DeFi
Is DeFi’s Decentralization Just an Illusion?
In its latest quarterly review, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said decentralized finance (DeFi) has a centralization problem, and policymakers should use it to regulate the sector. "The Hash" team digs into the report and what it illuminates about the potential risks of DeFi. Could open finance undermine financial stability?
Badger DAO Protocol Suffers $120M Exploit
An attacker drained funds from the wallets of dozens of users of the Badger DAO yield vault protocol using malicious contract permissions. The total loss amounted to about 2,100 BTC and 151 ETH, or roughly $120 million. “The Hash” group discusses the latest DeFi mainstay to fall victim to a malicious hack.
ETH Returns Outpacing BTC, S&P 500, DeFi
CoinDesk Director of Professional Content Galen Moore shares insights into how bitcoin has performed since Black Friday when it declined by more than 8% following news of the COVID-19 strain Omicron. Why are the returns for ETH outpacing BTC, S&P 500, and DeFi?
El Salvador Wants to Build ‘Bitcoin City’ With Major Tax Incentives
El Salvador, the only country where bitcoin is a legal tender, is going to build an entire city based on the largest cryptocurrency by market value. “Bitcoin City” will have no income, property, capital gains or payroll taxes.
Another E-CNY Scam Busted, SCMP to Tokenize History
Inner Mongolia e-CNY scam busted. Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post to release news archives as NFTs. DeFi emerges as an enabler for pricing assets. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."
French Fintech Lydia Taps Bitpanda to Let 5.5M Users Trade Crypto
Austrian crypto exchange Bitpanda, the country's first tech unicorn, has teamed with French mobile payments app Lydia to offer its 5.5 million users the ability to invest in over 170 crypto assets. Bitpanda Chief Product Officer Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad shares insights into the partnership, France's regulatory reception to crypto, and the state of DeFi in Europe.
DEX Aggregator ParaSwap Launches PSP Token Following ENS Airdrop Excitement
On the heels of the ENS token distribution, exchange aggregator ParaSwap has launched its PSP governance token. PSP enables users to stake in liquidity pools in exchange for platform rewards and participate in its newly formed decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) governance. “The Hash” squad discusses the latest continuation of Airdrop season in DeFi land.
