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Curve emergency DAO terminates rewards for hack-related pools
The Curve Finance (CRV) lending protocol has terminated governance token rewards for select liquidity pools affected by the July 30 Curve exploit and July 6…
Protocol to identify ‘systemically important’ blockchain banks could help prevent a market…
Kanis Saengchote, a researcher at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, recently developed a framework for identifying and measuring systemic risk in…
ICP-based blockchain chat app launches ‘Communities’ to compete with Discord
Blockchain chat app OpenChat has enabled users to create Discord-like servers called “Communities,” according to an Aug. 2 announcement.Early UX prototype for…
Curve liquidation risk poses systemic threat to DeFi even as founder scurries to repay…
On July 30, Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, suffered a hack due to a vulnerability in certain pools built using the Vyper programming…
SushiSwap furthers cross-chain functionality with Core integration
Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform SushiSwap is set to integrate with the growing blockchain protocol, Core, tapping into the protocol’s unique consensus…
Zero Transfer scammer steals $20M USDT, gets blacklisted by Tether
A scammer using zero transfer phishing attack managed to steal $20 million worth of USDT stablecoin on Aug. 1, before getting blacklisted by the stablecoin issuer…
Crypto market loses $486M in July, most since 2022: Report
The cryptocurrency market is having its worst month of 2023, according to a report from Web3 outlet De.Fi shared with Cointelegraph. Losses for July totaled $486…
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 liquidity of 1,034 Ether (ETH), worth approximately $1.9 million, from the…
Whale reclaims $74M in ETH locked in the ENS auction
After years of leaving 39,712 Ether (ETH) locked at the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) auction, a whale using the domain “darkmarket.eth” has reclaimed the digital…
Cex price feed prevents Curve price from collapsing amid $100M vulnerability
Several Curve Finance liquidity pools were attacked on July 30 due to a vulnerability found in the programming language Vyper. Vyper is a contract programming…