DeFi


Markets

Bitcoin Holds Steady; Dogecoin Leads Slide in Major Cryptocurrencies as Traders Lock In Gains

The market saw higher-than-usual volatility this week following the collapse of crypto-friendly banks over the weekend.

(Unsplash, Kanchanara)

Finance

DeFi Exchange mStable Mulls Over Acquisition, Merger Offers

MStable’s community will vote this month on whether to accept one of the offers or sunset its struggling stablecoin investments service.

(Getty Images)

Finance

Ribbon Finance’s Native Token RBN Surges 19% Amid Options Platform Release

The token was trading at 25 cents ahead of the launch of Ribbon’s on-chain options exchange, Aevo.

RBN/USD chart on Coinbase (Cryptowatch)

Tech

Uniswap Version 3 Goes Live on BNB Chain

Over 66% of voters supported the deployment in a governance vote held in February.

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

U.S. Treasury Close to Releasing Report on Use of DeFi in Illicit Finance

The U.S. Treasury Department is close to releasing a risk assessment analyzing criminal use of decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De weighs in on the latest developments.

Recent Videos

Finance

DeFi-Focused Asset Manager MEV Capital Offers Uniswap Hedging Strategy

The firm uses options contracts issued by crypto derivatives specialist OrBit Markets to hedge liquidity providers’ positions.

MEV Capital Chief Investment Officer Laurent Bourquin (MEV Capital)

Tech

Euler Finance to Offer $1M Reward as It Reels From Nearly $200M Exploit

Euler has sent multiple on-chain messages to the attacker in the past 48 hours.

Computer Hacking Hackers (Shutterstock)

Markets

Over $2B in USDC Stablecoin Burnt in Single Day, Data Shows

USD coin holders are not rushing back to the token just yet.

Some 723 million USDC were burnt in a single transaction in early Asian hours. (Arkham Intelligence)

Policy

U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance

The department has reviewed decentralized finance’s role in such incidents as North Korean ransomware attacks, and will issue a risk assessment, a senior official said.

Elizabeth Rosenberg (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Tech

Dogecoin Network's Patched Bug Is Still Present in 280 Blockchains, Blockchain Security Firm Says

The bug pertains to the way peer-to-peer communications are conducted on blockchain networks such as Litecoin and Zcash.

Hacker (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)