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US regulator to seek feedback on DeFi's impact on financial crime

[Dec 8, 2022 12:30 AM] A “close look” is being taken at money laundering and terror financing laws by FinCEN as it asked banking sector players for feedback on DeFi’s crime risks.

The Path To A Bitcoin Economy: Decentralized Bitcoin-Backed Credit

[Dec 5, 2022 8:39 PM] Bitcoin-backed credit built with DeFi represents a stronger and more practical vision of "bitcoin free banking" originally described in 2010 by Hal Finney.This is an opinion editorial by David Seroy, Founder and President of Old North Capital…

Vitalik Buterin discusses his 'excitement' for the future of Ethereum

[Dec 5, 2022 11:37 AM] Buterin was specifically bullish on the rise of decentralized blockchain identities to enhance user privacy.

BNB Chain-Based Defi Protocol Ankr Suffers Major Exploit

[Dec 2, 2022 6:30 AM] Decentralized Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr has become the latest victim of a hacking attack targeting the defi space. The perpetrators who hit the platform were able to mint and steal a massive amount of tokens in a multimillion-dollar…

JPMorgan Expects Major Changes Coming to Crypto Industry and Regulation Post FTX Collapse

[Nov 28, 2022 7:00 PM] JPMorgan has outlined key changes it expects in the crypto industry and its regulation following the collapse of crypto exchange FTX. The global investment bank envisages several new regulatory initiatives, including those focusing on custody…

ApeCoin geo-blocks US stakers, two Apes sell for $1M each, marketplace launched

[Nov 24, 2022 8:06 PM] The U.S. made the list of regions blocked from using an upcoming website for ApeCoin staking with the related DAO claiming regulations are to blame.

Survey Suggests Institutional Investors Still Interested In Crypto

[Nov 24, 2022 9:48 AM] The crypto market is undergoing one of its lowest cycles since the turn of the year. Some crypto forecasts predicted a more positive outlook for the crypto market for November. However, events changed things negatively. The U.S. Federal Reserve…

US Lawmaker: FTX Collapse Isn’t a Crypto Failure — It’s a Failure of SEC, Bankman-Fried, Centralized Finance

[Nov 23, 2022 5:00 PM] U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer says the FTX meltdown is not a crypto failure but a failure with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and centralized finance. “We need to get to the bottom of this. We need to understand why…

Crypto and fiat savers are making a fatal error — and DeFi can come to the rescue

[Nov 22, 2022 9:00 AM] Across crypto and fiat, many consumers are making a fatal error: they're letting their assets sit idle in accounts without earning interest.

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Discusses FTX Collapse — Says ‘Centralized Anything Is by Default Suspect’

[Nov 21, 2022 7:30 PM] Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says many people in the Ethereum community see the FTX collapse “as a validation of things they believed in all along: centralized anything is by default suspect.” However, he warned that…

NYDIG Analyzed The FTX Collapse And Its Implications. What Did We Learn?

[Nov 19, 2022 2:19 AM] It’s time for NYDIG to chip in. The FTX fiasco is the theme of the month in the crypto world, and the show’s just beginning. The NYDIG research team avoids the temptation to summarize the whole saga and goes straight to the implications of the fall…

DeFi platforms see profits amid FTX collapse and CEX exodus

[Nov 16, 2022 2:23 PM] On-chain data flashed positive for DEXs and an increase in protocol revenue, even as markets corrected due to FTX’s insolvency.

Value Locked in Defi at Its Lowest Point Since March 2021, Smart Contract Tokens Shed $22 Billion in 36 Days

[Nov 16, 2022 8:30 AM] Smart contract platform tokens and decentralized finance (defi) protocols have taken a beating since the FTX collapse last week. The market capitalization of all the smart contract platform tokens in existence lost more than $22 billion during the…

Solana entities sold 50M tokens to FTX — How long will SOL price suffer?

[Nov 16, 2022 3:04 AM] Most of FTX's Solana exposure stands vested, meaning the defunct exchange will gradually gain access to millions of SOL up until January 2028.

Solana Loses 60% Of Its Value After FTX Collapse – Can SOL Bounce Back This Week?

[Nov 16, 2022 12:06 AM] The Solana (SOL) ecosystem, according to Laguna Labs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Stefan Rust, took a harder hit compared to other major digital coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum following the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange. Here’s a…

Tron's stablecoin USDD loses dollar peg on suspected selloff by Alameda Research

[Nov 10, 2022 5:11 AM] Wallets associated with Sam Bankman-Fried's Alameda Research could be behind the dollar de-peg, alleges Tron's founder.