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Solana DeFi Protocol Nirvana Drained of Liquidity After Flash Loan Exploit
28.7.2022
Prices of the protocol’s ANA tokens fell nearly 80% following the attack
100-Year-Old Pennsylvania-Based Bank Approved to Leverage Makerdao’s Stablecoin Vault
11.7.2022
Makerdao, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that issues the stablecoin DAI, approved a governance vote that provides “collateral integration from a U.S.-based bank.” The Makerdao governance vote passed by a majority vote of more than 87%, and it allows the U.S. financial...
Crema Finance Hacker Negotiates With Defi Project’s Team, Returns $8 Million in ETH and SOL
7.7.2022
Following the hack on July 2, 2022, the team behind the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Crema Finance detailed that after some negotiation, the hacker returned roughly $8 million in crypto assets. According to the team, the hacker agreed to take a white hat bounty worth 45,455 solana. Hacker...
DeFi protocol Porter Finance shuts down bond issuance platform after just one month
6.7.2022
The firm cited better interest rates from traditional finance loans and regulatory risks in mulling the bond platform
Solana DeFi Protocol Crema Loses $8.8M in Exploit
4.7.2022
Crema Finance developers said they are coordinating with “relevant organizations” to gather more information
Exploit Forces Crema Finance to Temporarily Suspend Services, $8.7 Million Stolen
3.7.2022
According to the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Crema Finance, the application was hacked on July 2, 2022. A Twitter account called “Solanafm” says the defi protocol lost around $8.7 million from the attack. Crema Finance Vulnerability Causes Defi App to Lose Millions —...
DeFi Protocol KLAP Emerges as Klaytn’s 2nd Biggest Offering in Less than a Week
1.7.2022
A new DeFi protocol is in town, attracting millions of dollars worth of crypto assets within days of its launch. KLAP, which stands for Klaytn Lending Application, is a new offering on the Klaytn blockchain that has grabbed more than $79.3 million in total value locked within a week of its launch. ...
Value Locked in Defi Jumped 7% in 5 Days — Harmony’s Horizon Bridge Siphoned for $100M
25.6.2022
While crypto prices have seen some healing during the last few days, the total value locked (TVL) across the entire decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has also improved. The TVL in defi has seen an increase of 7.19% since June 20, and the defi protocol Makerdao’s TVL dominates by 10.37%...
DeFi Protocol Solend Passes Governance Vote to Reverse ‘Emergency Powers’
20.6.2022
Solana DeFi protocol Solend has passed a governance vote that will see voting times increased to one day
Defi Protocol Abracadabra’s Stablecoin MIM Briefly Slides to $0.91 During the Crypto Market Rout
19.6.2022
Amid the crypto market carnage this weekend, another stablecoin slipped below the $1 peg on Saturday, June 18, as the crypto asset called magic internet money (MIM) briefly dropped to a low of $0.914 per unit. The Abracadabra-issued stablecoin dropping in value follows the recent terrausd (UST)...
Inverse Finance exploited again for $1.2M in flashloan oracle attack
17.6.2022
No user funds have been affected by the exploit, but Inverse Finance has incurred a debt and offered the attacker a bounty to return the stolen funds
DeFi Protocol Inverse Finance Exploited for $1.2M
16.6.2022
Attackers appear to have used a flash loan attack to drain Inverse Finance of bitcoin and tether
Tron Now Commands the Third-Largest TVL in Defi — Network’s Stablecoin USDD Confronted by Skepticism
30.5.2022
This week the Tron blockchain has become the third-largest network in terms of total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols. Interestingly, 48.19% of the TVL is held by the defi protocol Justlend, an application that’s similar to Anchor Protocol as it offers more than...
DAI Takes the Reigns as the Leading Decentralized Stablecoin by Market Capitalization
29.5.2022
Following the demise of the Terra-based stablecoin UST, the fiat-pegged token DAI has become the largest decentralized stablecoin in existence today. Moreover, Makerdao has regained the decentralized finance (defi) protocol’s position as the top defi protocol in terms of total value locked...
Crypto’s Barren Wasteland: A Look at What’s Left of Terra’s Defi and Token Ruins
21.5.2022
Following the Terra blockchain fallout and the great UST de-pegging event, the Terra network ecosystem is now a wasteland of almost worthless tokens and protocols. While both UST and LUNA were top ten crypto market cap contenders, Terra’s decentralized finance (defi) presence was second...
DeFi Protocol iZUMi Finance Raises $30M, Launches Exchange
20.5.2022
The funds were raised through the sale of bond vouchers and claims to back the new iZiSwap decentralized exchange
Trust in Decentralized Finance Rattled After $100 Billion Left the Defi Economy
15.5.2022
The effect of Terra’s demise continues to shine a light on the fragility surrounding the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem. Things have changed a great deal following Terra’s aftermath, as the total value locked (TVL) in defi has plummeted from $231 billion to today’s...
Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg
13.5.2022
On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200 billion total value locked (TVL) eight days ago on May 5. One specific defi protocol called Lido, a liquid staking platform and the second largest defi...
Terra-Based DeFi Protocol Anchor Proposes Cutting UST Yield Rates to 4%
12.5.2022
The proposal comes amid ongoing concerns regarding the long-term stability of Terra tokens LUNA and UST
Lido Briefly Becomes Top DeFi Protocol by TVL With $20B Staked
4.5.2022
Lido Finance momentarily became the leading DeFi protocol by TVL on Wednesday, leapfrogging Curve