Avalanche-based Vee Finance Lures Attacker with a Bounty Program, PNetwork Offers $1.5 Mln to Retrieve Stolen WBTC

This Monday, Avalanche-based lending protocol VEE Finance suffered an attack resulting in the loss of 8804.7 ETH and 213.93 BTC (worth about $27 million and $9.2 million at the rate of $3k ETH and $43k BTC, respectively), a total of more than $36 million. Stablecoins on the platform are not affected by the attack, said […]

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China’s Evergrande Collapse Could Reveal Systemic Economic Fraud

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. On the verge of bankruptcy, the Chinese construction and developer giant faces an uphill struggle to regain the trust of its investors and customers. Evergrande’s Troubles When we first covered Evergrande’s troubles at the […]

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Coinbase backs down on crypto lending program amid SEC row

The cryptocurrency exchange revealed it had ditched the lending product citing regulation issues Publicly-traded crypto exchange Coinbase has seemingly yielded to pressure following an announcement that it would not be launching its high-yield lending product. The Coinbase team didn’t share the news on Twitter or address the matter in a dedicated blog post. Instead, the […]

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Shanghai Using Permissionless Blockchain to Pilot the Use of RMB for Cross-border Payments

Conflux’s permissionless blockchain will be used to test the digital RMB for cross-border payments in Shanghai’s Lingang Pilot Free Trade Zone. In July, China’s central bank has approved the Lingang Pilot Free Trade Zone to test the free capital inflows and outflows. In January, the Shanghai government invested $5 million in the network. “Conflux public […]

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