On April 6, the first-ever illicit finance risk assessment report of the year 2023 released by the U.S. Treasury Department. Furthermore, this demonstrates the focus on decentralized finance (DeFi) and money laundering services eliciting risk assessment. Meanwhile, the decentralized market intimidates the nation’s security. DeFi Ensures Financial Safety The reports
By providing a reward of $95,000 for the hacker. The lending protocol Sentiment was able to retrieve the stolen funds. Sentiment urged the hacker to “do the right thing” by offering $95,000 in exchange for the restoration of the stolen assets by April 6 in an on-chain transaction on the
The anticipation of Ethereum’s Shapella Upgrade – the simultaneous occurrence of Shanghai and Capella – in a week led to notable 24H price surges in ETH and altcoins related to DeFi staking. Remarkably, ETH crossed the $1,900 level and hit its 8-month-high of $1,920. It spurred the community’s hype to
On Tuesday, the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Euler Finance reported that the exploiter responsible for the multi-million dollar assault has repaid all recoverable assets. The project’s developers said the hacker had refunded all the money as per a Twitter post. On March 13, Euler Finance was the victim of
dexFreight, a Fintech-enabled logistics market network driven by smart contracts, has been awarded a USPTO patent, which will allow real-world asset-collateralized NFTs to be introduced into the Rootstock DeFi ecosystem. DexFreight received a USPTO patent on March 28, 2023 (Patent No.: US 11615375 B2) for its novel approach to electronic
Allbridge, a multichain token bridge, had over $573,000 stolen from it, but the exploiter has apparently returned a major amount of it in exchange for a white hat reward and no legal action. On April 3, Allbridge tweeted that it had received a message from a person who has returned
For the second month in a row, Coinbase‘s trading volume was lower than that of Uniswap, a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. Uniswap’s spot market volume reached $71.6 billion in March, 45 percent greater than Coinbase’s. March was the highest volume month on the decentralized exchange since January 2022. Despite Coinbase’s volume
PancakeSwap, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, has released version 3 of its automated market maker platform on BNB Chain and Ethereum, which brings with it increased speed and decreased costs. Liquidity providers will now be able to deploy capital at more granular pricing points, which will increase capital efficiency. Given
Allbridge has given the hacker who was responsible for a $573,000 vulnerability on its multichain token bridge an opportunity to reveal themselves as white hats and collect a reward. A person posing as a liquidity provider and swapper drained the pool of $282,889 in Binance USD (BUSD) and $290,868 worth
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged as a disruptive force in the financial landscape. However, its true potential has been limited by the complexity and scalability issues plaguing existing systems. What if there was a dedicated blockchain specifically built for money market activities that enable cross-chain interoperability without any bloat or
