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Defi Can Strengthen the United States’ Leadership in Tech and Financial Services, CFTC Report Says
[Jan 9 12:30 PM] Decentralized finance projects and their respective ecosystems potentially offer both promising opportunities and risks to the U.S. financial system, a Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) study has found. The CFTC study report recommends…
Maker Takes The Spotlight With 34% Gain – Can MKR Hold This Position?
[Jan 9 6:00 AM] Maker is making waves as it enters Coingecko’s top gainers list this week with massive bullish pressure on the market. MKR is up nearly 34% in the bi-weekly timeframe, but long-term investors are enjoying bigger rewards as the token is up 205%…
Tunisian Universities’ Hackathons to Boost Understanding of Distributed Ledger Technology
[Jan 9 5:00 AM] Two Tunisian universities working in collaboration with the blockchain company Dar Blockchain and the Hashgraph Association are set to hold three-day hackathons. Hackathon participants are set to learn how decentralized finance (defi) can help…
DeFi Identity Should Be Focus of U.S. Policymakers, CFTC Says
[Jan 9 3:43 AM] The Commodity Futures Trading Commission wants U.S. policymakers to evaluate options for regulating the issue of identity information in decentralized finance, a report published Monday said.
How To Bridge And Trade On The Injective (INJ) Network
[Jan 7 11:00 AM] Injective is a blockchain designed specifically for finance. It is an interoperable and environmentally-friendly layer 1 blockchain that supports advanced DeFi applications, including crypto trading dApps, like spot and derivative exchanges, and…
Gamma Heist — Over $3M in Digital Assets Drained, 1,000 ETH Moved to Tornado Cash
[Jan 6 12:30 AM] On Jan. 4, the decentralized finance protocol Gamma Strategies was a victim of a hacking attack which saw criminals make off with digital assets worth over $3 million. To pre-empt further attacks, Gamma Strategies said it has shut off all deposits…
Decentralized Exchanges Near Trillion-Dollar Milestone: A Year of Record Volumes
[Jan 5 12:30 PM] Per data analysis, decentralized exchange (dex) platforms nearly reached a trillion dollars in trading volume, posting $960.69 billion over the past year. Moreover, dex activity in December exceeded the previous 2023 high of $132.26 billion…
Arbitrum Is Trending On Social Media, Time For ARB To Rip Higher?
[Jan 4 7:30 PM] There is an upswing in social media mention of ARB, the native token of Arbitrum, a layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum, suggesting growing interest and potential for price gains. According to AlphaScan data on January 4, ARB had the “best…
Thorchain Dominates Cross-Chain Trading Volume: What’s Next for RUNE?
[Jan 4 5:00 PM] Thorchain, a cross-chain liquidity network, has emerged as a frontrunner in cross-chain transfers, surpassing its competitors in volume and transaction activity, on-chain data shows. Thorchain Trading Volume Expands As Prominence Increases Citing…
Defi Platform Radiant Capital Loses Digital Assets Worth $4.5 Million After Flash Loan Attack
ENS Token Jumps 50% as Vitalik Buterin Hails It as 'Super Important'
[Jan 3 8:55 AM] ENS, the governance token of the Ethereum Name Service project, surged after Ethereum cofounder Buterin posted on X that the service is "super important."
Jupiter Targets JUP Airdrop for End of January
[Jan 2 11:06 AM] The Solana-based trading aggregator will test the longevity of the Solana frenzy.
