DeFi platform Raft lost about $3.3 million in Ethereum (ETH) after hackers attacked it on Friday. However, the attacker may have incurred a loss on the crime. According to the information available on the blockchain, a hacker stole 1,577 ETH from Raft and promptly transmitted 1,570 ETH to a burn
Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Genesis has taken a bold step towards streamlining its Chapter 11 reorganization. The company has asked the court for permission to drastically decrease the claim of the bankrupt hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) from over $1 billion to $33 million. The proposed resolution is an important
After a judge in Delaware bankruptcy court accepted Celsius Network’s customer payback plan on Thursday, the defunct crypto lending firm is on pace to emerge from bankruptcy. The proposal, filed with the bankruptcy court on October 2, proposed allocating $450 million to start up a new company. Dubbed NewCo, it will
After uncovering an issue in one of its features, the DeFi lending protocol Aave immediately shut down a number of markets. On November 4th, the problem was discovered, affecting many networks and certain assets on the Avalanche and V2 platforms. Additional safeguards on the Polygon, Arbitrum, and Optimism networks have
Validation Cloud, a Web3 infrastructure platform, has introduced a staking-as-a-service platform for institutions. Through the platform’s smart contract automation, institutions may deploy validators in large quantities and get rewards. The platform is non-custodial and allows institutions to stake as needed. Validation Cloud has made sure that its platform complies with
The U.S. authorities said in a filing on Wednesday that a revised bankruptcy plan submitted by cryptocurrency lender Genesis last week marks a substantial change of intentions. Instead of reorganizing, the lender is now trying to sell off its assets. The filing by U.S. Trustee William Harrington said that the
Onyx Protocol, a DeFi initiative, has suffered a security breach and lost almost $2.1 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) currency due to flash loan exploits. According to the findings, the Onyx protocol exploiter’s wallet address has 1,164 ETH, or almost $2.1 million. In order to steal from the oPEPE market,
Recent information suggests that the trading bot Team Unibot has been exploited. This bot allows DeFi users to purchase and sell tokens on Uniswap V3 without ever leaving their Telegram applications. In addition, the hacker seems to have traded meme coins from Unibot users for ETH. The tokens exploited are
DeFi’s total value locked, a key metric for programmable blockchains, is on the rise in the second layer solutions market, which is dominated by Ethereum. In spite of a lacklustre market, the net TVL of the 30 most popular platforms has increased by 32% over the past four months. The
After another flash loan exploit on its platform, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Platypus lost almost $2 million in assets. As a defense mechanism, the protocol froze all of its pools over the assault. CertiK, a blockchain security platform, reports that $2.23 million were stolen in three separate assaults on
