Check out the latest DeFi news and alpha — from central banks using Curve for CBDC test, Matter Labs releasing ZK Stack and dYdX announcing the testnet of their Cosmos-based chain.
Poly Network suspends operations as the hackers manage to mint a large number of different cryptocurrencies such as BUSD, BNB, and SHIB, etc.
Attackers have made off with millions in crypto assets from the Poly Network which has now been exploited twice over the past two years.
Those of us in Italy and surrounding countries will be allowed to continue trading Zcash, Monero and other coins that Binance sought to condemn as unworthy.
A new validator client could improve the state of Solana. Stakers remain optimistic about Solana's future. How will SOL be impacted
According to data from DefiLlama, Lido currently holds a 32% share of the entire DeFi TVL, doubling the value of assets locked in...
The world's second-largest crypto exchange, Coinbase, has asked a judge to dismiss the SEC's claim that it acted as an unregistered broker.
PolyNetwork has allegedly been hacked again, according to PeckShield. The hackers appear to have made several transactions in huge assets on several chains
Following a public consultation on crypto and DeFi, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand said it will increase monitoring of the space, but no specific laws are needed for crypto, for now.
Developing DeFi right on Bitcoin instead of using wrapped tokens and avoiding problems of blockchain bridges — that’s Mintlayer’s main goal
The ZK Stack is zkSync’s answer to Optimism’s Superchain. It’s a series of interoperable custom "Hyperchains" using recursive scaling that is set for testnet by the end of the year.
Back in January, wallet provider Metamask warned of a somewhat similar scam where attackers populate transaction histories with fake transactions.
DeFi TVL almost hit $180 billion during the DeFi Summer of 2021. Could it reach or exceed that level in the future? Find out in the latest from Cointelegraph Research.
More than a quarter of lost funds were due to “access control” issues, with exploits and rugpulls being the second and third most common causes.
Decentralized finance protocol Yield Protocol has announced the last step in its recovery from a hack that cost it $1.5 million in March.
This noncustodial digital asset management platform offers multi-party-permissioned self-custody crypto wallets
Maple Finance is a blockchain institutional capital marketplace used to match up lenders with borrowers
The Bank of Italy is calling on regulators to hold stablecoin issuers and other centralized actors in the industry to the same “financial conduct standard” as traditional firms.
Polygon 2.0 will contain four “layers” that will work together to scale and secure networks built using the protocol.
Binance’s 11th LUNC burn sees 2.65 billion tokens destroyed, with community burns exceeding 68 billion.
A creditor of now-bankrupted crypto exchange FTX pledged a claim as collateral for a loan in the DeFi protocol Arcade.
The DeFi lending protocol Maple Finance has decided to offer direct loans to some borrowers instead of relying solely on pool delegates to provide capital to fill the void left by bankrupt major lending protocols like BlockFi.
Ethereum and Lido Finance are among the biggest revenue generators in the world of DeFi, a ranking by data provider Token Terminal has shown.
The US Treasury has revealed that North Korean hackers and scammers exploit decentralized finance (DeFi) loopholes to launder money and hide criminal activity.
DEX platform SushiSwap has suffered more than $3.3 million in losses after a hacker exploited a bug in a smart contract.
Tether, the company behind the world's largest stablecoin, has blacklisted a validator address responsible for draining $25 million from Miner Extractable Value (MEV) bots.
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Yearn Finance has fallen victim to an attack, resulting to the theft of about $11 million worth of tokens. Here's what you need to know.
A new type of yield-generating stablecoin has been introduced by DeFi provider Ondo Finance, offering institutions a way to benefit from the return of US money market funds on-chain.
Multi-chain lending protocol Hundred Finance has fallen victim to a hacking attack that enabled the theft of about $7 million worth of crypto. Here's the latest.
Among the measures announced was to explore and resolve issues on taxation of DeFi lending and staking.
The alarming rate of DeFi hacks has caught the attention of the US Department of Justice.
DeFi protocols should be simplified for users if adoption is to grow, a survey from the team behind the Uniswap decentralized exchange has suggested.
DEXs and other aspects of the DeFi world can be regulated in the US, even though it is “just code,” according to CFTC chair Rostin Behnam.
BitDAO's native token BIT is set to rebrand to Mantle after the community voted in favor of a proposal seeking to optimize the token ahead of the launch of a new layer-2 mainnet.
ConsenSys, the company behind the popular self-custodial crypto wallet MetaMask, has denied allegations that it collects taxes from users.
A scam-as-a-service company has siphoned off approximately $6 million worth of crypto assets from unsuspecting users.
Ethereum staking provider Lido has proposed a staking mechanism for its LDO token in an effort to boost the token's utility and financial sustainability.
Privacy-focused blockchain firm Namada is seeking to partner with Osmosis to fund software “public goods” and airdrop its planned NAM token to OSMO investors.
DeFi protocol Sturdy Finance has been exploited, but the team has promised that no further action will be taken if the money is returned.
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France's markets watchdog, has expressed its full support for globally coordinated and transparent regulation in decentralized finance (DeFi).
It is critical for financial institutions to know who they are trading with when using DeFi protocols, a BlackRock executive has said.
Matt Huang, co-founder of crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm, says he is still devoted to crypto even though AI is “too interesting to ignore.”
Insider trading is rampant when new ERC-20 tokens are listed on centralized exchanges, according to a new report
There will definitely be blood on the blockchain this week. A stunningly beautiful and formidable force will crawl up from the catacombs to stake its claim in Web3 and sink its teeth into the masses.
In this article, we will delve into the world of DeFi, exploring its core concepts, benefits, and challenges. Join us as we navigate through the decentralized landscape of cryptocurrency trading.
A 2018 video has surfaced that shows now-Chairman Gary Gensler saying that 75% of the crypto market is outside of the legal definition of a security.
The agency's attempt to stretch the ordinary meaning of the word is yet another unjustified bid to expand its authority.
As a market turns from a bear into a bull, traders gravitate toward riskier strategies, say DeFi developers.
