DeFi

Ethereum’s ETH has finally crawled back over $3,000 and a lot of work is frantically going on behind the scenes to ensure that the merge takes place smoothly. But that does not mean the process is free of hiccups. After what was deemed to be a “minor” incident a few days ago, the Ethereum community cameContinue reading “Ethereum: Post Teku’s ‘garbage collection,’ here’s how the network is doing”

Chainlink, known to be a market leader in the blockchain oracle solution, became part of an alliance today which brings real-world implications of crypto into existence. While it has a great impact on the network on a developmental front, Chainlink’s investors might also benefit from this announcement. Chainlink for the people The Lemonade Foundation alongContinue reading “How Chainlink joining Crypto Climate Coalition DAO can trigger recovery”

With the global markets in a rut, commodity prices at high rates, an escalating war in Ukraine with crypto prices also falling, there are increasing fears of a bear market. We are just three months into 2022, and apprehensions of past years of 2018 and 2019 are sweeping in the crypto ecosystem. In a recentContinue reading “From NFTs to Web 3.0, here’s what these experts think of the crypto market”

One of the leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols on the planet AAVE last week expanded its horizon by introducing AAVE V3 to the world. The reaction to this launch has been exceptional to the extent where the Dapp brought back lost investors and pushed the altcoin beyond expectations. AAVE reaches Stage 3 AAVE V3 wasContinue reading “AAVE V3 launch triggers a 40% rally in the token but will it sustain”

The broader market’s correlation with the DeFi space is well-known. With most of the top altcoins, including Solana, failing to make a decisive move on the charts, their DeFi front is also taking a hit. Solana and NFTs NFTs were the first in line to be shot as sales on Ethereum and other chains’ marketplacesContinue reading “Solana NFT sales – The how, why, and where to of it all”

The Li Finance protocol was recently compromised with a hack of $600,000. Reportedly, 29 wallets were affected. However, the bug was later fixed. Well, this has added more pain to the increasing list of DeFi hacks. The Li project’s bug was exploited at 02:51 AM (+ UTC) on 20 March 2022. Among the 10 stolenContinue reading “Assessing what went behind the latest $600k DeFi exploit”

Real estate has gone virtual and now, your next summer or winter home could be in the metaverse. As virtual land plots sell in the millions and estimates suggest that $1 billion in sales is plausible this year itself, some analysts are naturally worried that a correction – or a crash – could be on theContinue reading “NFTs, Metaverse may be going ‘Apesh*t,’ but you should be careful about… “

The crypto market is not alien to random assets rising every other day. Still, usually, these assets are the product of spot assets and chains. This week a new form of token emerged, and it did not fail to leave a mark. In fact, its demand was so profound it created an entire market forContinue reading “Origin Protocol stages a near 100% rally in 24 hours thanks to this”

THORChain suffered two back-to-back exploits on its ETH Router. The first took all the ETH from the system via an attacking contract that sat in front of the Router. The second took all the economically significant ERC20s via an attacking agreement that sat behind the Router. Well, the DeFi protocol has come a long way.Continue reading “THORChain suffers network outage but why did RUNE witness a rise”