Wed, November 27

DeFi Protocol Curve.Finance Slashed by Hackers

 Over $573,000 was stolen as the result of a front-end website exploit. Curve.exchange appeared to be unaffected by the hack. The decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Curve.Finance has been the new target for the hackers on late Tuesday. According to a tweet alert from the Curve, Iwantmyname, a provider of DNS

August 10, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Lending Firm ‘Hodlnaut’ Halts Withdrawals and Services

The platform’s decision was attributed to current market circumstances. Hodlnaut apparently had $187 million in TerraUSD [UST]. Aside from Terra’s demise, a number of other crypto lenders filed for bankruptcy after suspending withdrawals. Cryptocurrency lenders like Three Arrows Capital and others have recently gone under, but a Singapore crypto firm

August 9, 2022 2 mins read

Voyager Digital Receives Approval to Return $270M to Users

Voyager requested a court order to allow customers to withdraw cash. Voyager received the go-ahead from presiding judge Micheal Wiles. As per a report by WSJ, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York has approved Voyager Digital’s repayment of $270 million to impacted consumers. Voyager received the go-ahead from presiding

August 5, 2022 1 min read

Virginia Pension Invests Funds in Crypto Lend to Uplift the Returns

In early May Virginia got approval to invest pension funds in yield farming. Molnar stated that they use high yield replacements to expect higher returns. Most businesses and industries have experienced a crisis, suffered significant losses, and lost the majority of their retail customers. In order to boost profits, Virginia

August 4, 2022 1 min read

Babel Finance Reportedly Lost $280M Trading Bitcoin and Ethereum

As of July 2022, the deck claims that the company lost 8k BTC and 56k ETH in June. The wallet management staff allocated the funds to trading accounts. Four large cryptocurrency firms, including Babel Finance, went bankrupt in the year 2022, the year of the crisis. Celsius, Voyager, and Three

July 30, 2022 2 mins read

Voyager Digital’s FDIC Insurance Claim Reprimanded by U.S Authorities

Voyager is accused by the agencies of making “false and misleading” assertions. Regulators demand that Voyager delete any and all claims and references. Embattled crypto business Voyager Digital was handed a stop and desist order by U.S. financial authorities from the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Thursday.

July 29, 2022 2 mins read

Voyager Digital Rejects FTX’s Restructure Plan Proposal

Loans to the troubled hedge firm Three Arrows Capital would be immune from this. Customers who don’t want to use FTX may nonetheless file bankruptcy claims. Alameda Research and its affiliate FTX have offered to purchase Voyager Digital, but Voyager Digital has rejected the deal, calling it a “low-ball bid.”

July 25, 2022 2 mins read

Three Arrows Capital Founders Reveal Reasons Behind Downfall

Overexposure to Terra, staked Ethereum, and Grayscale’s Bitcoin trust are blamed. Zhu said that when it came to Terra, he originally saw no warning signs. A Bloomberg interview with Su Zhu and Kyle Davies, the two co-founders of the recently collapsed crypto hedge firm Three Arrows Capital (3AC), has broken

July 24, 2022 2 mins read

Investment Firm BlackRock Loses $1.7 Trillion Over Last 6 Months

Around $21 billion has flowed out of active equities in the last decade for BlackRock. BlackRock’s customers withdrew more than $20B during the first half of the year. There has been a direct and indirect impact on the financial environment due to geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval. Of course, crypto firms

July 22, 2022 2 mins read

Crypto Lending Firm Vauld Owes Creditors Over $400 Million

$34 million is apparently owing to Vauld’s biggest individual retail creditor.  Based on court records and an affidavit, Vauld possesses $287.7 million. Singapore-based Vauld, a cryptocurrency lending, and trading company owe its debtors $402 million, according to The Block. Vauld CEO Darshan Bathija submitted a statement to Singapore’s High Court

July 22, 2022 2 mins read