DeFi

DeFi Protocols Cream Finance, Alpha Exploited in Flash Loan Attack; $37.5M Lost
Alpha Finance says the "loophole" has been patched.

Market Wrap: Ether Sets New Highs as Bitcoin Stays Below $49K
Despite choppy price action, news over the past few days has been extraordinarily bullish for the leading cryptocurrency.

Will India's Anticipated Ban on Bitcoin Impact the Bull Market?
Bitwise President Teddy Fusaro sheds light on the reasons for the recent surge in the crypto market, the market implications of India's pending crypto ban, and the current explosion in DeFi.

Framework Ventures' DeFi Fund Booms as Tech Team Staffs Up
The studio's flagship ventures fund increased in value from $14 million to $300 million.

Reflexer Labs Raises $4M to Build Out ETH-Backed Stable Asset, RAI
Pantera and Lemniscap co-lead a bet on stability in DeFi without the U.S. dollar.

Payments Startup Celo Raises $20M From a16z, Electric Capital
Celo offers a blockchain payments platform using customers' cellphone numbers to secure their public keys.

Chainlink Supporter Deutsche Telekom Has Quietly Started Staking on Blockchains
Never mind bitcoin on the balance sheet, a subsidiary of Europe’s biggest telco is taking a stake in DeFi.

DeFi's Curve Finance Is Branching Out to Polkadot
It costs a lot to swap assets on Ethereum. That's why Equilibrium is building a cross-chain version of Curve Finance on Polkadot.

Binance-Backed DeFi Credit Union Platform Secures Partners, Funding Before Launch
Xend Finance will allow credit unions and cooperatives to earn interest on deposits by converting them to stablecoins.

New $50M Venture Fund Aims to Bridge East-West DeFi Investment Divide
Spartan Group's new fund has raised over $30 million in its first round, with a further $20 million expected to be raised in March or April.

