DeFi

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Dire Times Call for DeFi
DeFi Dad joins to debate whether recent events have highlighted the importance for decentralized finance. Plus: news on Madison Cawthorn, The Block and Starbucks. [reward]25aa...
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Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Gored By Unicorn
The mythical beast mauled the 27 year-old centimillionaire right in the mandibula
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BNB Chain Hack Like 'Attacking Someone at the Joint of a Bone,' Says Binance Exec
BNB Chain Hack Like ‘Attacking Someone at the Joint of a Bone,’ Says Binance Exec
BNB Smart Chain continued operations following last weekend’s exploit where hackers stole $100 million from the platform. Binance Chief Communications Officer Patrick Hillmann...
BNB Chain Hack Like 'Attacking Someone at the Joint of a Bone,' Says Binance Exec

Defi Platform Exponential Raises $14M in Seed Funding Round Led by Paradigm
Defi Platform Exponential Raises $14M in Seed Funding Round Led by Paradigm
Exponential, a DeFi investment discovery and risk assessment platform, has raised $14 million in seed funding led by crypto-focused investment firm Paradigm. Exponential.fi Co...
Defi Platform Exponential Raises $14M in Seed Funding Round Led by Paradigm

Uniswap Reportedly Eyeing Over $100M in Fresh Funding
Uniswap Reportedly Eyeing Over $100M in Fresh Funding
Uniswap is putting together a new funding round in a bid to expand its product offerings, according to TechCrunch. “The Hash” team discusses what this means for the decentrali...
Uniswap Reportedly Eyeing Over $100M in Fresh Funding

Disney's NFT Interest Appears to Increase With New Job Posting
Disney’s NFT Interest Appears to Increase With New Job Posting
The Walt Disney Company is seeking an “experienced corporate attorney” to work on “emerging technologies,” including non-fungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse, blockchain and...
Disney's NFT Interest Appears to Increase With New Job Posting

Cryptocurrency Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160M in Hack
Cryptocurrency Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160M in Hack
Cryptocurrency market maker Wintermute lost $160 million in a hack relating to its decentralized finance (DeFi) operation, but the company’s lending and OTC operations have no...
Cryptocurrency Market Maker Wintermute Lost $160M in Hack

CoinDesk’s New Market Index Family of Indices Now Covering a Total of 148 Digital Assets
CoinDesk’s New Market Index Family of Indices Now Covering a Total of 148 Digital Assets
CoinDesk launches the CoinDesk Market Index (CMI) family of Indices, covering 148 digital assets across six sectors including DeFi, Currency, Smart Contract Platform and more.
CoinDesk’s New Market Index Family of Indices Now Covering a Total of 148 Digital Assets

Are DeFi Platforms Centralized?
Are DeFi Platforms Centralized?
Reacting to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler telling CoinDesk most cryptocurrencies are securities, Ashley Ebersole, former SEC senior counsel and current chief legal officer at 0x L...
Are DeFi Platforms Centralized?

EU Officials: Digital Euro Focusing on Personal Use First, Not Web3
EU Officials: Digital Euro Focusing on Personal Use First, Not Web3
A retail digital euro will, in the first stage, only enable payments initiated by people, rather than allowing businesses to settle invoices, issue paychecks or be used in dec...
EU Officials: Digital Euro Focusing on Personal Use First, Not Web3