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The amount of cryptocurrency lost to "rug pull" or "exit scams" — where founders suddenly up and leave with investors’ money — had outpaced the amount stolen from decentralized finance (DeFi) projects in May, a blockchain security firm has revealed.A June 1 report from Beosin said in May total losses
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied A European Parliament-commissioned study proposes all crypto assets be treated as securities by default and calls for decentralized finance (DeFi) organizations to receive legal status. A recent study commissioned by lawmakers at the European Parliament proposes that
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On Wednesday, the decentralized exchange (DEX) Beethoven X sent $300,000 in treasury stablecoins from Fantom to Ethereum; protocol builder Byte Masons did the same with ether (ETH) and USD coin (USDC) it used in trading pools. Earlier this week, DeFi yield farm Beefy sent $200,000 in tokens owned by Binance
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Obligate, which is built on the Polygon blockchain, helps small and medium-sized enterprises by providing a safe and transparent way of issuing, tracking and settling debt, and with the thresholds to issue bonds lowered, companies in developing and emerging markets can gain increased access to funding. Source
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Canto is a blockchain that was designed for DeFi services like lending, staking and liquidity provision. Since its inception, it has seen a total of $591 million bridged from Ethereum's mainnet, but that figure has stagnated over the past month as daily inflows struggle to top $3 million versus more
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The TradFi mindset is holding crypto back The constantly evolving ecosystem of decentralized finance (DeFi) has emerged as a groundbreaking and experimental alternative to traditional finance (TradFi), demonstrating immense potential while simultaneously facing a myriad of challenges. Paradoxically, some of the very behaviors that have long characterized TradFi — the
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Jimbo, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol allowing users to earn interest on their digital assets, is the latest to suffer an attack resulting in the loss of 4,090 ethereum (ETH), worth $7.5 million, a Peckshield update
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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.After a bullish April, May was another month of exploits, rug pulls and hacks, bringing back uncertainty to DeFi. The most prominent headline
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With the new Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA) set to take effect within the bloc in 2024, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB), chaired by EU central bank chief Christine Lagarde, warned in a Thursday report of the risks of crypto lending and staking, and of high leverage in
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Decentralized finance protocol Voltz now allows Avalanche users to trade interest rate swaps of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), a benchmark dollar rate used throughout the global economy. The new feature allows investors to hedge their exposure to interest rate changes and speculators to bet on whether the rate will
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