In response to the $10 million in bad debt that arose from soft liquidations after a hacking attempt on June 13, Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov has announced that he has completely repaid the loan. As a result of the event, Egorov went on social media to clarify, saying that
June 15, 2024 2 mins read
According to a recent survey, some central banks are increasing their efforts to investigate digital currencies issued by the central bank. The foreign exchange firm BIS conducted a survey of central banks and found that in 2023, there was a “sharp uptick” in CBDC-related experiments among the banks that deal
June 15, 2024 1 min read
Supra, a completely vertically integrated Layer-1 blockchain with Multi-VM support, in-protocol oracles, VRF, bridges, and automation capabilities, is thrilled to announce the launch of its competition, the “Super dApp Showdown.” The competition’s first season is slated to start in August 2024, and judges from Supra, Google Cloud, Republic Crypto, Hashkey Capital, and
June 13, 2024 4 mins read
The goal of Merlin Chain, a Layer 2 blockchain built for Bitcoin, is to provide holders of the most valuable cryptocurrency in the world with long-awaited yield potential. With the help of the network’s suite of cutting-edge decentralized finance (DeFi) integrations and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, bitcoiners will be able to
June 12, 2024 2 mins read
Elizabeth Warren, Jacky Rosen, and John Hickenlooper—three U.S senators—recently wrote to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, urging him to lower the Fed interest rate. At 5.5%, the current interest rate set by the Fed is the highest level in two decades. High borrowing rates, according to the senators, are making
June 11, 2024 1 min read
According to the OP Labs development team, Ethereum layer-2 Optimism has included fault proofs into its smart contracts. As far as the team is concerned, Optimism has progressed to what Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has dubbed “Stage 1” of decentralization. Base, Metal, Mode, and Zora are the least number
June 11, 2024 2 mins read
The leading DeFi project on Polkadot, Hydration, is excited to announce that it has been awarded 2 million DOT tokens from the Polkadot treasury, which is worth $14.4 million. The funds will be used to improve Omnipool, Hydration’s single-sided liquidity provisioning platform, in terms of both liquidity and trading efficiency. The DOT tokens
June 10, 2024 2 mins read
In a recent interview, Binance CEO Richard Teng said that the “early majority” has replaced the “early adopters” as the dominant demographic in the cryptocurrency market. In response to a request for opinion about the company’s announcement on June 8, which marked the achievement of 200 million registered users globally,
June 10, 2024 2 mins read
In the first week of June, spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US purchased the equivalent of over two months’ worth of BTC’s mining supply. According to statistics from HODL15Capital, the 11 ETFs had inflows of almost $1.83 billion during the trading week of June 3–7, purchasing 25,729 Bitcoin — about
June 10, 2024 1 min read
The parent corporation of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is allegedly thinking about selling or splitting up its crypto platform Bakkt, according to Bloomberg’s sources. According to the people who spoke with the media outlet, another possibility is that the board would decide to keep Bakkt as it is
June 8, 2024 1 min read