DeFi


Tech

Ethereum Layer 2 Network Optimism Sees Bump in Transactional Activity. Here's Why it Matters

Transactional activity can serve as a predictive indicator of forthcoming investor interest in any blockchain ecosystem.

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Videos

Filecoin Foundation Chair on Future of Decentralized Storage

Filecoin Foundation Chair Marta Belcher discusses the application of a decentralized storage system in space, teaming up with Lockheed Martin, and why many DeFi projects are sticking with cloud computing services like Amazon Web Services (AWS). Plus, the significance of the crypto industry's presence at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and a closer look at Filecoin's (FIL) recent price action.

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Markets

BNB Chain Burns Over $575M in BNB Tokens, Binance Confirms

Since the introduction of BEP95, over 145,000 BNB has been burnt under this mechanism.

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Tech

Crypto White Hat Platform Immunefi Banned 15 ChatGPT-Generated Bug Reports. Here's Why

Bug reports are “really an art,” an Immunefi developer told CoinDesk.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Sushi Lays Out 2023 Plans With Focus on DEX and User Experience

Sushi will release a DEX aggregation router in the first quarter of 2023, the protocol's CEO said.

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Videos

Hackers Moved Funds Tied to $100M Harmony Exploit Over the Weekend: Report

Pseudonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said a part of the funds tied to last year’s $100 million Harmony network attack worth $63.5 million (~41,000 ETH) was moved over the weekend. North Korea’s Lazarus Group was likely behind the hack, according to an analysis by blockchain research firm Elliptic. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest in the world of crypto crime and private DeFi.

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Tech

DeFi Protocol Frontier Brings In-Browser Wallet Support for Aptos, Sui and 33 Additional Blockchains

The feature allows users to stake tokens, transfer NFTs and conduct transactions with an in-browser wallet application.

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Tech

North Korean Hacking Group Tied to $100M Harmony Hack Moves 41,000 Ether Over Weekend

Crypto exchange Huobi blocked funds tied to hack on Monday morning.

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Finance

Bernstein Expects Crypto Revenue to Jump to Around $400B by 2033

The broker expects on-chain revenue to grow to about half of total cryptocurrency revenue from around 15% today.

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Finance

Justice Department Probing Saber Labs Founders Over Solana-Based Projects: Sources

The investigation follows a CoinDesk exposé that showed Ian and Dylan Macalinao used a web of 11 pseudonymous identities to build an ecosystem of interlocking financial products around Saber.

Ian Macalinao, one of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)