DeFi
CoinDesk Releases Q3 Bitcoin and Blockchain Industry Report Highlighting Scalability
CoinDesk Research has published its latest quarterly report for Q3 2021, outlining the trends driving the digital asset markets, focusing on Bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi and more.
Markets Shine, Scaling Projects Thrive, Regulators Flex: CoinDesk’s Q3 Review
CoinDesk Research presents its latest quarterly report, which outlines growing market interest from institutions, retail investors and regulators.
Large Institutional, DeFi Activities Dominate India Crypto: Chainalysis
The blockchain research group thinks the country could soon become a regional hub for cryptocurrency-related investments.
LUNA Hits All-Time Highs After Terra Network Upgrade
The Columbus-5 upgrade has altered the network’s token economics to place “deflationary pressure” on LUNA.
E-CNY Chat Wallet to Launch, Korean Illegal Crypto Transactions Surge
China giants team up to offer e-CNY wallet in a chat application. Korea sees a surge in the amount of virtual assets used in illegal foreign transactions. DeFi protocol Compound’s technical woes continue. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”
$22M Drained From Compound Contract That Was Hit for $80M Last Week
About $66 million – and counting – was recently added to the still vulnerable contract, thus making more funds available for exploit.
Market Wrap: Cryptocurrencies Rally as Short Sellers Exit Positions
The upturn comes despite regulatory risks.
Compound Founder Begs Users to Return $90M Funds Mistakenly Given Away
DeFi staking protocol Compound erroneously paid out approximately $90 million in liquidity mining rewards following an update to one of its smart contracts. The founder is now pleading to users to return the tokens and issuing a few potential threats.
Société Générale Applies for $20M MakerDAO Loan Using Bond Token Collateral
In a proposal Thursday on MakerDAO's governance forums, French multinational banking giant Société Générale (SocGen) applied for the DeFi lending platform to accept on-chain bond tokens issued by the bank as collateral for a stablecoin DAI loan for up to $20 million. "The Hash" panel discusses the historic step towards institutional adoption of DeFi.
