Is Aave’s ‘Balance Protection’ backed by Relm — an FTX insurer?
The DeFi community has voiced concerns around who and what is covered by Aave’s million-dollar “Balance Protection” for app users.
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High yields to haircuts: Has DeFi learned anything from yield vault collapse?
The fallout from Stream Finance’s meltdown is still being cleaned up. Have risk curators, lending platforms, or DeFi users learned anything?
Former SEC staffer Amanda Fischer attacked over Uniswap comments
The crypto community has hit back at Amanda Fischer’s comments on Uniswap’s recent governance shakeup, sharing stories of a “weaponized” SEC.
Uniswap fee-switch: new era for DeFi or ‘a sad day for DAOs’?
The latest iteration of Uniswap’s long awaited fee-switch proposal looks set to pass. But the milestone is seen by some as a DAO failure.
Garden hacker begins laundering $11M loot through Tornado Cash
A total of over $6M worth of ETH and BNB has been deposited into Tornado Cash from the Garden hacker's Ethereum and BNB Chain addresses.
DeFi karma: Garden hacked for $11M after bridging Lazarus’ loot
Garden was criticized for profiting from proceeds of other hacks, which investigators claim make up a quarter of the bridge's volume.
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Fresh Ethereum Foundation drama flares following core dev’s departure
As key dev Dankrad Feist leaves the Ethereum Foundation, the community is concerned about competitiveness and incentives for developers.
Paxos’ 300 trillion fat finger raises concerns over PYUSD integrity
The tokens were burned 22 minutes later, but many were left worried by Paxos' ability to create such an unfeasible quantity out of thin air.
$25 million Ethereum MEV exploit puts ‘Code Is Law’ on trial
The April 2023 exploit allowed the brothers’ validator to drain “predatory” MEV bots who attempt to profit off transactions of regular users.
Starlink a lifeline for Myanmar scam compounds, report
The scam centers have migrated to Starlink connections after electricity and internet were cut off earlier this year, AFP reports.