On August 9, PeckShield, a blockchain security company, announced new vulnerabilities affecting DeFi initiatives. The company claims that a reentrancy assault affected Aave’s Earning Farm, leading to the loss of at least $287,000 in Ether. A reentrancy attack occurs when an attacker repeatedly submits and withdraws a money request in
The team of the Cardano-based decentralized exchange MuesliSwap has decided to reimburse customers who had significant slippage in the last twelve months. The MuesliSwap team “fell short in providing adequate clarity” on the slipping feature in their protocol as stated on August 8. Slippage refers to the fluctuation in cost
The proposal to prohibit further CRV borrowing was supported by 100% of the Aave community. The community has been advised by risk management company Gauntlet to avoid the liquidation risk of Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov’s debt, which might cause a ripple effect and perhaps a DeFi meltdown, by prohibiting
A judge in Manhattan state court determined on Friday that New York Attorney General Letitia James may proceed with her civil fraud lawsuit against Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of the defunct crypto lender Celsius Network. James sued Mashinsky in January before the former CEO of insolvent crypto
The European Edition of the prominent Global Blockchain Congress by Agora Group that took place on July 24th & 25th, 2023 at Hilton London Bankside, UK, was a huge success. This edition’s main theme was: DeFi, Gaming, Metaverse, and NFTs, which brought A-list speakers, some of the industry’s top-level experts,
According to a recent ruling from the United States’ highest tax body, cryptocurrency holders are required to include staking rewards in their gross income for the year they were earned. Internal Revenue Service Revenue Ruling 2023-14 was released on July 31. It clarified the tax treatment of profits from staking
In a devastating blow to the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, several projects utilizing Vyper— an alternative programming language for Ethereum smart contracts, suffered significant losses, with attackers making off with over $47 million. The incidents occurred on July 30, targeting stable pools on Curve Finance, an automated market maker platform.
Lido Finance, a leading liquid staking solution, is unveiling a whole new tokenomics framework. At this year’s EthCC conference, LidoDAO’s business development contributor Marin Tvrdi said that the organization’s members are “pushing” for a dual governance model. If enacted, it will offer Lido users veto power over governance proposals authorized
In a recent tweet, Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ and the CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, issued a cautionary reminder to the crypto community regarding the potential risks associated with certain aspects of the market, the term “Impermanent Loss.” Let’s explore what it means for DeFi
Boba Network, an exclusive multichain layer-2 (L2) solution driven by HybridCompute ™, today announced the unprecedented integration of Oku, the most advanced DeFi trading platform powered by Uniswap v3 and built by GFX Labs. As Boba Network leads the way in delivering off-chain data and computation capabilities with HybridCompute ™, this
