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Cointelegraph Consulting: Recounting 2021’s biggest DeFi hacking incidents
3.11.2021
There are a total of 169 blockchain hacking incidents that have taken place in 2021, with nearly $7 billion in funds lost
Stablecoins report: SEC won’t lead regulation, Congress urged to act
3.11.2021
The SEC was denied a monopoly over the stablecoin sector, yet the risk of being designated “systemically important” persists
Blockchain tech firms AllianceBlock and Flare integrate technologies to expand their DeFi ecosystems
2.11.2021
The two seek to improve their blockchains with each other's tech from cross-chain bridges to decentralized exchanges to oracle networks
Sanctor Capital launches $20M fund to bootstrap GameFi, DeFi projects
2.11.2021
Projects like Axie Infinity and Decentraland have shined the spotlight on GameFi, a new trend that refers to the financialization of gaming
Avalanche Launches $220M Crypto Fund for DeFi and NFTs
2.11.2021
The Avalanche Foundation recently released Blizzard, a crypto development fund for the network’s growth. The blockchain will use the 220 million dollars fund to target NFTs and DeFi opportunities. The funds comprise of contributions from the Avalanche Foundation (Singapore-based NPO), Ava Labs (New...
OpenOcean Atlantic Live on Ethereum Network From Nov 1
2.11.2021
The Open Ocean Atlantic is the second version of the OpenOcean. This new upgrade by OpenOcean will provide higher swap rates and maximum returns, eventually outperforming other DEX aggregators. The additional benefit of trading on OpenOcean is that there is no additional fee and everything...
The Sandbox raises $93M to expand its NFT metaverse
2.11.2021
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the $93 million Series B round, marking the fund’s first investment into crypto assets
Crypto founders top young Australian rich list
2.11.2021
Seven of Australia's 87 richest entrepreneurs aged 40 and under are crypto founders, according to the Australian Financial Review
AWS Seeks a Specialist to Develop Amazon’s ‘Digital Currency and Blockchain Strategy Roadmap’
1.11.2021
This past summer the American multinational technology company, Amazon, published two job listings for a blockchain lead and a digital currency expert. Now Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a principal digital assets specialist that can “help drive adoption across the global digital...
Ethereum shillers call for $5K ETH, and this time derivatives data is backing them up
1.11.2021
Ether bulls have been calling for $5,000 ETH for years, and now derivatives data suggests that the price is finally realistic
An In-Depth Look at Olympus DAO Protocol and the Not-So-Stable Stablecoin OHM
1.11.2021
In mid-October, Bitcoin.com News reported on how decentralized finance (defi) or algorithmic stablecoins have seen significant demand in 2021. One particular stablecoin called OHM is quite different from the traditional reserve currency defi protocols today, as OHM is a free-floating currency...
Defi Losing Track of Its Core Vision as It Gradually Resembles the Very Idea It Aspired to Change
1.11.2021
As defi continues to expand, it risks embracing the very ideology it initially sought to reject as the primary beneficiaries of this new financing paradigm are those who already own digital assets. Replacing Intermediaries Doesn’t Directly Improve Finance When it comes to financial products...
WOO to Use Chainlink for Institutional Market Data Oracles
1.11.2021
WOO Network recently announced launching its customized Chainlink oracles. The venture will combine its liquidity providing strategies and Chainlink’s oracle technology to deliver the market data oracles. Chainlink has already established esteemed integrations in the past few months. Therefore,...
Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Dogelon Mars Lead the Pack of 45 Doge-Like Tokens Capturing Astronomical Gains
31.10.2021
2021 has been the year of decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and meme tokens as well. During the first week of August, roughly 30 dogecoin-like crypto assets existed and today, there are now 45 tokens with the terms “dog,” “shiba,”...
DeFi protocol Aave encounters major capital flight
29.10.2021
Total value locked on the decentralized borrowing and lending platform fell 16% in the past 24 hours
Total Value Locked in Cross-Chain Defi Bridges Exceeds $22 Billion, Jumping 48% in 30 Days
29.10.2021
On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of the dominance. Meanwhile, as ethereum has the largest dominance of TVL in defi, a number of alternative blockchains are seeing significant increases every week....
Finance Redefined: Near’s $800M fund, Miami embraces crypto, Oct. 22–29
29.10.2021
Near protocol allocates $800 million to its DeFi ecosystem, and Immunefi raises $5.5 million to advance its security service — all of this and more coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined
unFederalReserve Connects Chainlink Feeds with ReserveLending
29.10.2021
UnFederalReserve announced that Chainlink’s integrated pricing reference feed is now sponsored by the firm. It has unified with Chainlink since the ReserveLending platform’s launch in May and is now looking to expand its partnership with the official oracle provider. unFederalReserve...
Kadena Announces Partnership with Coinmetro to Enter Ethereum
29.10.2021
Kadena recently announced a partnership with Coinmetro to enter the Ethereum network. The venture will officially support wKDA (Wrapped Kadena), backed 1:1 with Kadena. Besides joining hands with Coinmtero, Kadena is entering the Ethereum blockchain to connect multiple assets to the network. Kadena...
Cream Finance Suffers $130 Million Hack
29.10.2021
Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The news was first revealed by Peckshield, a blockchain analytics company that discovered a flash loan had exploited the platform. This is the third hack the protocol...