Tagged: defi

Canadian Citizen Charged in $65M Crypto Hacking Schemes

A five-count criminal indictment was unsealed in federal court in New York charging a Canadian man with “exploiting vulnerabilities” in decentralized finance protocols to “fraudulently obtain about $65 million from the protocols’ investors.” According to court documents, from 2021 to 2023, Andean Medjedovic, 22, allegedly… Read More

DeFi Adoption: Plume Network Teams Up with Fireblocks

Plume Network announced a collaboration with Fireblocks, an enterprise platform for managing digital asset operations and building innovative businesses on blockchain. Plume users can benefit from Fireblocks’ “secure” infrastructure and digital asset platform. With this integration, Plume aims to enhance its offerings for institutions looking… Read More

RWAs in DeFi: Anzen Expands Collateral Backing with Institutional Fund Products from Superstate

At Anzen, they claim to be committed to building a stable, yield-bearing portfolio that remains “resilient” across market cycles. They are pleased to announce a step forward in that mission: the expansion of USDz’s collateral framework to include “institutional-grade” fund products from Superstate. This integration… Read More

Bitcoin Re- Staking Platform BounceBit Launches Dual-Yield Opportunities with Circle’s Hashnote

BounceBit, the centralized Bitcoin restaking platform that provides “institutional-grade” DeFi investing products, introduced “dual-yield” opportunities by partnering with Hashnote, a Circle company, to integrate Hashnote’s yield-bearing USYC token into its platform. Institutions can use the tokenized money market fund as collateral for BounceBit’s delta-neutral trading… Read More

Solana based Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) Reportedly Account for 48% of Total DEX Trading Volume

OKX has released a comprehensive report, “The State of DEXs 2025,” which provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving decentralized exchange (DEX) landscape and its role in shaping the on-chain economy. The report highlights the rapid growth of DEXs, driven by innovation, accessibility, and decentralization…. Read More

Blockchain: Rayls Integrates with Arbitrum

Rayls has announced the integration of Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling platform. Rayls is a blockchain platform that aims to bridge DeFI and TradFi. The integration seeks to create a new public blockchain that connects and aggregates liquidity from Rayls’ network. Rayls says its… Read More

CertiK Ventures to Empower Blockchain and Web3 Builders

Founded in 2018, CertiK claims that it became a trusted name in Web3 security by leveraging formal verification to safeguard smart contracts and decentralized systems. Over the years, CertiK expanded their offerings to include comprehensive security services, audits, and tools, solidifying their “reputation as a… Read More

Mantle Blockchain Ecosystem Expands with USDe and mETH Integrations on Compound

Mantle, the blockchain ecosystem behind Ethereum layer 2 (L2) Mantle Network and Ether liquid staking protocol mETH Protocol, announced the integration of Ethena’s USDe and Mantle’s mETH on Compound, one of the DeFi lending protocols. This integration supports Mantle’s commitment to fostering synergy within its… Read More

MatterFi’s Michael “Mehow” Pospieszalski’s Plan to Bring Crypto Mainstream

MatterFi founder Michael “Mehow” Pospieszalski believes he has created the infrastructure cryptocurrency needs to go mainstream. When the time is right, MatterFi’s technology could simplify crypto usage for billions of people. The company develops new security infrastructure for software wallets, hardware wallets and custody systems,… Read More

Binance Labs Invests in Web3 and DeFi focused THENA

In a move that affirms its commitment to enabling Web3 innovation, Binance Labs announced an investment in THENA, which is described as a decentralized exchange and liquidity protocol introduced back in January of 2023. THENA, built on the BNB Chain, leverages the ve(3,3) tokenomics model… Read More

Here are the New IRS Rules for Digital Assets and “Brokers,” Treatment of DeFi

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has posted final regulations regarding information reporting by brokers who affect transactions of digital assets. These regulations become effective on February 28, 2025. Last week, a bipartisan group of US House of Representatives members forwarded a letter to the US… Read More

DeFi Protocol Compound Finance Launches $1M Bug Bounty Program on Immunefi

Compound Finance, a DeFi protocol enhancing money markets, has launched a $1 million bug bounty program on Immunefi in order to enhance the security of its platform and ensure the safety of its users. As explained in a blog post by Immuenfi, Compound Finance is… Read More

1inch Expands Institutional Access to DeFi Liquidity with Talos Integration

1inch, a DeFi project announced its integration with Talos, the provider of institutional portfolio and trading tech for digital assets. This collab enhances liquidity access for Talos clients by allowing them to leverage 1inch’s Swap API, which sources liquidity across decentralized exchanges to help “ensure… Read More

Decentralized Payment Infrastructure Provider cheqd Partners with ID Crypt Global

cheqd, a “decentralized” payment and trust infrastructure provider, has announced a partnership with ID Crypt Global, a digital identity and security company, to integrate identity and security solutions into Apex Digital Exchange (ADEX), a key player in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. This collab is… Read More

In Big Win for Crypto, Courts Deny Tornado Cash Smart Contracts are Illegal, OFAC, US Department of Treasury Lose

In 2022, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) targeted DeFi crypto mixer Tornado Cash with sanctions, claiming the platform had laundered over $7 billion. At that time, The Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson, claimed: “Today,… Read More

Capital Ideas: Bridging Traditional Finance and Cryptocurrency with H2cryptO’s George Kushner

 Bridging Traditional Finance and Crypto In the rapidly evolving world of digital finance, the lines between traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) blur more each day. Enter George Kushner, founder and CEO of H2cryptO, a next-generation cryptocurrency exchange. His vision? To harmonize the robust… Read More

Eastern European Markets Experiencing Increased Crypto Adoption Driven by Institutions, DeFi – Report

Despite the ongoing and seemingly never-ending war and regulatory issues, cryptocurrency adoption has been growing steadily across Eastern Europe and is said to be driven by institutions and DeFi activity. This, according to report from Chainalysis. As the world’s fourth largest crypto market, Eastern Europe… Read More

Security Breach Prompts Aark Digital to Issue $225K Bounty

Blockhain-focused Aark Digital has offered a 15% bounty in response to a recent security breach that led to the unauthorized withdrawal of around 1,386,085 USDC and 24.143 ETH. The incident, which involved unauthorized access to Aark Digital’s systems, resulted in the loss of approximately $1.4… Read More

Unity Wallet James Toledano on DeFi’s Potential to Snap Visa and Mastercard’s European Payment Stranglehold

Unity Wallet (formerly Savl) COO James Toledano believes DeFi has the potential to break Visa’s and Mastercard’s dominance of European payment rails, while also allowing Europe to at least partially free itself from depending on American payment rails. Savi is a self-custodial crypto and Web3 wallet… Read More

Chainlink Integrated By IDA to Enhance Transparency of HKDA Stablecoin, Reportedly Backed By Hong Kong Dollar

IDA, a Hong Kong-based fiat-referenced stablecoin issuer, is integrating Chainlink’s services for tokenized assets. As mentioned in a blog post, those reportedly include Chainlink Proof of Reserve (PoR) for verifying asset collateralization as well as the Chainlink Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) for the “secure” movement… Read More

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