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Ondo Finance Plans Yield-Generating Stablecoin Alternative For Institutional Investors

Enter Flux Finance, a decentralized finance protocol backed by Ondo that functions as a permissionless touchpoint and, crucially, makes it accessible to retail investors. Allman says one way retail investors can access OMMF’s yield without owning the security outright is by lending non-yield stablecoins like USDT and USDC into Flux, a protocol he describes as “similar to Aave and Compound” but without the overcollateralization. Then, whitelisted institutional clients can borrow the stablecoins in the Flux pool and mint OMMF, pocketing a small spread and paying out some yield to the…

Despite Using Euro, Montenegro to Develop Own Digital Currency With Ripple – Finance Bitcoin News

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Montenegro intends to create and issue its own digital currency with help from U.S.-based crypto company Ripple. The Southeast European nation, which adopted the euro unilaterally, is moving to realize the plan despite the eurozone developing a digital version of the common currency. Monetary Authority of Montenegro to Cooperate With Ripple on ‘National Stablecoin’ Project The Central Bank of Montenegro (CBCG) has signed an agreement with blockchain solutions provider Ripple under which the two sides will collaborate to produce a strategy and pilot program to launch the country’s central bank…

Hacker mints 1 quadrillion yUSDT after exploiting old Yearn Finance contract

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Blockchain security firm PeckShield recently detected a hack that allowed the exploiter to mint over 1 quadrillion Yearn Tether (yUSDT) from $10,000 in the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack.  According to the security firm, the hacker then swapped the yUSDT to other stablecoins, allowing them to take hold of $11.6 million worth of stablecoins. This includes 61,000 Pax Dollar (USDP), 1.5 million TrueUSD (TUSD), 1.79 million Binance USD (BUSD), 1.2 million Tether (USDT), 2.58 million USD Coin (USDC) and 3 million in DAI (DAI). PeckShield illustrates the flow of funds…

DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance Impacted in Nearly $11M Exploit That Occurred Via Aave Version 1

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Euler Finance opens redemptions after hacker returns funds

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On April 12, Ethereum-based noncustodial lending protocol Euler Finance announced that it would open redemptions after hackers returned the vast majority of assets stolen in a $197 million flash loan exploit last month.  Euler says it will repay all sub-account liabilities at the block the protocol was disabled on March 13. The on-chain price oracle, provided by either Uniswap or Chainlink, will determine the Ether (ETH) value of assets and liabilities. The company explained: “Markets that have bad debt in excess of reserves (a few long-tail markets that suffered oracle…

RenQ Finance Raises Nearly $1 Million in 24 Hours as Stage 4 Completes – Press release Bitcoin News

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press release PRESS RELEASE. After RenQ Finance achieved remarkable success by completing stage 4, they generated immense excitement among investors after embarking on stage 5. In just the last 24 hours of stage 5, RenQ has secured over $1 million in funding, bringing the total raised for this stage to an impressive over $7,7 million out of the $9,3 million target. This achievement is a testament to the confidence and support of RenQ’s investors based on its poise to outshine all other DeFi platforms, propelling the company towards its funding…

Euler Finance Lets Users Redeem Recovered Funds Following $200M Theft

Users are able to redeem their share of recovered funds, which stand at 95,556 ether (ETH) and $43 million of the DAI stablecoin, collectively worth about $223 million based on current prices. The price of EUL, the native governance token of the Euler Protocol, has increased 2.5% in the past 24 hours, but has slid 9.4% in the past week, per CoinGecko Source

Dollar to Play Lesser Role Due to Its Weaponization, Digital Currencies, Economist Jeffrey Sachs Says – Finance Bitcoin News

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Within the next decade, the U.S. dollar will play a much less dominant role than it is today, according to Jeffrey Sachs. The renowned economist listed a few factors for the diminishing status of the greenback such as its use as a political weapon by Washington, the introduction of currencies like the digital yuan, and America’s shrinking share of the global economy. United States’ Smaller Share in World Economy to Affect the Dollar The role of the U.S. dollar will naturally decrease as the share of the United States in…