Stream Finance meltdown: winners and losers in DeFi ‘risk curator’ reckoning
The recent depeg of Stream Finance's xUSD has led to concerns over the health of an interwoven ecosystem of similar high-yield vaults.
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— Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy
Strategy needs to pay $689M a year to not sell bitcoin
Strategy has to pay $689M to not sell any of its BTC, and those costs have increased every quarter since 2021.
China is sentencing pig butchering scammers to death
China has sentenced nearly 20 people, including members of prominent mafia families, to death over pig butchering scams in recent months.
Stream Finance halts withdrawals after $93M loss, xUSD depegs 75%
DeFi platform Stream Finance has halted deposits and withdrawals in response to the loss of $93M of “Stream fund assets.”
Balancer exploit drains $129M in DeFi disaster
The exploit, which hit Balancer's v2 liquidity pools on multiple blockchains, reportedly affected projects that "forked" the exchange's code.
Reform UK insider George Cottrell tied to Trump Polymarket bets worth millions
ZachXBT has identified a Donald Trump Polymarket whale as key Nigel Farage adviser and convicted fraudster, George Cottrell.
What the hell is happening at Evolve Bank and Trust?
Former Evolve Bank and Trust CEO Robert Hartheimer has reportedly been arrested for possession of child pornography.
— Changpeng Zhao, Elizabeth Warren
CZ threatens Elizabeth Warren with lawsuit over ‘money launderer’ claim
Warren referred to Changpeng Zhao as a “money launderer,” and branded the pardoning of financial criminals as "corruption."
DeFi projects under fire for inflated TVL and murky lending loops
Critics of DeFi yield farming projects claim they created a "daisy chain" by recursively lending funds between one another to inflate TVL.
From Ripple to Solana: crypto-TradFi partnerships that go nowhere
Investors have almost given up hope that the Solana-Western Union link-up will differ from every other failed crypto-TradFi partnership.