DeFi

Etonec and Mina Foundation to Create ZK-Powered Compliance Tool By Year’s End
The product is designed to enable DeFi and Web3 communities to comply with regulations while maintaining community members’ privacy.

BNB Chain Expected to Undergo ‘Luban’ Upgrade in June. Here’s all You Need to Know
Three distinct enhancements aim to make the network faster and more secure.

Tornado Cash DAO Attacker Starts to Move Ether, TORN Tokens
The attacker holds over 20 ether in their wallet, and continues to have access to potentially all of Tornado Cash’s treasury funds as of Thursday.

Crypto’s Quirky Automated Market Makers and How They Differ From TradFi Exchanges
Crypto exchanges have order books just like the NYSE, but the digital asset realm also offers something very different known as automated market makers (AMMs).

Voltz Protocol Brings a Wall Street Rates Stalwart to DeFi
SOFR – which Voltz’s new product is tied to through the Avalanche blockchain – is used to set interest rates on TradFi loans, bonds and other products in the U.S.

Attackers Left Empty-Handed as Crypto Hacks Drop 70% in Q1 2023
Attacks and hacks on key protocols fell 70% in Q1 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 and were lesser than in any quarter last year.

Num Finance Raises $1.5M, Will Expand Stablecoins in Latin America, Middle East
Decentralized finance protocol Num Finance will offer stablecoins in Brazilian real, Colombian peso, Mexican peso and Bahrain dinar within the next month.

Justin Sun Moves $4.3M of MakerDAO's Tokens to Binance: Blockchain Data
Tron founder Justin Sun’s potential sale of MakerDAO’s token – movements of tokens to an exchange often come before sales – coincide with the DeFi protocol’s controversial restructuring.

Aave V2 Users Temporarily Unable to Access $120M on Polygon After Governance Bug
All funds remain safe and a governance proposal is underway to update the faulty strategy, developers said.

Crypto Hacks Are Down and Hackers Tend to Return Stolen Money: TRM Labs Report
The sanctions against Tornado Cash, as well as last year's arrest of the Mango Markets infiltrator, motivate hackers to return their loot, researchers believe.

