Decentralized Finance
Crypto Staking Platform Freeway Halts Withdrawals, Citing Market Volatility
The small-cap platform that promised users up to 43% in annual awards puts the brakes on withdrawals and scrubs its team from the site.
Developers Excluded From Broker Label in New DCCPA Bill Draft
Stakeholders say that this latest draft of the bill tempers language that would be detrimental to DeFi.
Decentralized Exchange Token GMX Surges After Binance, FTX Listings
GMX gained popularity for defying this year’s crypto rout, and it nearly hit its previous all-time high after the listings news.
Native USDC on Cosmos to Fill Vacuum Left by Terra’s UST Stablecoin
Circle said on Wednesday that it plans to launch its USD coin (USDC) stablecoin – the second-largest dollar-backed stablecoin by market capitalization – natively on Cosmos in early 2023. Jelena Djuric, ecosystem lead at Cosmos Research, discusses what this means for the Cosmos ecosystem and decentralized finance.
Cryptocurrency Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160M in Hack
Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute lost $160 million in a hack relating to its decentralized finance (DeFi) operation, but the company’s lending and OTC operations have not been affected. “The Hash” panel breaks down the details.
In Crypto, Base Layer Security Isn’t Enough
Blockchains are only as secure as the applications they run.
As Government Takes on the Tornado Mixer, It May Reap a Whirlwind
Tornado Cash isn’t a company, a service or a person – it’s a series of words, and likely protected by the U.S. First Amendment.
Former Terra-Affiliated Project Kujira to Issue Stablecoin
The USK token is set to maintain its price peg by combining overcollateralization of ATOM tokens with trading incentives.
DeFi Protocol Voltz Could Bring 150% Interest Rate on Ether Deposits
As the Ethereum blockchain's Merge approaches, traders and venues are seeing the event as an opportunity to pocket fat yields – possibly signaling a renewed appetite for risk in crypto just months after its big market crash.
Uniswap Token Rallies After Being Added to Robinhood’s Crypto Trading Menu
Offering UNI sent the token higher Thursday afternoon.
