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The exploiter behind the $46 million crypto theft against KyberSwap has demanded its execs and tokenholders ease up on the hostilities, threatening to push out negotiations until everyone is “more civil.”In an on-chain message addressed to KyberSwap executives, tokenholders and ...

The attacker who drained $46 million from KyberSwap relied on a “complex and carefully engineered smart contract exploit” to carry out the attack, according to a social media thread by Ambient exchange founder Doug Colkitt. Colkitt labeled the exploit an “infinite mo ...

Users have concerns about centralized exchanges’ transparency and trustworthiness, but decentralized alternatives lack liquidity and security. Crypto exchange Phemex, celebrating its 4th year anniversary this week, is poised to usher in a new era, where traditional barriers in finance are ...

Around $46 million in various crypto assets has seemingly been drained from the decentralized KyberSwap exchange in the latest decentralized finance exploit.On Nov. 23, the Kyber Network team alerted its users stating in an X (Twitter) post that KyberSwap Elastic “has experienced a s ...

Decentralized crypto exchange Pancakeswap has implemented a new voting system. Called “Gauges,” the system allows governance token holders to vote for additional rewards to be distributed to particular pools, according to a Nov. 22 blog post. The exchange has also sunsetted its vCAKE ...

On Nov. 15, several altcoins continued to show strength alongside Bitcoin (BTC), which notched an intra-day high at $37,400. Leading into the week, DYDX, Solana’s SOL (SOL) and Avalanche’s AVAX (AVAX) currently reflect double-digit gains, with each chasing after new year-to-date highs.  ...

Native asset settlement protocol THORChain has recorded the third-largest trading volume among non-centralized exchanges in the last week with users seemingly attracted to the high yield offered adjacent to its native token Rune (RUNE).Over the last week, THORChain’s trading volume h ...

Solana (SOL) experienced a notable 36.6% increase in value between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. However, SOL’s failure to breach the $44.50 mark resulted in a 10% correction down to $40 on Nov. 6. This movement has left many investors pondering whether the ecosystem growth and network activity suppo ...

For an extended period, centralized exchanges (CEXs) have played a pivotal role in cryptocurrency trading, offering traders dependability and robust liquidity. These platforms have been the go-to choice, with users trusting CEXs to safeguard their assets, appreciating user-friendly interfa ...

Crypto gets traditional finance treatment with the Smart Engine, a first-of-its-kind meta-exchange by SwissBorg. Unifying the experience for FX, CEX and DEX trading, Smart Engine has recently integrated with Solana, bringing direct fiat on-ramps for Solana-based projects.The cryptoc ...

Traditional finance (TradFi) prioritizes security, while decentralized finance (DeFi) champions innovation and accessibility. Combining the strengths of centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges in hybrid exchanges can unleash innovation and enhance asset security.With hyb ...

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange dYdX has launched its layer 1 blockchain with the creation of its genesis block which will operate using native DYDX tokens.The dYdX Chain is set to distribute all fees to validators and stakers in USD Coin (USDC). This includes trading fees denominate ...

THORSwap, a decentralized exchange (DEX) powered by multichain THORChain, has taken a proactive step by entering maintenance mode to prevent potential illicit fund movements through its platform. This decision was made after consulting with advisors, legal counsel, and law enforcement. Cross-chai ...

The virtual roundtable, hosted by Cointelegraph on Twitter Spaces, brought together key team members from the largest centralized exchanges (CEXs), including Bybit, CEX.IO and Huobi, to discuss current industry challenges and trends in crypto trading. Speakers also included Maksim Hramadts ...

Decentralized exchange (DEX) platform dYdX is planning to offer a “purely decentralized” order books exchange as they migrate their ecosystem from the Ethereum network to the interchain network Cosmos.At the Korea Blockchain Week 2023, Cointelegraph's Andrew Fenton spoke with d ...

Base project RocketSwap Labs has outlined its emergency program to bounce back from a brute force hack that swiped $865,000 or 471 Ether (ETH) from the protocol on Aug. 14.The team explained on Aug. 15 that they plan on redeploying a new farm contract and open-source it on-chain, reli ...

The team behind the Cardano-based decentralized exchange MuesliSwap has made a decision to refund users that have been hit with high slippage over the past year.On Aug. 8, the MuseliSwap team said it “fell short in providing adequate clarity” on the slippage feature within its ...

On July 30, Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange on Ethereum, suffered a hack due to a vulnerability in certain pools built using the Vyper programming language.The price of Curve DAO (CRV) dropped 20.91% on the day of the hack, falling to a two-month low of $0.58. The next day, ...

Decentralized exchange LeetSwap, which operates on Coinbase’s Base network has announced a pause on trading, citing concerns of a potential exploit.LeetSwap tweeted on Aug. 1 that it noticed some of its liquidity pools may have been compromised and temporarily stopped trading to inve ...

Cryptocurrencies attract a lot of investors due to their high volatility, but this also poses a significant challenge. The most difficult part of investing in crypto is finding the best time to enter the market. Ideally, the plan would be to buy low and sell high, but the extreme volatilit ...

In the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency, significant changes have occurred within the crypto sector, particularly concerning crypto exchanges, over the past few years. Centralized exchanges (CEXs) have experienced remarkable growth, transforming into industry gi ...

Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you the most significant developments from the past week.The past week in DeFi saw new advancements in zero-knowledge proofs (ZK-proofs) as a scaling solution a ...

Fidelity Digital Assets released a “Q2 2023 Signals Report” on July 18, which claimed that Ether’s outlook for the next 12 months and the long term is positive. Year-to-date, Ether (ETH) has gained 62%, but while the investment firm might be short-term bullish on Ether ...

The Cosmos-based decentralized exchange Osmosis (OSMO) has launched a new “concentrated liquidity” feature, according to a July 12 announcement from the app’s developer, Osmosis Labs. The new feature allows liquidity providers (LPs) to choose a minimum and maximum price to offer to buy or sell cr ...

Crypto exchange dYdX has launched a public testnet of its “v4” iteration, according to a July 5 announcement from the exchange’s development team. This marks the completion of “milestone 4” out of five, paving the way for a future v4 mainnet launch.Once implem ...

While the Arbitrum governance token ARB has been in a consistent downturn since the airdrop in late March, its ecosystem shows healthy growth. A recent Nansen report shows that Arbitrum’s activity improved after the airdrop, stabilizing “at a level higher” than befor ...

Crypto venture capital firm Paradigm has slammed the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s attempt to redefine the term “exchange” — which if accepted, would bring decentralized exchanges under its purview. On June 8, the firm sent a lengthy 14-pag ...

Bitcoin’s price lost steam after a failed retest of the $27,400 resistance on June 6, signaling that investors became less confident after the recent regulatory actions by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against Binance and Coinbase. Both exchanges are b ...

The median trading volume across the top three decentralized exchanges (DEX) jumped 444% in the past 48 hours as crypto investors reeled from the United States securities regulator's recent legal actions against cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Binance.According to aggregated data fro ...

Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) told Bloomberg that for regulatory purposes. It does not matter whether decentralized exchanges (DEX) operate autonomously or with human participation. Rostin Behnam belie ...

In less than a month, net outflows from Coinbase and Binance were about $700 million But DEX is seeing net inflows With liquid-staking outperforming decentralized protocols in TVL Dune Analytics reported net ETH outflows on Coinbase and Binance since ...

It was due to a bug in a smart contract The details of the attack are already known Popular DEX Level Finance fell victim to an exploit. A hacker found a vulnerability in a smart contract and withdrew over $1 million worth of LVL exchange token. It later converte ...