In less than a month, despite a downturn in cryptocurrency markets, over 680,000 ethereum (ETH) has been added to liquid staking derivatives protocols. Lido Finance, the leading liquid staking platform, experienced a supply increase of 5.94%, surging from 7.91 million to 8.38 million ETH since July 29. Ether Held in Liquid Staking Jumps From 10.65…
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Magnate Finance, a DeFi lending protocol on the Ethereum layer-2 network Base, is reported to have conducted a rug pull, robbing its users of $6.4 million worth of assets. This event represents the latest troubling incident on the Base network in merely a month of its official mainnet launch. 3 Rug Pulls, $16.7 Million Lost…
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Ethereum (ETH) staking has been flourishing through protocols like Lido and Coinbase’s staking service even as the value of DeFi assets continues to decline. Over the past year, the crypto sector has experienced a series of setbacks, including failures of centralized crypto exchanges and services, which has also led to capital outflows from the DeFi space…. Read…
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Magnate Finance on Base has deleted its Telegram group and took its website offline earlier today, sparking fears of a yet another exit scam. Magnate Finance, which holds $6.4 million in Total Locked Value, has ties with other financial exit scams. Blockchain analyst ZachXBT also warned of a likely exit scam by Mangate Finance given…
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The Solana-based digital asset exchange announced on Aug. 23 that it is planning the “most fair” token launch in the history of Solana. According to Cypher, part of the funds raised via the initial decentralized offering will be used “to sustain protocol development, pay for audits to relaunch the protocol, and initiate a treasury for…
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Blockchain security provider Quantstamp has unveiled an innovative tool named Economic Exploit Analysis, designed to bolster the security of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols by detecting potential flash loan attack vectors within smart contracts. As per the Quantstamp’s announcement, the automated tool aims to identify vulnerabilities in the code of protocols that might be susceptible to…
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After remaining above $40 billion for much of 2023, the total value locked in decentralized finance, or defi, fell below the threshold on August 17, reaching $37.9 billion by August 22. Additionally, from August 13, the top 100 DeFi tokens have decreased by $1.74 billion in value over nine days.
Defi’s Rocky August: Value Retreats…
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Decentralized social network Friend.tech has generated over $1 million in fees within just 24 hours of its release, outperforming well-established players like Uniswap and the Bitcoin (BTC) network. According to data from crypto data aggregator DefiLlama, Friend.tech has generated $1.12 million in fees within a single day, and a total of $2.8 million since its inception. … Read More: Decentralized Social Network Friend.tech…
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Zetachain, a project that seeks to build one chain to interoperate with all other blockchains, announced it raised $27 million in a Series A funding round. Blockchain.com, Human Capital, Vy Capital, Sky9 Capital, and Jane Street Capital, among others, participated in the funding round. Zetachain will use the funds to launch its solution on mainnet…
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