Defi 88x Finance partners with Axelar Network for cross-chain yield aggregator

Cross-chain yield aggregator 88x Finance is working to provide services to both retail and institutional investors.

2023-01-26 20:30

Defi Mango Markets sues Avraham Eisenberg for $47M in damages plus interest

Avraham Eisenberg is being sued by the company behind Mango Markets, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol he attacked and made off with $100 million worth of various cryptocurrencies.

2023-01-26 06:02

Defi Ankr exploit victims group alleges the company only reimbursed them 50%

The Ankr BNB staking protocol was hacked on Dec. 2, 2022, and the attacker was able to obtain $5 million in crypto from the attack.

2023-01-25 21:15

Defi Injective launches $150M ecosystem fund to boost DeFi, Cosmos adoption

Pantera Capital, Kraken Ventures, Jump Crypto, Kucoin Ventures and Delphi Labs were among the contributors to the ecosystem fund.

2023-01-25 14:05

Defi Vitalik Buterin divulges the largest remaining challenge in Ethereum

With much of the Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem focused on scalability, Vitalik Buterin believes there's still one major issue that has yet to be addressed.

2023-01-23 02:57

Defi SushiSwap’s new DEX aggregator will ‘10x our market share’ — Head Chef

The chief of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Sushi has laid down its roadmap for 2023 which includes a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator, a project incubator and a focus on a more sustainable model.

2023-01-17 02:22

Defi 2023 will see the death of play-to-earn gaming

Developers have been focusing more on tokens than on making fun games. As a result, GameFi has been dying.

2022-12-31 19:39

Defi Pantera CEO on the FTX collapse: Blockchain didn’t fail

Dan Morehead, the CEO of Pantera Capital, highlighted that business in the blockchain space is moving back to safer entities.

2022-12-21 13:00

Defi Industry execs voice confidence in DeFi adoption despite security flaws

Primex Finance co-founder Dmitry Tolok told Cointelegraph that a more mature market with more mechanisms that deal with vulnerabilities will eventually lead to more investor confidence.

2022-12-12 11:20

Defi Michael Saylor on the FTX fiasco: 'Unethical and illegal from the very beginning'

Michael Saylor calls SBF the “poster child of the crypto world” while breaking down his methods, which ultimately brought the downfall of FTX.

2022-12-06 11:31

Defi Market maker Keyrock closes $72 million in Series B funding round

Digital asset market maker Keyrock has raised $72 million in a Series B round of funding, according to an announcement on Nov. 30.

2022-11-30 21:45

Defi After FTX: Defi can go mainstream if it overcomes its flaws

Some of the biggest DeFi exploits of 2022 include the Ronin network exploit in March that resulted in a loss of $620 million worth of funds.

2022-11-27 21:46

Defi The reason bots dominate crypto gaming? Cash-grubbing developers incentivize them

Users who have the most ability to profit from the crass profiteering mechanisms are those who use automated systems to “play” the games.

2022-11-27 20:08

Defi Amber Group's co-founder Tiantian Kullander passes away at 30

In addition to co-founding the Hong Kong-based Amber Group, TT sat on the board of e-sports company Fnatic and founded KeeperDAO.

2022-11-25 17:30

Defi Sam Bankman-Fried deepfake attempts to scam investors impacted by FTX

The image and voice-likeness of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried have been used in a “deepfake” video by scammers in an attempt to trick users into a fake crypto giveaway.

2022-11-22 05:53

Defi FTX showed the value of using DeFi platforms instead of gatekeepers

FTX reminded us that users need strong decentralized platforms to conduct their business — not gatekeepers capable of misusing their funds.

2022-11-21 15:42

Defi Decentralization index from Cardano builder, U of Edinburgh will help users understand assets

The University of Edinburgh and IOG, builder of the Cardano blockchain, have announced the creation of an index to rate the decentralization of digital assets.

2022-11-19 16:00

Defi Crypto gaming needs to be fun to be successful — money doesn't matter

Contrary to what you might believe, monetary rewards in gaming are bad for player retention. Developers need to take player psychology and game design into account.

