According to the customer development/lean startup model, a firm grasp on "market type" (i.e. creating a new market or entering an existing market) is central to any startup companies success or an …
Top 10 DeFi Hacks You Need to Know
Learning about the top 10 DeFi hacks is a smart move that can help you to better understand the market's history and future. The world of DeFi (Decentralized Finance) remains an exciting and expanding …
Connecting DeFi: How multichain token systems can improve liquidity
Digital assets are typically restricted to their native blockchain networks, and existing methods of transferring tokens from one blockchain network to another are highly vulnerable to hacking or …
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Decentralized Cryptocurrency Markets Threaten U.S. Security, Treasury Says
The burgeoning decentralized cryptocurrency market threatens U.S. national security and needs greater oversight and enforcement against money-laundering, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday. …
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A Brief History of DeFi
Decentralized finance, often referred to as DeFi, is a movement in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces that can be difficult to pin down exactly. It is both a large-scale vision for a new way of …
DeFi securitization of real-world assets poses credit risks, opportunities: S&P
Decentralized finance’s (DeFi) use case in traditional finance could grow in the coming years as new protocols attempt to support the securitization of real-world assets, according to a new research …
Crypto’s Decentralized Finance Security Problem
Cryptocurrency has a decentralized finance problem: It's not very secure. Few cybersecurity experts dispute that the technology underlying cryptocurrencies - the blockchain - is secure. Wrapped in …
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Unhackable? Examining the Security of the Bitcoin Network and its Vulnerabilities
Over 14 years has passed since the introduction of Bitcoin, the first and best-known cryptocurrency. Although Bitcoin exchanges, wallets, and other third-party services that store the digital assets …
What is institutional DeFi and how can banks benefit?
Financial services institutions and banks have increasingly engaged with Web3 since 2020. This is also true within institutional decentralized finance (DeFi), as several potential use cases have …
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Hacktober’s $718M Losses Are an Existential Threat to DeFi
October hasn’t been kind to crypto, with $730 million lost to 18 hacks this month alone, driving the 2022 total loss to $3 billion. With decentralized finance, or DeFi, as the prime target, it’s …
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