Tag: DeFi

Curve Finance founder’s $100M debt could trigger a DeFi implosion: Report

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While Curve Finance is still weathering the aftermath of a recent $47-million hack, another issue concerning holders of the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol’s token has surfaced on the internet, sparking theories on how a massive dump can potentially happen.  On Aug. 1, crypto research firm Delphi Digital published a Twitter thread detailing the loans taken by Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov that are backed by 47% of the circulating supply of Curve DAO (CRV). According to the research firm, Egorov has around $100 million in loans across various lending protocols…

Vyper vulnerability exposes DeFi ecosystem to stress tests

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Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols are undergoing a stress test following a critical vulnerability was found on versions of Vyper programming language, resulting in the theft of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrencies on July 30. A number of pools using Vyper 0.2.15, 0.2.16 and 0.3.0 have been exploited due to a malfunctioning reentrancy lock, targeting at least four liquidity pools on Curve Finance protocol. “The short answer is that everything that could be drained was drained. The targeted pools are aETH/ETH, msETH/ETH, pETH/ETH and CRV/ETH. All remaining pools are safe…

Another week of DeFi hacks, but ZK-proof development heats up: Finance Redefined

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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. The past week in DeFi was dominated by exploits and hacks, with three DeFi platforms losing nearly $39 million. Alphapo’s hot wallets were exploited for over $32 million, Era Lend was drained for $3.4 million, and the decentralized finance protocol Conic Finance was exploited for almost $3.5 million. In better news, the DeFi ecosystem was buzzing with developments in zero-knowledge-proof (ZK-proof) scaling…

DeFi Protocol Sparks Speculation Of $16 Million Rug Pull After Severing Lines of Communication

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DeFi protocol, Hector Network, has closed its official Discord server, leaving many investors in the dark. The move comes amidst growing suspicions of a $16 million rug pull engineered through a so-called hard rug, a process where funds are quickly moved, leaving investors with shitcoins. This comes after a controversial rage-quit vote organized by the project’s DAO.  DeFi Protocol Hector Network Leaves Investors In Limbo Hector Network investors woke up to the news that the DeFi protocol had cut off communications on its official Discord server. The Discord server was…

PancakeSwap Joins The Ranks Of DeFi Giants On zkSync Era: Here’s Why It Matters

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Decentralized Exchange (DEX) PancakeSwap (CAKE), has announced the launch of PancakeSwap v3 on zkSync Era, a Layer 2 scaling solution that promises to deliver improved scalability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness to its users. According to the announcement, with the popularity of ZK rollups increasing and users and builders increasingly looking to L2 solutions, PancakeSwap is thrilled to offer users and developers even more reasons to build and trade on its DEX. The Benefits Of PancakeSwap v3’s Swap Feature On zkSync Era PancakeSwap v3 on zkSync Era comes with several exciting features,…

Italian central bank backs DeFi tokenization project with Polygon, Fireblocks

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The Bank of Italy’s Milano Hub innovation center will provide support for a project developed by Cetif Advisory to research a security token ecosystem for institutional decentralized finance (DeFi).  The project has no “commercialisation purpose,” but will extend “the scope of analysis” of security tokens on secondary markets. Security tokens are digitized representations of the ownership of real-world assets. Cetif Advisory general manager Imanuel Baharier said in a statement: “We believe it is vitally important to create the conditions for DeFi to become a safe and open operating environment for…

DeFi Daily Volume Dwindles to 7-Month Lows as Sector Suffers From Hacks

Total value locked (TVL), which measures the amount of capital that is held across all DeFi protocols, slumped from $45.3 billion to $42.9 billion in July as the sector failed to turn the tide against falling asset prices. During this period, ether (ETH) traded down from $1,920 to $1,850 whilst bitcoin (BTC) failed to break through resistance at $31,500. Source 7MonthDailyDeFiDwindlesHacksLowsSectorSuffersVolume CryptoX Portal