CAKE Token Supply Cut — Pancakeswap Community’s Decisive Vote Spurs Market Surge
[Dec 29, 2023 10:30 AM] The Pancakeswap community has sanctioned a governance vote to eliminate 300 million CAKE tokens from the crypto asset’s total supply. Records indicate that a substantial 97.88% of community votes supported the reduction of 300 million CAKE…
Defi Platform Levana Protocol Says $1.14 Million Was Lost During an ‘Oracle Attack’
[Dec 29, 2023 6:30 AM] The decentralized finance platform Levana Protocol confirmed on Dec. 27 that unknown attackers had drained approximately $1.14 million from the liquidity pool. The Levana team however insisted that the issue has “been fixed and opening…
Reports State at Least $1.7B Was Lost in Hacks and Exploits During 2023
[Dec 29, 2023 6:30 AM] Several reports that have recently surfaced have revealed the extent of losses that crypto platforms and users faced during 2023 as a product of exploits and hacks. TRM Labs’ latest report states that the number ascended to $1.7 billion…
A Crypto Christmas Special With Sheraz Ahmed: Past, Present, And Future
[Dec 28, 2023 1:00 PM] Another year, another Crypto Christmas special for our team at NewsBTC. In the coming week, we’ll be unpacking 2023, its downs and ups, to reveal what the next months could bring for crypto and DeFi investors. Related Reading: A Crypto Christmas…
L2 Protocol Blast Soars Past $1 Billion in Locked Crypto Value
[Dec 28, 2023 12:30 PM] Statistics reveal that the Ethereum layer two (L2) platform Blast now secures over $1 billion within its protocol. The total value locked (TVL) in Blast has expanded more than twelvefold since its launch in late November. Blast’s TVL Hits $1…
PancakeSwap To Burn 300 Million CAKE, Why Is This Whale Moving Coins?
Blast Hits $1.1B in Deposits More Than a Month Before It's Due to Go Live
[Dec 28, 2023 4:18 AM] Depositors will receive an airdrop that can be redeemed in May 2024.
PancakeSwap Proposes to Reduce CAKE Token Supply by 300 Million
[Dec 28, 2023 2:52 AM] More than 99.95% of the community, representing 70,000 votes from CAKE holders, favored the proposal shortly after it went live.
Kyberswap Exploit Fallout: Platform’s Workforce Cut by 50%
[Dec 28, 2023 2:30 AM] The CEO of Kyberswap, the decentralized finance aggregator, revealed on Christmas Day that the platform recently laid off 50% of its workforce. The CEO added his organization is in the process of creating a voluntary database that is expected to…
Solana’s Dex Platforms Eclipse Ethereum in Weekly Trade Volumes
[Dec 27, 2023 12:30 PM] Recent statistics reveal that in the last week, decentralized exchange (dex) platforms built on Solana have surpassed Ethereum in market performance. Data indicates that Solana-based dex platforms achieved a volume of $1.447 billion in the past…
Crypto Users Lost $2B to Hacks, Scams and Exploits in 2023, De.Fi Says
[Dec 27, 2023 6:51 AM] The figure is roughly half the estimated $4.2 billion of 2022, a year that also included $40 billion lost through the collapse of Terra, Celsius and FTX.
Securities Regulators’ Association Calls for the Identification of Individuals Who Exercise Control Over Defi Platforms
[Dec 27, 2023 6:30 AM] The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has urged regulators seeking to understand decentralized finance (defi) arrangements to identify individuals who “exercise control or sufficient influence at the enterprise…
Defi Rebounds: Total Value Locked and Token Prices Surge as 2023 Marks a Year of Recovery and Growth
[Dec 26, 2023 9:30 AM] On April 3, 2022, decentralized finance (defi) protocols held approximately $163 billion total value locked (TVL). By the start of January 2023, this amount declined to $38.30 billion. Concurrently, in April 2022, the leading defi tokens by market…
Harmony To See Redemption? Analyst Predicts Meteoric 650% Rise For ONE Token
[Dec 26, 2023 5:30 AM] The Harmony blockchain fell victim to one of the most infamous hacks in decentralized finance (DeFi) history and the fallout from that attack in 2022 saw the ONE price tank tremendously, losing over 98% of its all-time high value. However, one year…
Is Ethereum (ETH) Ready For A Monster Move In January 2024?
Is Chainlink and Polygon About to Rip Higher? Whales Accumulating
[Dec 20, 2023 3:00 PM] According to Lookonchain data on December 20, whales are actively accumulating Chainlink (LINK) and Polygon (MATIC) and moving them from Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume. Citing on-chain…
Tis the Season To Be Jolly About the Crypto Market in 2024
[Dec 20, 2023 10:45 AM] With TradFi moving in, the crypto industry is finally taking its place as the future of finance, says Kelly Ye, at Decentral Park Capital.