Insurance


Finance

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Teams With Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual

The Singapore crypto lender toughed it through the bear market and now has $250 million locked and lended.

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Markets

DeFi Divorce: Yearn Cancels Tie-Up With Cover Protocol

Yearn added that yVault depositors who have purchased Cover protection will be unaffected.

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Finance

DeFi and Staking Insurance Startup Unslashed Raises $2M

Experimental crypto zones like DeFi and staking are seeing an influx of insurance products, but not as we know it.

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Finance

Insurance Giant Aon Is Testing the Waters of DeFi

Aon has shaped insurance policies around cryptocurrency cold storage. Now it's eyeing the red-hot DeFi space.

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Markets

Who Insures the Insurer? Cover Protocol Attack Exposes DeFi’s Promise and Peril

DeFi insurer Cover Protocol, designed to reduce smart-contract failure risks, was exploited by a bug in its smart contract on Monday morning.

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Finance

Polkadot-Based DeFi Insurance App Raises $1.95M Led by KR1

Tidal will use the Polkadot blockchain to allow users to insure a set of DeFi applications against smart-contract failure or breaches.

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Finance

eToro Adds Insolvency Insurance Policy – Crypto Users Not Included

The free insurance scheme covers customers for up to £1 million if the firm should ever become insolvent. But crypto holders are left out in the cold.

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Finance

Bitstamp Adds Crypto Crime Insurance for Assets Held Online

The new policy means user funds are protected both on- and offline.

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Tech

Chainlink to Provide Data for Farming Insurance Startup Arbol

Chainlink will provide climate data for insurance startup Arbol’s weather derivatives. Small to medium sized firms can use the Ethereum-based dapp for hedging natural events.

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