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FBI issues warning over DeFi vulnerabilities

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3 September, 2022

FBI issues warning over DeFi vulnerabilities

FBI warns investors to beware of DeFi vulnerabilities such as flash loans that target smart contracts, verification issues, and manipulation...

DeFi platform Babylon Finance to shut down as investors flee

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Jon Southurst

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2 September, 2022

DeFi platform Babylon Finance to shut down as investors flee

Babylon Finance launched in 2021 and promised "democratization of investing" in assets previously inaccessible to most due to regulation and...

Brazil’s central bank endorses Itaú’s DeFi liquidity pool proposal

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Wahid Pessarlay

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2 September, 2022

Brazil’s central bank endorses Itaú’s DeFi liquidity pool proposal

The platform will deploy blockchain and smart contracts in asset custody, currency exchange, and alternative investment financial services and would...

Singapore queries companies as digital asset regulations look to take new turn

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Wahid Pessarlay

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31 August, 2022

Singapore queries companies as digital asset regulations look to take new turn

Singapore is taking active steps to understand the digital assets market by gaining insights from industry entities as it seeks...

Tornado Cash takedown is denial stage of grief—Joshua Henslee weighs in

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Gavin Lucas

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23 August, 2022

Tornado Cash takedown is denial stage of grief—Joshua Henslee weighs in

Joshua Henslee empathizes with people who have put their lives promoting the 'decentralized' vision, saying that it's going to be...

Solana’s DeFi ecosystem was totally fake—This is why identity matters

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Gavin Lucas

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10 August, 2022

Solana’s DeFi ecosystem was totally fake—This is why identity matters

Coindesk recently published a report on how two brothers used multiple pseudonymous accounts to fake a DeFi ecosystem on Solana—showing...

Digital currency insights from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s Fintech conference

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Patrick Thompson

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4 August, 2022

Digital currency insights from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank’s Fintech conference

Stablecoins, DLT, CBDC, DeFi, NFTs, and the metaverse were the main topics of discussion throughout the day, and many bankers...

ECB bulletin reveals climate concerns, Tether tail risks and DeFi lies

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Gavin Lucas

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19 July, 2022

ECB bulletin reveals climate concerns, Tether tail risks and DeFi lies

ECB's Macroprudential Bulletin takes a closer look at stablecoins, DeFi, and climate risks associated with ‘crypto-assets.’

Is it the end of the era? Or just the end of the latest pump cycle?

Editorial

Jerry Chan

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6 July, 2022

Is it the end of the era? Or just the end of the latest pump cycle?

Looking around now at the constant stream of insolvencies cropping up in the industry, it is clear that we are...

BIS to create a digital currency market intelligence platform in wake of market collapse

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Wahid Pessarlay

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23 June, 2022

BIS to create a digital currency market intelligence platform in wake of market collapse

According to the BIS, the need for the project is due to "the collapse of many stablecoins and decentralized finance...

It’s all decentralized until someone gets rekt

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Joshua Henslee

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19 May, 2022

It’s all decentralized until someone gets rekt

Many blockchains and digital currencies assert to be “decentralized,” however, its short history has proven this to be demonstrably false,...

EU Commission calls for unique DeFi regulatory approach in new report

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Steve Kaaru

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7 May, 2022

EU Commission calls for unique DeFi regulatory approach in new report

The European Commission pointed out that the same regulatory approach used for traditional finance won’t work for DeFi as it...

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