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Defi TVL Holds Steady Above $42 Billion as Lido Finance Dominates With $12.69 Billion Locked
18.6.2023
On June 18, 2023, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols has been rangebound and hovering at just above the $42 billion range. Presently, Lido Finance dominates the value locked in defi with $12.69 billion or 29.76% of the aggregate. During the last month, the...
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum ‘fails’ without these 3 important ‘transitions’
12.6.2023
All three “transitions” are necessary to secure Ethereum’s future, according to Buterin
'Near impossible to know' what is and isn't a security: Mark Cuban on SEC
12.6.2023
The billionaire is the latest to argue that the SEC hasn’t provided crypto firms with a registration process to follow
Smart Contract Tokens and Defi Sector Suffer Steep Losses, Threatening TVL to Fall Below $40 Billion
10.6.2023
The overall value of the crypto economy has dropped by more than 5% against the US dollar in the past 24 hours, with the top smart contract token sector losing more than 8% in the same time frame. The downturn has also affected the decentralized finance (defi) sector, with the total value locked...
SEC Chair Gensler Rebuts Claims Crypto Exchanges Lacked ‘Fair Notice,’ Affirms ‘Majority’ of Tokens Are Securities
9.6.2023
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler discussed crypto exchanges and digital currencies at the Piper Sandler Global Exchange & Fintech Conference. He insisted that there is “nothing about the crypto securities markets that suggests that investors and issuers...
ChatGPT can’t beat human smart contract auditors yet: OpenZeppelin’s Ethernaut challenges
1.6.2023
While ChatGPT-4 can’t compete with human auditors yet, OpenZeppelin noted it was not optimized to do so, and AI models trained for this purpose would likely be more accurate
Global Payments Giant Visa Experiments with Ethereum's Goerli Testnet – Here's the Latest
19.5.2023
Global payments giant Visa has used Ethereum's Goerli testnet to try out transaction-free payments with the help of account abstraction.
On-chain data shows that Visa used a smart contract called Paymaster, allowing the company to take advantage of account abstraction to perform complex tasks...
Smart-Contract Registry Cookbook Raises $2M to Create Web3 Developer Support Tools
11.5.2023
The company will use the money to educate Web3 developers and supply them with tools to streamline their work
Smart Contracts Have Arrived on the Bitcoin Blockchain – Will BTC Become a DeFi Powerhouse?
11.5.2023
A new era has begun for the Bitcoin blockchain.
Last week, a group of developers deployed a suite of Uniswap smart contracts directly onto the Bitcoin blockchain.
Uniswap is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange (DEX) that operates on multiple smart contract-enabled blockchains like Ethereum...
Societe Generale Subsidiary Launches Euro Stablecoin, but Faces Criticism Over Smart Contract Issues
21.4.2023
According to Societe Generale-Forge (SG-Forge), a regulated subsidiary of Societe Generale Group, the company has launched a stablecoin pegged to the euro and issued on the Ethereum blockchain. During the launch announcement, SG-Forge’s CEO stated that a stablecoin “built under a robust...
NFT app Rebase co-founder accused of going ‘rogue’ in suit by partner
19.4.2023
An apparent business partner of Rebase's co-founder claims he was pushed out of the firm and funds he owned were moved from a joint crypto wallet
Liquid Staking Protocols See Increase in Monthly ETH Deposits Despite Withdrawals Post-Shapella Hard Fork
15.4.2023
Following the Shapella hard fork on April 12, 2023, approximately 332,368 ether, valued at around $699 million, has been withdrawn. Despite these withdrawals, liquid staking protocols like Lido, Rocketpool, and others have experienced an increase in ether deposits over the last 30 days. Since March...
$4M 'exit scam' suspected as Kokomo Finance flies off radar, token plunges
27.3.2023
Kokomo Finance's social media presence and websites are offline, while the price of the KOKO token fell more than 95% within a matter of minutes
Today in Crypto: Ethereum Foundation Doubles Bug Bounty to $500K, Oasys Partners with SBI VC Trade, The Graph Integrates with Banxa, Tether's Excess Reserves to Increase by $700M in Q1 2023
24.3.2023
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LinksDAO wins bid to buy its first golf course, says CEO
17.3.2023
The successful bid comes a month after 88.6% of LinksDAO token holders voted in favor of putting in a “compelling offer” for the golf course in its governance vote
Euler Finance's offer to hacker: Keep $20M or face the law
15.3.2023
The hacker committed a $196 million flash loan attack on the Ethereum-based lending protocol on March 13
ChatGPT V4 aces the bar, SATs and can identify exploits in ETH contracts
15.3.2023
GPT-4 completed many of the tests within the top 10% of the cohort, while the original version of ChatGPT often finished up in the bottom 10%
SEC accuses Utah firm of 'fraudulent' $18M crypto mining scheme
7.3.2023
The SEC said Green United’s operation was a fraud and the community was quick to quell fears of the SEC classing crypto mining as a security in the suit
Coinbase hit with proposed trademark lawsuit over Nano derivative products
27.2.2023
NanoLabs has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against crypto exchange Coinbase for its Nano Bitcoin futures contract and Nano Ether futures contract
Report: South African Startup Momint Seeks to Boost Electricity Generation Using Blockchain-Based Solution
21.2.2023
Using a solution that is based on blockchain technology, the South African startup Momint has said the recently launched Suncash initiative aims to ease the country’s power generation challenges. For about $9, investors can reportedly buy non-fungible tokens (NFTs) linked to solar cells which...