Sun, September 22

MakerDAO Community Divided Over Recent MIP Proposal

This Monday’s vote was not an executive vote but rather a ratification vote. The move has been credited for advancing the project’s greatest restructure in its history. As time goes on, MakerDAO gets closer to its “Endgame.” DeFi’s de facto central bank will establish so-called MetaDAOs and activate a new

October 30, 2022 2 mins read

Celsius Bankruptcy Case Trustee Criticizes $2.96M Bonus Scheme

In its Oct. 27 supporting statement for the objection, the trustee harshly criticized Celsius. Paying executives more in anticipation of a reorganization may seem counterproductive. U.S. trustee William Harrington is objecting to a Celsius motion. That would pay $2.96 million in retention bonuses to 62 of the company’s 275 workers.

October 28, 2022 2 mins read

Compound Community Votes to Halt Activity of 4 Cryptocurrencies

Financial assets of this kind tend to be very unstable and susceptible to manipulation. The proposal won support from Compound Finance’s founder, Robert Leshner. Users of the Compound Finance protocol will no longer be able to lend assets with low liquidity. After “proposal-131” was adopted by the DAO that runs

October 25, 2022 2 mins read

Decentralized Exchange Quickswap Exploited For $220,000

Price manipulation is the problem, as Peckshield put it in a tweet. Peckshield’s blog post revealed that the vulnerability had been reported by Chainsecurity. On October 24th, Quickswap detailed how a $220,000 hack occurred in the Market XYZ lending market. Quickswap Lend is closing, the team announced on Monday through

October 25, 2022 1 min read

Coinbase to Custody MakerDAO’s USDC Funds Worth $1.6B

The USDC is a third of the treasury supporting Maker’s Peg Stability Module. The DAO will receive up to 1.5% rewards on the assets. After being presented by Coinbase Institutional on September 6, the proposal passed with 75% approval on Monday afternoon. The USDC is a third of the treasury

October 25, 2022 1 min read

Hacker Returns All Stolen Funds After Exploiting OlympusDAO

The Olympus treasury holds a variety of assets including DAI and FRAX. OlympusDAO is a decentralized reserve currency system using the OHM token. Early this morning, a hacker stole 30,000 OHM tokens from OlympusDAO, which are valued at over $300,000. However, hours later, the attacker returned the assets to the

October 22, 2022 1 min read

Crypto Fall Made DeFi App Maple to Tighten Lending Rules

DeFi App Maple Finance imposed tighter restrictions for borrowers. Borrowers on Maple Finance are mandated to sign up with Credora. Decentralized finance App Maple Finance imposed tighter restrictions for borrowers on its platform, to lower counterparty risk after a wave of disasters hit the cryptocurrency market this year. Borrowers must

October 22, 2022 1 min read

DeFi Protocol Moola Market Exploited of $8.4 Million

The exploiter stole 243,000 CELO from Binance and used it in an attack. Users were cautioned against trading mTokens, Moola’s interest-bearing tokens. Millions of dollars were made off of yet another DeFi protocol. The non-custodial liquidity protocol on Celo, Moola Market, is the protocol at hazard this time around. Moola,

October 21, 2022 1 min read

Hacker Steals Over $1 Million From BitKeep Wallet Provider

BitKeep said that its development team has moved quickly to limit the hacker’s access. The firm has also guaranteed to pay in full to the victims affected by the hack. This morning, October 18th, BitKeep, a popular wallet provider, was hacked and lost more than $1 million. Moreover, BitKeep wallet

October 18, 2022 1 min read

DeFi Protocols Lost $718 Million in 15 Days

The total losses in 2022 may exceed the total losses in 2021, which totaled more than $3.2 billion. On Tuesday, Solana’s popular Mango Markets trading protocol lost $100 million in liquidity. According to a report by American blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, hackers stole $718 million worth of cryptocurrency from DeFi

October 17, 2022 2 mins read