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First Mover: Bitcoin Surges to New 2020 High as Harvest Debacle Provides Costly DeFi Lesson
27.10.2020
This week's $24M exploit of DeFi platform Harvest shows risks as real as rewards in open-beta crypto markets, where investor protection is minimal
DeFi devs may save months of work with OpenZeppelin's operations platform
27.10.2020
Defender simplifies the task of deploying and administering smart contracts
Kraken CEO Jesse Powell Issues Tough Critique of ‘Reckless’ DeFi Launches
27.10.2020
"Stop f**king up your bulls**t DeFi scams and expecting exchanges to bail you out," Powell said
Ocean V3 Brings Wave of Data Monetization Tools to Ethereum
27.10.2020
A third version of Ocean Protocol has been released, fleshing out its vision for “datatokens” and decentralized data marketplaces
East meets West as eight top projects join global DeFi alliance
27.10.2020
Eight of the western world’s top DeFi projects have joined an industry consortium that is supported by a Shanghai science and technology institution
From DeFi to DeOps: How Public Blockchains Could Replace ERP Systems
26.10.2020
As DeFi does away with middlemen in finance, "DeOps" could reduce the need for intermediaries in large-scale supply systems
Harvest Finance: $24M Attack Triggers $570M ‘Bank Run’ in Latest DeFi Exploit
26.10.2020
Harvest Finance has seen its total value locked drop by more than $500 million in the 12 hours since being hit by a flash loan attack
Blockchain Bites: DeFi’s Harvest Hit, IRS’ Crypto Clarification, JPMorgan’s Buoyant Bitcoin Note
26.10.2020
PLUS: Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith's legal defense, PayPal's dropped client and more
Notional Launches Out of Stealth to Bring Fixed-Rate Lending to DeFi
26.10.2020
Lending rates on all the top DeFi platforms are dizzyingly variable. Enter Notional, a new protocol with backing from Coinbase and others
Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
26.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven...
Uniswap, Curve Daily Trading Volumes Surges Past $2B, Likely Driven by Harvest Attack
26.10.2020
Daily trading volume on Uniswap surged by over 1,200% to a record $2.04 billi on, surpassing the previous record high of $953.59 million registered on Sept. 1 by a big margin
Harvest Finance Attacked, Reportedly USD 24M Lost, FARM Down 50%
26.10.2020
Source: Twitter/@harvest_finance
Another decentralized finance (DeFi) project, Harvest Finance, has suffered a flashloan attack that lasted for seven minutes, with reportedly at least USD 24m exploited.
The DeFi side of the Cryptoverse has been on high alert in the last six hours, with many...
Harvest Finance puts $100K bounty on alleged hacker
26.10.2020
Harvest Finance is actively tackling the apparent $24 million attack
Harvest Finance Token Plummets 65% After Attack Saps DeFi Site of TVL
26.10.2020
A possible exploit in DeFi protocol Harvest Finance has caused the site's TVL to drop sharply, along with the price of its FARM token
The future of NFTs in DeFi: A conversation with Aavegotchi's Jesse Johnson
26.10.2020
Where do NFTs fit into DeFi, what's next for a space awash with funding, and how do DAOs manage NFT content? Jesse Johnson discusses with Cointelegraph
DeFi Still Needs a Silk Road Moment
25.10.2020
Adoption by criminal enterprises is evidence of the product/market fit for censorship-resistant tech and an indicator of whether innovation will see usage in the non-criminal world
SharkTron – DeFi Project That Implies Complete Autonomy
24.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. SharkTRON decentralized platform has set the goal of maximizing the DeFi TRON potential. The main task is to create a complete platform autonomy with a gradual transition to self-management by community members. SharkTRON is an autonomous full-cycle ecosystem. Platform members...
The unluckiest DeFi protocol? A personal take on bZX’s tumultuous year
24.10.2020
The platform got hacked not once, but thrice, putting the team through a trial by fire
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Pulls Back From $13K While Ether Falls on DeFi Cooling
23.10.2020
Market observers were not surprised by an immediate but mild sell-off of bitcoin after it hit 2020’s new highs
Anonymous devs behind a DeFi yield farm could steal $1B in 12 hours
23.10.2020
A lot of trust is required to put money in Harvest Finance