The security company wants to build a formally secure blockchain for DeFi CertiK, a software security company active in the blockchain sector, announced the mainnet release of its own custom blockchain, the CertiK Chain. The new blockchain places a heavy focus on security, turning the previously static process of analyzing smart contracts into a real-time […]
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The platform got hacked not once, but thrice, putting the team through a trial by fire. Decentralized finance platform bZX has frequently been in the spotlight this year, only not for the right reasons. Most DeFi platforms popular today, including bZX, began their journey around 2018, at the tail-end of the initial coin offering boom. […]
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We’re in the middle of the greatest wealth transfer in human history, with DeFi finally solving the problem of financial inclusion. Programmers have found a way to replace the core service offerings of Wall Street and an army of corporate lawyers with 800 lines of smart contract code. The “De” in DeFi stands for “decentralized,” […]
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Cosmos have announced a new bug bounty to rigorously vet the forthcoming Stargate upgrade to ensure no vulnerabilities are missed. In the lead up to its major network upgrade Stargate, Cosmos (ATOM) has announced a three-month-long bug bounty with double rewards to improve the software’s robustness prior to release. The key Stargate upgrade will complete […]
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Is regulation plausible in a completely decentralized environment? Blockchain analytics company Coinfirm recently unveiled a new anti-money laundering tool for the decentralized finance, or DeFi, niche of the crypto space — a sector facing regulatory crackdown on the horizon, according to Jakub Fijolek, Coinfirm’s chief technology officer. “DeFi might soon have some regulatory issues,” Fijolek […]
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Wrapped Bitcoin is now even safer with Chainlink oracles checking custody wallets every ten minutes. Wrapped Bitcoin custodian BitGo has adopted Chainlink’s Proof of Reserve mechanism in order to boost the transparency and auditability of the tokenized asset for DeFi protocols. The functionality, which is currently live on testnet, enables Ethereum-based dApps to completely automate […]
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Decentralized finance yields are incredibly attractive, but options markets can also provide similar sized returns for those willing to take risks. The number of investors interested in yield farming has grown immensely over the past 6-months as decentralized finance (DeFi) applications became better known and easier to use. This has led to an uncountable number […]
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The community had originally voted in favor of compensation, but the final tally showed a different outcome. After multiple rounds of voting and heated discussion, the final vote to compensate losses for Maker (MKR) users that were liquidated “unfairly” during the March crash failed. About 52,500 MKR voted against any compensation, which accounted for 65% […]
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A Chainlink developer address appears to have been offloading tokens and putting downward pressure on prices. But things are looking up. Following a six week downtrend from its all-time high, LINK has rebounded 30% in the past 24 hours after a reported developer selloff resulted in downward pressure on the oracle protocol token’s price. The […]
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The blockchain can now see its environment. The Polkadot team released on Wednesday a major milestone for its Substrate blockchain framework, which now provides a way for blockchain applications to interface with the outside world without relying on external oracle providers. Substrate is the name used for Polkadot’s blockchain building framework. It provides developers with […]
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