DeFi platform Yearn.Finance reported a vulnerability in one of its pools (v1 yDAI), which led to the theft of $ 2.8 million. Yearn.Finance is a so-called profitability aggregator, with which users can place funds in pools (storage) which are then deployed to other DeFi protocols. Later, one of the main developers of Yearn, under the pseudonym banteg, shared the details of the hack on Twitter. He…
Anatoly Aksakov: To launch the digital ruble will require revision of laws
February 5, 2021
If the digital ruble is launched, it is necessary to amend the laws and the Civil Code. This was stated by Anatoly Aksakov, head of the RF State Duma Committee on the Financial Market, Izvestia writes.
According to him, the legislation will need to introduce the concept of…
In order to launch a national digital currency, several laws will need to be edited. This was reported to Izvestia, referring to the statement of Anatoly Aksakov, who heads the financial committee of the State Duma. According to him, certain provisions of the laws…
BTC / USD
Sellers seized the initiative yesterday and during the day tried to roll back the bitcoin price to the support of 36,000.00 USD. In the second half of the day, the pair tested the level of USD 36,200.00, sales volumes decreased and the price stopped its decline.
A weak recovery on declining volumes brought the BTC price back to the 37300.00 USD mark. If the recovery continues today…
Researchers from the Glassnode team recorded an increase in the trend for long-term storage of bitcoin.
According to their calculations, 15.32% of the total cryptocurrency supply is now under the control of so-called hodlers or BTC fans.
The wallets of such investors…
Santiment analysts drew attention to the growth in the number of large holders of DeFi-Aave tokens
February 4, 2021
The Santiment team periodically draws attention to an increase in the number of “whales” whose addresses accumulate large batches of DeFi tokens. Previously, analysts said there has been a marked increase in the number of large holders of UNI tokens issued by…
January was the record month for Bitcoin futures trading, according to a report by Block Research.
Compared to December 2020, the market size has doubled. If in December the trading volume was about $ 993.8 billion, then in January this figure reached a record high of $ 2.09 trillion, analysts said.
At the end of January 2021, the Binance crypto exchange became the leader in this area. It…
Investor Dan Tapiero Launches $ 200 Million Fund to Invest in Crypto Companies
February 4, 2021
Macro investor Dan Tapiero launched a $ 200 million fund to invest in companies that operate in the digital asset ecosystem. According to a notice to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Tapiero and his partners at 10T Holdings, Michael Dubilier and Stan…
In the fall of 2013, the financial world entered a new reality. To the jubilation of cypherpunks, bitcoin soared above $ 1000, and central banks around the world began to publish warnings and look for ways to pacify the “decentralized genie” that threatens the stability…
The rise in the value of DeFi tokens and Ether (ETH) has led to network congestion and increased transaction fees. According to BitinfoCharts, the average transaction processing fee is now $ 20.2. At the peak of blockchain congestion, the commission reached $ 23.43. A similar situation was observed on January 11 this year. Then the operating fees rose to $ 19. The rise in transaction prices…