After experiencing an assault on its “zStables” pools on Curve Finance, Zunami Protocol has warned users not to purchase any of its Zunami Ether (zETH) or Zunami USD (UZD) stablecoins. Please do not buy zETH and UZD at the moment, their emission has been attacked. — Zunami Protocol (@ZunamiProtocol) August
In a recent filing, Celsius Network said that its app will be discontinued. Celsius, which debuted in 2017, has been mired in financial and legal disputes as of late. Despite these difficulties, the corporation is beginning to see the light as it prepares to become a new organization known as
According to Etherscan, on August 11th, insolvent crypto lender Voyager Digital sent 1,500 Ether to the crypto exchange Coinbase. This transaction was valued at around $2.77 million. Moreover, around 250B SHIB were also sent to the exchange. Many in the cryptocurrency world are wondering what the transactions might possibly mean.
Curve Finance, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has announced that it would pay consumers who were affected by the recent attack that resulted in $62 million in losses. An official Twitter account said that continuing investigations were providing positive results, with almost 79% of the monies recovered so far. The
Ethereum’s liquid staking sector has commanded explosive growth in 2023 as more investors look to benefit from the network’s staking rewards. Total ETH staked has risen in excess of 60% since the year’s open, meaning that more than $45 billion in ETH now helps to secure the network. This tremendous
On August 9, PeckShield, a blockchain security company, announced new vulnerabilities affecting DeFi initiatives. The company claims that a reentrancy assault affected Aave’s Earning Farm, leading to the loss of at least $287,000 in Ether. A reentrancy attack occurs when an attacker repeatedly submits and withdraws a money request in
The team of the Cardano-based decentralized exchange MuesliSwap has decided to reimburse customers who had significant slippage in the last twelve months. The MuesliSwap team “fell short in providing adequate clarity” on the slipping feature in their protocol as stated on August 8. Slippage refers to the fluctuation in cost
The proposal to prohibit further CRV borrowing was supported by 100% of the Aave community. The community has been advised by risk management company Gauntlet to avoid the liquidation risk of Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov’s debt, which might cause a ripple effect and perhaps a DeFi meltdown, by prohibiting
A judge in Manhattan state court determined on Friday that New York Attorney General Letitia James may proceed with her civil fraud lawsuit against Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the defunct crypto lender Celsius Network. James sued Mashinsky in January before the former CEO of insolvent crypto
According to a recent ruling from the United States’ highest tax body, cryptocurrency holders are required to include staking rewards in their gross income for the year they were earned. Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 2023-14 was released on July 31. It clarified the tax treatment of profits from staking
