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Charles Hoskinson Shares Cardano Plans for 2022

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has revealed some of the project's plans for 2022 in a Christmas Eve talk on YouTube.

Sushi Up 17% Amid DeFi 2.0 Rescue Rumors

Sushi has jumped 17.1% today. Cult DeFi 2.0 figure Daniele Setagalli is rumored to be joining the project, which may explain the rise.

5 years ago · By CHRIS WILLIAMS

DeFi Project Spotlight: Bridge Mutual, the Insurance Protocol Built for Web3

Bridge Mutual is a permissionless coverage platform that lets users buy or underwrite insurance for crypto assets and protocols.

5 years ago · By STEFAN STANKOVIC

2021 in Review: the Top 10 Crypto Moments of the Year

2021 was crypto's biggest year yet. Crypto Briefing unpacks the 10 defining moments of a year full of surprises.

5 years ago · By CHRIS WILLIAMS

Latest

$8.2M Lost as Visor Finance Suffers Latest DeFi Hack

Dec. 21, 2021

$8.2M Lost as Visor Finance Suffers Latest DeFi Hack

Visor Finance is DeFi's latest hack victim. The protocol was drained of $8.2 million today after an attacker exploited a reentrancy bug.

By CHRIS WILLIAMS

Fantom DeFi Project Grim Finance Suffers $30M Hack

Dec. 20, 2021

Fantom DeFi Project Grim Finance Suffers $30M Hack

Fantom project Grim Finance has lost over $30 million in the latest DeFi hack. The attacker exploited a reentrancy bug to drain the funds.

By VISHAL CHAWLA

NFT Marketplace Vulcan Forged Hacked for $140M

Dec. 13, 2021

NFT Marketplace Vulcan Forged Hacked for $140M

A hacker gained access to private keys backing 96 wallets on Vulcan Forged and drained over $140 million held within.

By VISHAL CHAWLA

Solana Slows to a Crawl (Again)

Dec. 13, 2021

Solana Slows to a Crawl (Again)

Solana is facing network problems due to another Raydium IDO. It's the second incident in just three days.

By CHRIS WILLIAMS

Did Solana Suffer Another Network Outage?

Dec. 10, 2021

Did Solana Suffer Another Network Outage?

Solana has encountered difficulty processing transactions for the second time in four months due to Raydium's latest AcceleRaytor IDO.

By TIMOTHY CRAIG

Ripple Chair Proposes Plan to Move Bitcoin Away From Proof-of-Work

Dec. 10, 2021

Ripple Chair Proposes Plan to Move Bitcoin Away From Proof-of-Work

Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen has proposed a strategy to move Bitcoin away from its energy-intensive Proof-of-Work mining mechanism.

By STEFAN STANKOVIC

What Went Wrong at Sushi? Unpacking the DeFi Project’s Woes

Dec. 9, 2021

What Went Wrong at Sushi? Unpacking the DeFi Project’s Woes

Joseph Delong, the CTO of Sushi, has resigned after reports of internal conflict—the latest turn for a controversial project.

By MIKE DALTON

Stablecoins Empower the U.S. Dollar, CEOs Tell Congress

Dec. 8, 2021

Stablecoins Empower the U.S. Dollar, CEOs Tell Congress

Industry-leading CEOs testified before lawmakers, and clarified the growing importance of U.S. stablecoins in the crypto market.

By VISHAL CHAWLA

SundaeSwap Promises First Functional DEX on Cardano

Dec. 6, 2021

SundaeSwap Promises First Functional DEX on Cardano

SundaeSwap is be the first DEX to facilitate swapping native tokens on the Cardano testnet.

By VISHAL CHAWLA

Did Celsius Network Lose $51M in BadgerDAO’s Hack?

Dec. 3, 2021

Did Celsius Network Lose $51M in BadgerDAO’s Hack?

On-chain data suggests that CeFi platform Celsius may have been the biggest victim in yesterday's $120 million BadgerDAO hack.

By STEFAN STANKOVIC