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Rari Fuze hacker offered $10M bounty by Fei Protocol to return $80M loot
1.5.2022
DeFi investigator BlockSec’s monitoring system detected a loss of more than $80 million — citing the root cause as a typical reentrancy vulnerability
Ice Cube’s Big3 Professional Basketball League Sells Team to a DAO for 25 NFTs
30.4.2022
Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have been acquiring high ticket items over the last 12 months and on April 28, the Degods DAO revealed it acquired a Big3 professional basketball team called the “Killer 3s.” The Big3 professional basketball league was founded by...
Attackers Steal $80 Million From Rari Capital’s Fuse Platform, Fei Protocol Suffers From Exploit
30.4.2022
According to a report from the blockchain company Blocsec, Rari Capital’s Fuse platform has lost roughly $80 million from a “reentrancy vulnerability.” On Saturday, Fei Protocol’s official Twitter account confirmed it lost funds from the Rari Fuse platform exploit....
How to Build Decentralized Twitter
29.4.2022
Crypto-based social media will be shaped by existing statutes, regulations and norms – and may be limited by its tech
Layer 2, Decentralized Exchanges Show Strong Growth on Ethereum in Q1 2022
29.4.2022
However, the average daily active addresses increased nominally, implying most growth came from existing users
“DeFi is not decentralized at all,” says former Blockstream executive
28.4.2022
Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer at Blockstream, is convinced that DeFi protocols can’t compete with Bitcoin as monetary networks due to their lack of decentralization
Blockchain and crypto can be a boon for tracking financial crimes
28.4.2022
The notion of crypto being a tool for money laundering is often propagated by naysayers that include policymakers with a stake in the traditional financial system
Report: $1.3 Billion in Crypto Stolen in Q1 2022, 97% Stemmed From Defi Exploits
28.4.2022
According to a research report, $1.3 billion in digital currencies have been stolen during the first quarter of 2022. The study, published by cryptomonday.de researchers, further highlights that 97% of the stolen funds derived from decentralized finance (defi) protocol exploits. Defi Exploits...
Bitcoin & Gold ETP, Decentralized Autonomous Billions, Bybit's Options + More News
27.4.2022
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Optimism Moves Toward Decentralized Governance Structure With OP Token Launch
27.4.2022
Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution Optimism has announced the launch of its OP token that would further help the initiative move toward a decentralized governance structure known as the Optimism Collective.
Optimism Collective is a bicameral governance system built to push the...
Oikos to Enable End-to-End Decentralized Reward Distribution via Chainlink Keepers
26.4.2022
Chainlink Keeper comes to the assistance when a client seeks to avail of smart contract options in a trust minimized manner, which is decentralized. Maintenance tasks for the Chainlink Keeper network relate to Liquidating and Harvesting, among many others. Another way to look at Chainlink Keeper...
Decentralized Forex Is Coming to Terra: Vertex Protocol Raises $8.5M
26.4.2022
Vertex protocol raised $8.5 million to build a decentralized foreign exchange for Terra-based stablecoins. @camlearnscrypto reports
Decentralized Finance Crypto Exchange Uniswap Starts Blocking Addresses Linked To ‘Blocked Activities’
26.4.2022
Uniswap, one of the main decentralized finance exchanges in the cryptocurrency world, is now taking measures to ensure illegal funds cannot be transacted using its platform. The company has already started blocking addresses linked to “blocked activities” and will apply a filter with...
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Reveals $100 Million Single-Borrower Pool Designed for Blockchain.com
25.4.2022
The crypto firm Blockchain.com has revealed it has secured up to $100 million in liquidity from Truefi’s single-borrower pool. The pool will be initially capped at $100 million over the first year and Blockchain.com aims to use the funds to bolster its own “liquidity pools, leverage...
Decentralized credit scores: How can blockchain tech change ratings
24.4.2022
Borrowing and lending are two important parts of DeFi, but they have been missing an effective operating credential: a decentralized credit rating
Derivatives Exchange Injective Pro Launches Bored Ape NFT Floor Price Perpetuals
24.4.2022
During the last year, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collection has become one of the most popular NFT projects. After weeks of a continuous rise in value, the current floor price for a single Bored Ape NFT is 130 ether or $382K. Following the floor price rise,...
The loss of privacy: Why we must fight for a decentralized future
24.4.2022
As early blockchain adopters, we must bring decentralization to the masses and fight with the tech behemoths that are its natural enemies
Crypto Businesses Ask 27 EU Finance Ministers to Loosen Disclosure Requirements
23.4.2022
Forty-six European crypto businesses and organizations have asked finance ministers in 27 European countries to loosen some regulatory requirements for the crypto industry. For example, they asked for decentralized finance (defi) projects to be excluded from the requirements to register as legal...
Altcoin Roundup: Crypto indexes offer broad access, but are they profitable in the long run?
22.4.2022
Trading crypto can be tricky, but a portion of the risk can be mitigated by investing in crypto indexes. Here’s some of what the market has to offer
Finance Redefined: Hacker bungles DeFi exploit, dYdx's decentralization goals, and more
22.4.2022
DeFi space saw the resurgence of Andre Cronje nearly a month after his departure announcement while dYdX has pledged to go fully decentralized by the end of the year