Source: Pixabay Just hours before welcoming the new year, hackers exploited Orbit Bridge, the cross-chain bridging service of Orbit Chain, making off with a staggering $82 million. The project soon suspended the cross-chain bridge contract and initiated on-chain negotiations with the attackers, as reported by Beosin Alert, an on-chain analytics platform. @Orbit_Chain has been hacked for…
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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, decreasing the total supply from 750 million to 450 million CAKE tokens. Near-Unanimous Vote Cuts CAKE Supply On Dec.…
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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 positions will relaunch next week.” ‘Precognition Oracle Attacks’ The decentralized finance (defi) platform, Levana Protocol, recently confirmed that it was…
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Amidst PancakeSwap’s proposal to burn 300 million CAKE and reduce the total supply from 750 million to 450 million CAKE, on-chain data indicates that a whale has been moving a significant amount of CAKE, the decentralized exchange’s governance token. Whale Is Moving Tokens As Key PancakeSwap Voting Event Proceeds According to a report from Scopescan, a…
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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 Special With Jlabs Digital: Past, Present, And Future Like last year, we paid homage…
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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 Billion Initially, on Nov. 22, 2023, Blast’s value locked was recorded at $89.59 million, but…
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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 help these workers secure new jobs in the Web3 space. Continuing Impact of the November…
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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 day, overshadowing the $1.282 billion recorded by Ethereum trading platforms. Solana Surges Past Ethereum in Dex Volume Solana’s recent…
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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 level.” The identification of such individuals potentially enables regulators to pinpoint “existing or potential regulatory touchpoints.” Understanding the Defi Arrangement at the ‘Economic Reality’ Level The…
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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 capitalization were collectively worth $135 billion, but by Jan. 1, 2023, their total value had diminished to…
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