions affiliated with Maker. Some of these actions...
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Integrates Blockchain Data Provider Chainlink for DAI Stablecoin
9.2.2023
Chainlink Automation will run specific tasks, including price updates and liquidity balancing, to help maintain the stability of Maker’s $5 billion DAI stablecoin
Today in Crypto: Aave Announces Launch of GHO Stablecoin on Ethereum’s Goerli Testnet, MakerDAO Establishes Phoenix Labs, LocalBitcoins Closing down
9.2.2023
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DeFi Giant MakerDAO to Introduce Aave Rival Dubbed Spark Protocol
9.2.2023
MakerDAO, the DeFi organization that facilitates the generation of the DAI stablecoin, is releasing Spark Protocol – a lending platform that will rival Aave
MakerDAO Contributors Propose First Native Liquidity Market Focused on DAI Stablecoin
8.2.2023
The proposed Spark Protocol will leverage Maker’s DAI stablecoin and its crypto assets for liquidity, and would be based on the Aave v3 smart contract system
MakerDAO manages to increase profit to $19 million
8.2.2023
The year 2022 turned out to be not at all in favor of MakerDAO. It painted quite a solemn picture for the second-in-line DeFi protocol. It happened to have witnessed a full 79% downfall in terms of operating earnings. Even its top-rung revenues saw a downward slide to the extent of 42%. However...
DeFi protocols unite to promote permissionless Web3 experiences
7.2.2023
The collaboration of over 30 DeFi projects came as an effort to counteract the negative sentiments built in 2022 due to numerous CeFi ecosystem crashes
Makerdao Co-Founder Proposes $14 Million Fund to Combat Climate Change; Crypto Supporters Mock Idea
7.2.2023
Cryptocurrency advocates have been discussing a proposal by the founder of Makerdao, Rune Christensen, to fund a Scientific Sustainability Fund. An idea that aims to combat climate change and misinformation about energy solutions. Christensen is asking for 20,000 MKR tokens to move forward with...
Starkware Plans to Open Source Key Tech Linked to Starknet Prover
6.2.2023
At the Starkware Sessions 2023 event, held at the Cameri Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel, Starkware co-founder Eli Ben-Sasson informed the audience that the company intends to open source “key tech” linked to the Starknet Prover. During the event, the co-founder of the Ethereum scaling...
MakerDAO Constitution Would Fund Sustainability Efforts With 20K MKR Tokens From Reserves, Emissions
3.2.2023
With “scientific sustainability” as a core principle, the Maker Constitution is to play an active role in combating climate change by allocating $14 million worth of MKR tokens to its Scientific Sustainability Fund
MakerDAO launches $5M legal defense fund
1.2.2023
At its inception, the defense fund will receive a budget of $5 million held in the DAI stablecoin
MakerDAO Approves Deployment of $100M USDC on DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance
23.1.2023
The decision opens the way for MakerDAO to earn an estimated 2% annual yield on USDC stablecoin deposits
Paxos Courts MakerDAO With Paying Yield for Holding Up to $1.5B USDP Stablecoin
20.1.2023
The proposal by Paxos is part of MakerDAO’s effort to generate income on its $7 billion digital asset reserve
MakerDAO Votes to Keep Gemini USD in DAI Stablecoin’s Reserves
19.1.2023
In a dramatically tight voting, some 51% of votes favored ousting Gemini’s stablecoin from MakerDAO’s reserve. The result is a significant blow to GUSD, as MakerDAO has held 85% of all tokens in circulation