DeFi


Tech

Exponential.fi Wants to Make It Easier to Invest in DeFi

The platform aims to make it easy to identify opportunities, bridge fiat, assess risk, and invest in crypto all-in-one.

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Tech

Compound Finance, Celer Site Compromised in Phishing Attack

The website leads to a phishing page that could drain user funds, but the actual protocol remains unaffected.

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Finance

Decentralized Crypto Exchange WOOFi Uses Gaming Style NFTs to Boost DeFi

So-called “Boosters” enhance the yield from WOO tokens, which are staked to earn a share of the DEX’s fees.

Yield Booster NFTs (WOOFi)

Markets

DeFi Tokens Plunge 10%-20%, Led by Pendle Amid Weak Crypto Price Action This Week

Pendle has recently lost $3 billion of its TVL with the June expiry as a result of diminishing airdrop farming hype and lower yields amid muted crypto activity.

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Finance

Polkadot’s $245M Treasury Would Last 2 Years at Current Spending Rate

The blockchain spent $87 million in the first six months this year, with marketing activities accounting for the majority of expenses.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

Markets

Blast Token Debuts at $3B Value as 17% of Supply Airdropped to Early Adopters

Blast is the second largest layer 2 network with $1.6 billion in TVL.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Tech

Marathon's Layer-2 Chain, Anduro, Plugs In 'Portal to Bitcoin' for Atomic Swaps

The publicly-traded bitcoin miner Marathon began incubating Anduro in February as a "platform built on the Bitcoin network that allows for the creation of multiple sidechains."

16:9 Portal, wormhole (jw210913/PIxabay)

Tech

DeFi Heavyweight Curve Focused on Becoming ‘Safest’ Lending Platform, Founder Says

Egorov’s $100 million in loans taken from various protocols using Curve’s CRV tokens started to automatically liquidate on Thursday, sending the token down as much as 30% before it briefly recovered.

Curve Finance's Michael Egorov (Michael Egorov, modified by CoinDesk)

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Markets

DeFi Giant Curve Roiled as Founder's Loans Get Liquidated; CRV Slides 30%

Addresses tied to Curve founder Michael Egorov are borrowing nearly $100 million in various stablecoins against $140 million in curve tokens.

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Videos

Crypto Hacks Totaled $19B Since 2011: Crystal Intelligence

According to a new report from Crystal Intelligence, almost $19 billion worth of cryptocurrency has been stolen in thefts over the past 13 years. The report notes 785 incidents of crypto theft comprising 220 security breaches, 345 DeFi hacks and 220 fraud schemes. CoinDesk's Michele Musso presents "The Chart of the Day."

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