On August 5, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave showed notable strength amid a severe crypto market plunge. Aave generated $6 million in revenue from decentralized finance liquidations. This spike in revenue is a response to economic events, like the interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan and the
According to statistics from analytics company Parsec financial, on-chain liquidations across Ethereum’s decentralized finance protocols hit a new annual high, with positions liquidated totaling over $350 million in the preceding 24 hours. This is happening as the market volatility has spiked and the crypto market as a whole has been
Flare, the layer 1 blockchain for data, is thrilled to announce that the SparkDEX team has opted for deploying their sophisticated decentralized finance hub on the network, which includes an AMM and perps protocol. By doing this, SparkDEX will take use of the decentralized data access provided by Flare’s entrenched data
Last week, an agreement was filed in court by the two parties involved in the KeyFi and the founder Jason Stone’s link to the insolvent crypto lender Celsius. This settlement follows a series of lawsuits and countersuits. As part of the settlement deal, Celsius will get a plethora of assets
Base, the Ethereum layer-2 blockchain developed by a U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase, has marked a remarkable surge in its total value locked (TVL), surpassing Blast. According to DefiLlama, Base’s TVL stands at $1.549 billion and Blast’s TVL at $1.525 billion, a one-day change of 1.56% and 5.75% respectively. Total value
Bitflow has raised Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFI) to a level where it can compete with Ethereum’s established DeFi ecosystem by announcing many new features for its Bitcoin Layer 2 (L2) decentralized exchange (DEX). The volume of transactions on Bitcoin DeFi has increased dramatically during the last several months. Other blockchain ecosystems
In the wake of a significant liquidation event involving Michael Egorov, founder of Curve Finance, the CRV token has seen a notable recovery. Nearly a week ago, Egorov faced liquidation after the CRV token plummeted to an all-time low of $0.219. The situation led to widespread liquidations across various platforms,
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
Beosin and Blocksec, two blockchain security companies, say that $3.7 million was stolen from the decentralized lending protocol UwU Lend today. Security researchers have linked this assault to the same hacker, making it the second flash loan breach of UwU Lend this week. The attacker now has $3.7 million worth
The popular blockchain-based game Crypto: The Game (CTG) has been acquired by Uniswap Labs. Following the news, the price of the UNI token surged, increasing by 6% on the three-hour price chart. Uniswap Labs COO Mary-Catherine Lader is excited about combining CTG’s interactive on-chain experiences with Uniswap’s products and services.
