Christian Nwobodo

Journalist CryptoSlate

Christian is a crypto-curious nerd who loves to investigate how protocols work under the hood. Christian is interested in DeFi protocol research, token economics, and on-chain analytics.

Author Stats

Total Articles 358

Since Jul 2022

Last Active Mar 3, 2023

Primary Beat Regulation

Christian Nwobodo Recent Articles

Hacks

Binance recovers $450K stolen from Curve DNS Hack

Binance has identified and frozen 83% of the funds stolen from Curve Finance and is working with law enforcement to return the money to users.

4 years ago

Banking

Central Banks can safely invest in Bitcoin with BlackRock’s Bitcoin Private Trust; says DCG Founder

Digital Currency Group Founder Barry Silbert suggests that with BlackRock's bitcoin trust, "central banks, now have an easy, safe way to invest in bitcoin"

4 years ago

Adoption

UN Agency wants comprehensive crypto regulation in developing countries

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) presented policy issues and recommendations to check the fast pace of crypto adoption in developing countries.

4 years ago

DEX

Decentralized exchange dYdX blocks user accounts associated with Tornado Cash

Decentralized exchange dYdX said it has blocked various user account connected to Tornado Cash due to U.S. sanctions and has restored access to some users who were unduly blocked.

4 years ago

Stablecoins

MakerDAO plans against sanctions from USDC exposure

With DAI collateralized by 33.9% USDC, MakerDAO is preparing for an emergency shutdown in the case of a sanction by US regulators.

4 years ago

Hacks

Blur Finance allegedly rug pulled, investors at a combined $600K loss

Blur Finance developers allegedly took out over $600,000 worth of BLR from Polygon and BNB Chain, causing the token to crash over 90% in value.

4 years ago

Bear Market

Germany-based Nuri files for insolvency, CoinFlex kicks off restructuring process

Crypto winter has left Nuri insolvent, while CoinFlex is looking to restructure to deal with its unpaid debt.

4 years ago

Regulation

Circle says freezing wallets went against its beliefs on an open internet

Circle explained that complying with the regulatory demands was both a right and an obligation it owes to continue building trust with all parties.

4 years ago

Bankruptcy

Celsius CEO under fire as Committee of Creditors, DFPI implicate him

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky is accused of promoting false information about the safety of users' funds at the brink of the bankruptcy.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Binance to cease off-chain transfers for WazirX

Binance has moved to disable off-chain transfer options with WazirX as ownership feud continues.

4 years ago

Technology

Near Protocol opens doors to JavaScript Developers with SDK release

Near JS SDK opens the door for millions of JavaScript Developers to start building on the network.

4 years ago

Bear Market

Singapore-based Hodlnaut freezes customer accounts, drops license application

Crypto lender Hodlnaut said it suspended withdrawals, deposits and token swaps "due to recent market conditions."

4 years ago