Uniswap, the largest decentralized exchange, has removed the HEX token from its interface after it was recently declared an unregistered security by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This comes as another blow for the token in what has been an unpleasant week so far. This unfavorable run has had an impact on the price of HEX, which is currently valued at $0.00486457. According to CoinGecko data, the token’s price has declined by more than 12% in the last day, as it continues in a downward trend. Uniswap…
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Justin Sun, other crypto investors buy CRV token in attempt to help Curve Finance
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Following a recent exploit on the decentralized exchange, Curve Finance founder Michael Egorov managed to find an answer to his loan dilemma. Thanks to support from a group of backers, including Justin Sun, the principal value of Egorov’s loan on Aave (AAVE) decreased from $63.3 million to $54.1 million. Providing support to the fallen On July 30, Curve Finance faced a vulnerability linked to the Vyper programming language, resulting in an exploit that led hackers to…
FTT Token Surges 17% After FTX Confirms Rumors Of Relaunch
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has submitted a proposal that may result in the relaunch of its international arm FTX.com. On August 1, the company’s bankruptcy administrators confirmed rumors of a relaunch by filing a draft plan of reorganization in which it proposes the kick-off of a “rebooted” offshore exchange exclusive to non-US users only. FTT Gains By 17% Amidst Plans To Terminate Claims FTT, the native token of the FTX exchange, recorded a significant boost in its price on the emergence of the exchange’s proposal to relaunch in the international…
Curve’s New Liquidity Pool Could Prevent Liquidation of CRV Token
“He [Erogov] borrowed FRAX using CRV as collateral on Fraxlend. However, because people are withdrawing FRAX from the pool, fearing bad debt in the event of CRV liquidation, the APY has significantly increased,” Ignas explained. “He now needs more FRAX deposited to that CRV/FRAX lending pool. That’s why the introduction of a new pool on Curve, equipped with CRV incentives.” Source
Bald (BALD) Token Gobbled Millions of Dollars From Investors, But Does it Have Connections to Alameda?
“Given the track record and the lack of contacts with other players (even 3AC actively interacted with BlockFi, Genesis, etc.), then we can point the finger toward someone from Alameda,” he tweeted, “And let’s try to answer probably the most critical question, SBF or Sam Trabucco?” Source
BALD token developer denies rug pull as price falls 85% post-launch
A new memecoin on Coinbase’s Base network fell 85% after its developer allegedly pulled 1,034 Ether in liquidity, worth approximately $1.9 million, from the market, according to social media reports and blockchain data. The developer for Bald (BALD) denied making any market sales of the coin, stating, “[I] just added/removed 2 sided liquidity and bought.” Watching the $BALD chart pic.twitter.com/2lc0HEVlNu — Whale (@WhaleChart) July 31, 2023 Coinbase’s Base network was launched for builders on July 13. However, its development team has urged ordinary users not to use the network, as…
DYdX Proposal to Slash Token Issuance Wins Early Support in Vote Ending Tuesday
If passed – voting ends Tuesday – the governance proposal will reduce the amount of DYDX given to liquidity providers per epoch to 575,342, a 50% decrease that amounts to about $1 million at current prices. Antonio Juliano, dYdX’s founder, said on X (the site formerly known as Twitter) that overall DYDX token emissions would be cut by roughly 25%. Source
Curve Finance’s CRV Token Surges 500% on Bithumb After Over $100M Exploit
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After Curve Finance Exploit, Crypto Perpetual Futures Show Bias for Uniswap’s UNI Token
Late Sunday, Curve, the third-largest DEX, fell victim to a flash loan exploit that put $100 million worth of cryptocurrency at risk. Curve DAO’s native CRV token fell over 15% to $0.63 following the attack. The quick decline introduced additional risk, potentially threatening to liquidate $70 million worth of borrowed position of Curve founder. Source
Curve Finance Exploit Puts $100M+ Worth of Crypto at Risk; CRV Token Tumbles
Upwards of $100 million worth of cryptocurrency are at risk due to a “re-entrancy” bug in Vyper, a programming language used to power parts of the Curve system. Several stablecoin pools on the platform — used for pricing and liquidity on a number of different DeFi services — have been drained by hackers so far. Source