DeFi
FBI warns against DeFi after data reveals sector accounts for 97% of stolen $1.3B during Q1
FBI cited Chainalysis data and said the amount stolen from DeFi increased by 72% compared to 2021.
Zeynep Geylan 2 min read
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Celsius sues KeyFi, alleges Jason Stone stole over 1,000 ETH of investor funds for NFTs
Celsius hits back at Jason Stone claiming he used client funds to buy CryptoPunks while losing 30,000 ETH in a bad DeFi trade.
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Interest Protocol partners with Chainlink Labs to bring more security to DeFi lending
Aside from receiving strategic advice from Chainlink Labs, the partnership will enable IP to integrate both Chainlink Keepers and Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR).
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ByBit report claims Solana had strong network growth in Q2 on the back of GameFi, DAOs
Headline price figures do not necessarily tell the full story when it comes to network scaling. Is Solana seeing stealth growth amid a 46% drop against BTC?
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Op-ed: Why maximalists are wrong — the future is cross-chain
One blockchain to rule them all?
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Aztec responds to claims FTX froze user funds for interacting with the protocol
Also documented by Wu Blockchain, the accusations of FTX users having their accounts frozen came from a series of tweets from a handful of accounts.
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REX – A new kind of blockchain investment optimized to create passive income
REX a staking token, with smart contracts offering advanced and extended staking functions. All of this to make staking management easier, more flexible, and fully decentralized.
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Aave DAO urges members to commit support for Ethereum’s PoS merge via governance proposal
Aave developers believe that no Ethereum fork running on an alternative consensus can effectively sustain a viable Aave market.
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Op-ed: Reimagining cross-chain bridges: Let’s stop trying to be liquidity protocols
By locking liquidity to provide cross-chain routing (as almost every bridge does right now), bridges have placed themselves in a competition they’re bound to lose.
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Aave confirms TRM Labs API blocked “dusted” Ethereum wallets – access restored
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DeFi protocols Aave, Uniswap, Balancer, ban users following OFAC sanctions on Tornado Cash
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Curve Finance DNS exploit resolved – how to check if it is safe to use
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