Bitcoin.com has announced the launch of a new initiative to promote decentralized finance and self-custody while compensating those who have lost out due to the failure of centralized crypto companies. The VERSE wallet token, which will be released by Bitcoin.com in December, will be used to fund the CEX Education
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The swappin.gifts app is now accessible directly through the Ambire Wallet dApp Catalog as part of the newest plug-in integration and collaboration that Ambire Wallet has developed. With its primary emphasis on enhancing the cryptocurrency user experience, Ambire is the first open-source, self-custodial smart contract wallet. There will be a
Texture, a DeFi yield platform, is now live in private beta testing after raising $5 million in a round-headed by P2P Capital and Sino Global. Wintermute, Semantic Ventures, and Jane Street Capital also participated in this round of funding. The stablecoin USDC was used to raise the money, and the valuation was not made public.