2022-11-10 23:59

Defi Chainlink Labs offers proof-of-reserve service for embattled exchanges

Chainlink said its product is useful for “for verifying centralized exchange asset reserves, off-chain bank account balances” and others

2022-11-10 22:19

Defi Maintaining decentralization: Are custody services a threat to DeFi protocols?

Decentralized finance protocols have brought the idea of decentralization to a new level with the use of governance tokens, which give holders the right to vote on or submit proposals.

2022-11-10 14:08

Defi Solana TVL drops 32.4% as FTX turmoil rocks ecosystem

Solana’s TVL has fallen from an ATH of $10.17 billion a year ago to just $423.68 million today, with its token and TVL being more heavily affected by the FTX fallout.

2022-11-10 02:07

Defi Alameda Research and FTX Ventures websites go dark

FTX was backed by big players in the venture capital scene, including Temasek, Sequoia Capital, BlackRock and SoftBank, among others.

2022-11-09 21:01

Defi 90% of GameFi projects are ruining the industry’s reputation

Too many projects are releasing over-hyped trailers that they can’t match with gameplay.

2022-11-05 23:25

Defi How low liquidity led to Mango Markets losing over $116 million

Mango Markets may have been able to protect itself from this exploit if it had enough liquidity or the use of an automated market maker.

2022-11-03 13:41

Defi 'Great cryptocurrencies have to go through several collapses,' says Cardano founder

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson shared lessons on the collapse of Terra and the future of crypto with Cointelegraph at the Web Summit conference in Portugal.

2022-11-02 22:06

Defi ‘DeFi will replace institutions entirely,’ says BitGo CEO Mike Belshe

Cointelegraph sat down with Mike Belshe, CEO and co-founder of BitGo, to learn more about DeFi’s impact on traditional financial institutions.

2022-11-02 13:01

Defi MakerDAO co-founder Nikolai Mushegian dies at 29 in Puerto Rico

Nikolai Mushegian, a co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform MakerDAO, was found dead in Puerto Rico on Oct. 28.

2022-11-01 12:43

Defi Multisignature crypto wallets are the safest bet for DAOs

You can’t hang the fate of your decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) on a single point of failure if you want it to succeed.

2022-11-01 00:55

Defi Finance Redefined: Hoskinson talks about DApps, Coinbase Cloud launches Avalanche tools and more

In this week's DeFi newsletter we discuss Cardanoanc founder's admission about his Dapp prediction, Coinbase Cloud's latest Avalanche based developer tool, some of the biggest gainsers and much more.

2022-03-25 16:05

Defi Charles Hoskinson cheekily admits: 'I was wrong' about DApp rollout

Charles Hoskinson has cheekily admitted he was wrong, while humble bragging about the state of Cardano. But while the network has seen tremendous growth in 2022, it still lacks the “thousands of DApps” Hoskinson aimed for in 2020.

2022-03-24 03:30

Defi Li Finance protocol loses $600,000 in latest DeFi exploit

The Li Finance DeFi swap aggregator was exploited for about $600,000 as users who gave infinite approvals for the DEX took the brunt of the damage. The team has reimbursed most users.

2022-03-21 05:56

Defi Jack Dorsey’s Block joins $41M funding for Japanese fintech Kyash

Funds will go to hiring personnel and boosting product growth.

2022-03-17 17:45

Defi Aussie fintech to offer mainstream direct access to DeFi with a fixed rate

Australian fintech company Block Earner is offering everyday investors a fixed yield investment product via direct access to lending in decentralized finance products, Aave and Compound.

2022-03-17 08:12

Defi HSBC enters The Sandbox to offer educational finance games

HSBC joins JPMorgan in the Metaverse.

2022-03-16 20:30

Defi Deus Finance exploit: Hackers get away with $3M worth of DAI and Ether

Deus Finance provides DeFi infrastructure to help others create financial instruments including synthetic stock trading platforms, options and futures trading.

2022-03-15 11:48

Defi Finance Redefined: DeFi ‘Godfather’ Cronje quits, CAKE launches $100M venture arm and more

In this week's DeFi newsletter, we will look at the Andre Cronje debacle, the Polygon upgrade, the rise of ThorChain and the growing value of the DeFi ecosystem with synthetic assets.

2022-03-11 18:00

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