Fri, November 15

Singapore Launches Probe Into Crypto Lending Platform Hodlnaut

The newest update is that Singaporean authorities are looking into allegations of fraud and deceit against cryptocurrency lender Hodlnaut Pte. The struggling crypto lender’s operations have been strained along with the rest of the market in this crypto winter. With the collapse of the Terra ecosystem earlier this year, Hodlnaut

November 24, 2022 2 mins read

RIF Product Suite Built on Rootstock Provides Users Access to Everyday DeFi

To make the Rootstock and RIF ecosystem more accessible to mainstream users, IOV Labs and Buenbit have teamed together. Users of Buenbit will have access to services and products from Everyday DeFi that are secured by the Bitcoin network.  In many respects, this is seen as a huge advancement by both

November 22, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Offers Purchasing Loans From Genesis

After Genesis, a troubled crypto lending service halted client withdrawals on Wednesday, prominent cryptocurrency market maker B2C2 decided to help. Max Boonen, the founder of B2C2, tweeted minutes after the trading firm’s statement, “B2C2Group wishes to extend an offer to purchase loans from Genesis Trading’s book to alleviate the current

November 17, 2022 1 min read

Crypto Lending Arm of Genesis Suspends Withdrawals

On Wednesday, interim CEO Derar Islim said that Genesis Global Trading’s lending division has temporarily halted withdrawals and new loan originations in the aftermath of FTX’s bankruptcy. Genesis Global Capital, the division in charge of servicing institutional clients, has $2.8 billion in outstanding loans as of the end of the

November 16, 2022 1 min read

Crypto Lending Firm SALT Halts Withdrawal Post FTX Crisis

Following the FTX led effect through the cryptocurrency ecosystem, crypto lending company SALT announced today that it is suspending withdrawals. SALT CEO Shawn Owen stated: “The collapse of FTX has impacted our business. Until we are able to determine the extent of this impact with specific details that we feel

November 16, 2022 1 min read

BlockFi Reportedly Planning to File Bankruptcy Post FTX Fall

The FTX Empire’s demise left many in the cryptocurrency community shocked. The crypto lending platform BlockFi was also impacted by FTX’s collapse. In the middle of the mayhem, BlockFi suspended withdrawals. Users were notified on November 11 that the New Jersey-based exchange will be restricting platform activities.  BlockFi recently expressed

November 16, 2022 1 min read

Serum Is Rapidly Implementing the Damage Control Strategy

FTX’s hack on November 12th has seemingly compromised many Defi platform’s in assistance with the organization. Serum, the crypto lending hub built over the Solana network has undergone forking for development. This is relatively a recompensive measure by the Solana developers. Solana co-founder, Anatoly Yakovenko’s tweet: Afaik, the devs that

November 14, 2022 2 mins read

Celsius and Voyager Digital Disclose Exposure to FTX

Celsius reported being exposed to FTX. On November 11, the business tweeted that it has FTX contracts locked up for 3.5 million SRM ($1.3 million). It also disclosed that the FTT token was collateral for $13 million in loans to Alameda Research that were not adequately backed. Celsius also said

November 12, 2022 1 min read

Allianceblock Adds On-chain Identity Verification To End-to-End Infrastructure With Launch of TIDV

AllianceBlock, whose goal is to provide frictionless entry points into DeFi, has announced the release of its Trustless Identity Verification (TIDV) solution on Mainnet, with the first integration occurring through the Fundrs platform. The issue of exchanging verified information without compromising security is addressed by Trustless Identity Verification (TIDV), a

November 9, 2022 4 mins read