Mon, April 7

Crypto Lender Nexo To Shut Down Operations in the UK

Recently released records indicate that London-based crypto lending firm Nexo has completed the necessary procedures to have its subsidiaries, Nexo Financial Services Ltd. and Nexo Clearing and Custody Ltd., removed from the United Kingdom’s companies register. Nexo co-founder Antoni Trenchev was quoted in a recent Bloomberg article as saying the

May 12, 2023 1 min read

Voyager Digital to Self-liquidate Assets Post Multiple Acquisition Failures

Due to the failure to reach acquisition agreements with Binance and FTX.US, Voyager Digital plans to self-liquidate its assets and cease operations. The exchange’s unexpected insolvency and the following arrest of its CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried, caused the aborted FTX-Voyager purchase to fall through. Although the digital asset market has been

May 8, 2023 1 min read

Combined TVL Across All DeFi Platforms Nears $50 Billion

On Saturday, May 6, 2023, the total TVL across all DeFi platforms was $49.31 billion, with Lido Finance in the lead with a 24.82% stake, or $12.24 billion.  Since last month, Lido’s TVL has increased by 9%, with a modest weekly growth of 2.42%. MakerDAO, Aave, Curve Finance, and Uniswap

May 7, 2023 1 min read

Eligible Celsius Custody Account Holders Allowed Remaining Withdrawal

Celsius Network, a cryptocurrency lending platform, has announced that certain customers will soon be able to recover their whole initial investments. Even though it has been almost a year since the company temporarily halted withdrawals. Users of Celsius who have only ever had their funds in custodial accounts were previously

May 7, 2023 2 mins read

Hacker Exploits DeFi Protocol DEUS Finance for Over $6 Million

Over $6 million worth of the stablecoin DEI used by the Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol DEUS Finance was stolen. PeckShield, a blockchain security company, claims that on May 5 a hacker took advantage of a flaw in the BNB Smart Chain (BSC). More than $1.3 million was stolen in a

May 7, 2023 2 mins read

Optimism Leverages Ethereum Attestation Service to Boost User Trust

Optimism, an Ethereum-based layer 2 companion blockchain, is going to utilize the Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS). The Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS) is an on-chain attestation system. That enables users to assess the integrity of the platform’s users and vouch for whether anything transpired on the blockchain. The Ethereum Attestation Service

May 5, 2023 1 min read

RenQ Finance (RENQ) final stage of Presale filled 80%, gets closer to launch

RenQ Finance has been one of the most exciting projects in the DeFi space, with a strong team and a focus on cross-chain interoperability. The project’s presale has been an immense success, with the final stage of the presale almost complete, having already sold 80% of the available tokens.  This

May 4, 2023 4 mins read

Polygon Lending Protocol 0VIX Exploited of $2M by Hackers

Lending protocol on Polygon and Polygon zkEVM, 0VIX, purportedly exploited to the tune of $2 million. Multiple stablecoins, including Ethereum and Polygon’s native MATIC token, as well as Aavegotchi’s staked vGHST token, may be used as collateral thanks to this protocol. Aavegotchi is a blockchain-based game that takes inspiration from

April 28, 2023 2 mins read