DeFi

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Tech

DeFi Project ArmorFi Awards $1.5M Bounty for Bug Alert That Potentially Saved Its Reserves

ArmorFi's CTO has also offered to get a tattoo chosen by the ethical hacker who found the bug.

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Tech

Yearn Finance DAI Vault 'Has Suffered an Exploit'; $11M Drained

“Attacker got away with 2.8m, dai vault lost 11.1m,” a Yearn Finance developer posted in Discord.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drops to $36.3K as DeFi Jumps to $32B on Ether FOMO

The amount of crypto in USD values locked in decentralized finance has reached $32.8 billion, a new high.

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Finance

$10M Fund From Cosmos-Based Terra Will Gladly Back DeFi Projects on Ethereum

The fund will pay for the one thing devs can't do internally: security audits.

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Learn

What Is Uniswap? A Complete Beginner’s Guide

Uniswap is an automated ethereum-based crypto exchange with its own governance token, UNI.

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Tech

Ethereum Transaction Fees Hit Record Highs as Ether, DeFi Coins Soar

The average Ethereum transaction fee has passed $20 for the first time.

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Markets

Ether Soars to Another All-Time High, Carrying DeFi and Rival Coins With It

Investor excitement ahead of the CME's planned ether futures contract is one reason for the price push.

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Tech

Yearn Finance Votes to Inflate YFI Token Supply by 20%

The vote to mint an additional 6,666 YFI in order to fund future development on the Yearn protocol has passed.

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Finance

One Big Pool: Balancer's New Version Cuts Down Transactions and Gas Fees

Version 2 of the DeFi site also has an "asset manager" where idle funds earn yield.

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Tech

DeFi Privacy Is Getting a Boost From Polkadot Parachain Manta Network

Manta Network will build MantaSwap now that it has closed a $1.1 million funding round.

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