Tag: DeFi

The M2 platform will launch later in 2023, allowing UAE-based retail and institutional clients to buy, sell and custody digital assets. The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has granted financial services permission to virtual asset firm M2 to operate a multilateral trading facility from the United Arab Emirates…

Layer 1 trading blockchain Sei Network has reached a fully diluted valuation of $1.8 billion on the initial day of token listing. On Aug. 15, major exchanges such as Binance, Bybit and Bitget jointly listed the network’s native Sei (SEI) token. On Binance, the token opened at $0.064 a piece before surging as high as…

Blockchain security firm PeckShield estimates the protocol suffered more than $2.1 million from the price manipulation attack. Decentralized finance protocol Zunami Protocol has advised users not to buy any of its Zunami Ether (zETH) or Zunami USD (UZD) stablecoins, after encountering an attack on its “zStables” pools on Curve Finance. On Aug. 13,  Zunami confirmed…

Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Curve Finance has officially stated its intention to reimburse users impacted by the recent hack resulting in $62 million of losses. According to an X (formerly Twitter) post from its official account, ongoing investigations are yielding progress, with approximately 79% of the funds successfully recovered. The platform also said it would assess each…

Coinbase’s Base network completed its phased launch on Aug. 9 and is officially open to end-users. Coinbase’s Base network has officially launched after spending a few weeks in an “open for builders only” phase. The network is now ready to onboard users, according to an Aug. 9 announcement from the team. Several Web3 development teams…

APT pumped 17.6% within the first 50 minutes before cooling off to $7.51 — still 11.6% above pre-announcement levels. Aptos, the cryptocurrency powering layer-1 blockchain Aptos Network, is up approximately 11.6% since announcing it will leverage Microsoft’s suite of artificial intelligence tools to advance Web3 adoption among banks and financial enterprises. This will be achieved…