The DeFi ecosystem has once again become a haven for hackers, as lending protocol, Euler Finance was recently hit by a flash loan assault that resulted in a net loss of approximately $19 million. This was the largest heist of 2023 to date. Since the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) theft
The DAI stablecoin’s issuing body, MakerDAO, has voted in favor of increasing its allocation to existing US Treasury holdings. DAI’s stablecoin liquid backing is being diversified by exposure to real-world assets (RWAs). Such as an increase in investments in government treasury bonds. Last year, MakerDAO’s RWA strategy kicked off with
Spend-to-earn decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Fluidity Money has teamed with Gains Network, a platform that provides gTrade, an innovative, user-friendly decentralized leveraged trading experience. By the integration of Fluidity’s novel yield-generating method through the integration of fDAI and the development of an fDAI vault, Gains Network and Fluidity Money’s partnership
The IDO platform Poolz has made public the steps it has taken to mitigate the effects of a recent security breach. The team’s quick action has assisted in limiting the damage and averting a wider outbreak. A hacker was successful in taking advantage of the token contract for the POOLZ
In order to provide tokenized structured products for institutions and crypto projects looking for alternative forms of financing, AllianceBlock, the company creating seamless gateways between TradFi and DeFi through its decentralized and trustless infrastructure, announced today that it is collaborating with ABO Digital, the private digital asset investment arm of Alpha
Attempting to negotiate with the hacker who stole millions from its Ethereum-based non-custodial lending protocol, Euler Finance has demanded the restoration of 90% of the stolen funds within 24 hours or face legal penalties. On March 14, Euler Labs sent an offer to the hacker responsible for the $196 million
This past weekend saw a surge in trading activity for USDC across many decentralized exchanges. The 11th of March was the day when Uniswap’s volume was the largest ever, at $11.84 billion. Yet, it isn’t the first decentralized protocol to gain popularity. This occurs following the weekend de-pegging incident of
Past weekend has given a panic attack to every other person in the financial sector, whether the conventional banking arena or the crypto market. The current week has started quite positively now. Bitcoin (BTC) moved up from $19.6K to $24.8K. The intense rise in the price and sudden drop is
According to audit platform BlockSec, the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Euler Finance was the victim of an attack worth over $196.9 million. Hackers made off with $135.8 million worth of Staked Ethereum (stETH), $33.8 million worth of Circle’s stablecoin USDC, and $8.7 million worth of the decentralized stablecoin DAI. Euler
On Friday, Brave, a web browser with an emphasis on privacy, announced the launch of a new feature. It enables users to trade their crypto for fiat currencies such as US dollars, Euros, or British pounds without leaving the Brave Wallet. Since major cryptocurrency exchanges misused client funds and finally
