Decentralized Finance
DeFi Protocol Platypus to Repay at Least 63% of User Funds After $9M Hack
The Avalanche-based protocol worked with crypto exchange Binance to identify the exploiter responsible for last week's attack.
USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack
The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
DeFi Protocol Clearpool Chooses Polygon Network for Its Institutional Lending Platform
Clearpool also opened the onboarding and whitelisting process for institutional borrowers and lenders to its Prime platform.
Aave Deploys Native Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Testnet
GHO joins an increasingly competitive space as rival DeFi protocols also issue or are moving to release their own protocol-native stablecoins.
Flux Finance Launches Lending Token Collateralized by U.S. Treasurys
Flux Finance invests in Ondo’s Short-Term U.S. Government Bond Fund (OUSG) a tokenized version of a Blackrock Treasury Bond ETF.
MakerDAO Contributors Propose First Native Liquidity Market Focused on DAI Stablecoin
The proposed Spark Protocol will leverage MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin and its crypto assets for liquidity, and would be based on lending protocol Aave’s upgraded smart contract system.
Decentralized Lending Protocol Clearpool to Start Institutional Borrowing Platform
Clearpool Prime will allow institutional borrowers to create permissioned borrowing pools with their own loan terms.
Decentralized Lending Protocol Centrifuge Accrues $6M Unpaid Debt
1754 Factory, the originator of the debt pool with the most distressed loans, said it is liquidating the assets off-chain and negotiating with borrowers for repayments.
Synapse Token Surges 44% as Cross-Chain Momentum Builds
The token has outperformed the broader DeFi sector since the turn of the year as investors flock to its cross-chain bridge.
DeFi Project Friktion’s Shutdown Said to Stem Partly From Founder Disagreement
The official reason given by Friktion officials for the shutdown was that costs outpaced revenue, creating challenging economics for the Solana-based project.
