DeFi

DeFi

Finance

Wintermute-Backed DEX Bebop Launches on Polygon

Bebop, which is incubated by crypto market-maker Wintermute, first launched on the Ethereum blockchain this past June.

Evgeny Gaevoy, Wintermute CEO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Money Crypto Versus Tech Crypto

How the two faces of the ecosystem impact the regulatory discussion.

(Pablo García Saldaña/Unsplash)

Finance

Communications Startup Dialect Issues Tech Specs for ‘Smarter Messaging’ in Crypto

"If we look at how standards get adopted, its a chaotic mix of right time right place," said CEO Chris Osborn.

Dialect has made it a lot easier to contact others. (Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Temor a hackeo de US$1000M provoca desplome de 20% en GALA, pero la firma insinúa que se atacó a sí misma

“Todos los tokens de GALA en Ethereum y en los puentes están a salvo”, tuiteó una empresa afiliada.

GALA price crashes after exploit speculation. (TradingView)

Markets

$1B Crypto Hack Fears Spur 20% GALA Plunge, but Firm Implies It Attacked Itself as a Safeguard

"All GALA tokens on Ethereum as well as the underlying bridge collateral are SAFE," an affiliated firm tweeted.

GALA price crashes after exploit speculation. (TradingView)

Markets

Lending Protocol TrueFi Issues Notice of Default to Invictus Capital for Failing to Repay Loan

Archblock, the underwriter of the loan, joins the court-advised liquidation process of crypto hedge fund Invictus' parent company in an attempt to recover losses for investors.

Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Adoption (Shutterstock)

Finance

Aave Community Members Vote to Deploy on zkSync v2 Testnet

The decision will let developers evaluate whether to fully deploy its decentralized exchange on the layer 2 scaling platform that speeds up Ethereum transactions.

Ghost (Unsplash)

Opinion

Stop Using the Word 'Platform', and Other DeFi Language Pet Peeves

When it comes to words demonstrating how DeFi is not TradFi, it’s "not how you say it, it’s what you say," writes Aave's general counsel, Rebecca Rettig.

(Waldemar Brandt/Unsplash)

Tech

Cross-Chain DEX Rubic Loses Over $1M in Funds After Hackers Gain Access to Private Keys

Developers suspect the attackers accessed the admin wallet's private keys using malicious software.

Revolut's customer data was compromised by a phishing attack. (Shutterstock)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Solend Struck by $1.26M Oracle Exploit

The Stable, Coin98 and Kamino lending pools have all been disabled.

(Kevin Ku/Unsplash)