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Makerdao Plans to Integrate Ethereum L2 Solution Starknet to Lower DAI Transaction Costs
20.4.2022
The decentralized finance (defi) project Makerdao has announced its plans to support the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup solution Starknet in order to make DAI transactions faster and network costs cheaper. Starknet will be integrated into the defi protocol on April 28, 2022, as part...
Ethereum DeFi Staple MakerDAO Adds StarkNet Bridge in First Step Toward Multi-Chain
20.4.2022
Rebuilding Maker on StarkNet involves four phases, starting with a simple bridge that goes live on April 28
Yeti Posts $500 Million TVL in 24 Hours After Launch on Avalanche
20.4.2022
DeFi has grown large enough to offer everything a traditional finance firm could offer in the last few years. The DeFi borrowing protocol is the recent addition to this list and brings tonnes of benefits one can only seem of in TradFi. Yet is one such borrowing protocol built in the Avalanche...
How Are DeFi Protocols Revolutionizing Passive Income Earning?
20.4.2022
It is no surprise that the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem is as large as today. With over $75 billion locked in DeFi protocols, the ecosystem has shown explosive growth, and innovation is at an all-time high in the space. DeFi is building and creating solutions more than the mere swapping...
400 new projects and 100K new wallets in a month on Cardano
20.4.2022
The number of ADA wallets has increased by 100,000 since March 22, with the total figure standing at 3.268 million as of April 19
IMF global financial stability report sees complex roles for cryptocurrency, DeFi
19.4.2022
Decentralized finance offers a mix of risks and benefits as it forms interconnections with traditional finance, the International Monetary Fund finds in a new report
DeFi Developer Andre Cronje Teases New Regulation-Focused Crypto Projects
19.4.2022
The mercurial “Godfather of DeFi” is now pivoting to compliant crypto after abruptly quitting decentralized finance in early March
First Australian Bitcoin ETF Comes to Cboe, 40 Crypto Players Send a Letter to EU + More News
19.4.2022
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Framework Ventures Launches $400M Fund to Back Web 3 Gaming, DeFi
19.4.2022
The crypto investment firm now has $1.4 billion in assets under management
IMF’s DeFi Governance Recommendations Include These Two Steps
19.4.2022
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has proposed a series of measures aimed at regulating the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector.
The body spelled out its preliminary recommendations in the latest chapter of its Global Financial Stability report, which is entitled “The Rapid Growth...
Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One Raises $9.1M to Offer Crypto Options Trading
19.4.2022
Options trading has long been popular in traditional finance, but the crypto-backed version has only recently started moving beyond institutions to retail investors
Solana DeFi Protocol Delta One Raises $9.1M to Offer Crypto Yield Farming
19.4.2022
Options trading has long been popular in traditional finance, but the crypto-backed version has only recently started moving beyond institutions to retail investors
FBI Issues Alert Concerning Malicious State-Sponsored North Korean Hackers Targeting Crypto Firms
19.4.2022
On April 18, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the U.S. Treasury Department, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) published a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) report concerning malicious North Korean state-sponsored cryptocurrency activity. According to the U.S....
Crypto Options Traders Adopt New Strategies to Profit From DeFi-Led Volatility Gyrations
19.4.2022
DeFi option vaults put downward pressure on implied volatility every Friday, creating a window of opportunity for savvy traders to short-sell volatility ahead of the event
Lazarus Gets Banned by Tornado Cash for Hacking $600 Million From Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge
19.4.2022
Tornado Cash is a decentralized protocol that allows users to have a private Ethereum transaction on the network. Tornado Cash breaks the on-chain link between the source address and the destination address to keep transactions private. A smart contract is deployed to execute the private...
SEC Faces Storm of Criticism from Crypto Sector, Lawmakers over ‘Exchange’ Re-definition Plans
19.4.2022
The United States Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and its Chairman Gary Gensler have received a slew of letters from pressure groups and parliamentarians voicing their concerns about proposed amendments to the Exchange Act, established in the 1930s. The agency plans to expand the legal...
'Crypto is Dead. Long live Crypto': Veteran DeFi Developer Andre Cronje Urges More Regulation
18.4.2022
“Crypto is dead. Long live Crypto,” the veteran decentralized finance (DeFi) developer and creator of early DeFi protocol Yearn.Finance (YFI), Andre Cronje, opened a new blog post by saying. He went on to argue that more regulation is needed in the space in which he might have earned significant...
Global Economy Outlook Cut Again, Another Crypto Exchange Leaves Russia & Belarus + More News
18.4.2022
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Beanstalk Hacker Drains USD 182M from Project, But Nets Only USD 80M
18.4.2022
Beanstalk, a decentralized credit-based stablecoin protocol, fell victim to a flash-loan attack over the weekend that saw the protocol exploited for USD 182m worth of crypto. However, the attacker managed to cash out 'only' USD 80m.
According to blockchain security firm PeckShield, the attacker...
Beanstalk Farms loses $182M in DeFi governance exploit
18.4.2022
The stablecoin protocol saw its own governance proposal system exploited enabling the malicious actors to extract all of its $182 million in collateral