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“Curve pools have become a bellwether for investor sentiment regarding stablecoins,” said Andrew Thurman, head of research at data firm Nansen. “They also play a key structural part in maintaining on-chain pegs, and an imbalanced pool can exacerbate liquidity woes, adding to panics.” Source
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The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is ramping up pressure on the crypto sector. On Feb. 9, the SEC reached a $30 million settlement with Kraken over the centralized staking program it offered to its users.The news of the crackdown sent the price of Bitcoin (BTC) to a three-week
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Orion was the victim of a reentrancy attack (in which an attacker repeatedly withdraws funds from a smart contract), PeckShield said in a Twitter message. Gal Sagie, CEO of cybersecurity company Hypernative, said the attacker deployed a fake token called ATK which was used to manipulate the orion pools. It
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Lines were drawn when the Ordinals protocol, which stores non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin, launched on the dominant blockchain last month. That showdown created two factions – purists who insist on using Bitcoin exclusively for payments and Ordinals fans who welcome NFTs, including this “Taproot wizard” sketch that nearly filled
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If passed, the vote establishes a guiding set of principles to inform Rocket Pool’s decision-making process in limiting the percentage of staked ether in its ecosystem. Original Source
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“Receivables financing is one of the oldest commercial finance products,” and AQRU hopes to get a “first-mover advantage” by bringing this traditional investment strategy to crypto investors who are seeking conservative investments to earn a yield, Phil Blows, chief executive of AQRU, told CoinDesk in an interview. Original Source
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ConsenSys, the company behind MetaMask, said on Friday it is adding a staking feature to MetaMask Portfolio – its newly launched one-stop shop for users to view their crypto holdings and send (or “bridge”) them between different blockchains. MetaMask’s new staking feature will allow users to stake via Lido or
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MetaMask users are set to have access to Ethereum liquid staking providers Lido and Rocket Pool courtesy of a new integration unveiled by ConsenSys. MetaMask Staking will unlock the ability for users to stake Ether (ETH) through the Lido and Rocket Pool protocols, touting the service to improve the security and
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A major cryptocurrency mining pool has been hit by hackers earlier this month, the company who owns the pool revealed in an announcement. The incident resulted in the theft of digital assets belonging to the pool and its clients worth a combined total of $3 million. Chinese Authorities Launch Investigation Into
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BIT Mining has reported this incident to authorities in Shenzhen, China, who are investigating the incident and collecting more evidence.BTC.com, one of the largest crypto mining pools, suffered a major cyberattack which resulted in a significant loss of customer funds. Parent firm BIT Mining Limited made the announcement on Monday,
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