A new working group aims to create standards that will ensure secure Ethereum smart contracts are used by businesses and DeFi projects. Decentralized finance continues to make its impact on the crypto market, and with over $13 billion of total value of assets locked, DeFi projects are clearly resonating with eager crypto investors. Yet while the DeFi…
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As Bitcoin bulls attempt to flip $18K to support, DeFi investors are bagging hefty triple-digit sums. Since topping out at $18,476 on Nov. 17, Bitcoin price has been flirting with the $18,000 level as bulls fight to flip the level to support and chase after the all-time high at $19,789. While this battle takes place…
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Crypto is often seen as trustless and failproof. But as more regulation, venues and developers come aboard, just how trustless is it really? Blockchain technology is great because it cuts out the middleman, removes the need to trust third parties, and gives users full agency over their finances, or true ownership of their wealth. From…
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Four hacks in a week are too much, even for DeFi. If people actually used insurance against hacks, this week would definitely have bankrupted a great many insurers. A total of four flash loan-enabled exploits were registered in the span of one week (one of them actually happened the week before, but nobody noticed until…
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Ethereum’s top 10 most-popular DApps have collectively amassed more than 1 million active users over the past 30 days. Ethereum-powered decentralized applications, or DApps, have attracted more than one million active users over the last 30 days according to analytics platform DappRadar. This milestone comes as interest in decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi,…
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Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the best form of money, Binance’s CEO says. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that decentralized finance is here to stay despite many DeFi projects showing signs of being in a bubble. In a Nov. 17 interview with Russia’s news agency RBC, Zhao argued that…
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Nefarious parties are using flashloans in conjunction with stablecoins to steal DeFi funds from platforms. An Ethereum-based decentralized finance, or DeFi, platform known as Cheese Bank recently suffered a $3.3 million loss — the product of an early-November hack. The thieves utilized a somewhat newly-found weakness in the DeFi sector which harnesses flashloans. The Cheese…
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Numerous on-chain indicators suggest Ethereum price is on the verge of another 2017-style bull run. Ether (ETH) price is currently ranging between $440 and $470, which is similar to the price action seen in December 2017. Back then, the scenario ended up being incredibly bullish, and the altcoin quickly rocketed toward $1,400. Fast forward to…
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“These are all my savings. I hope you can return it to me.” On Nov. 14, an unknown party exploited flash loans via the decentralized finance protocol Value DeFi to the tune of $5.4 million. A number of individuals have received a portion of their stolen funds back, however, after pleading with the hacker using…
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Price and social media sentiment swoon in unison as Yearn Finance formalizes operations budget. After a three-day voting period, this morning members of Yearn Finance’s decentralized governance approved Yearn Improvement Proposal 54 (YIP-54), formalizing an ongoing budget for operational expenses. YIP-54 aims to improve on previous proposals, including YIP-36 and YIP-41, which allowed for expenditures…
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