Hack Update: Over $13 Million of The Stolen KuCoin Funds Sold on Four DEXs

According to Elliptic, which helps track bitcoin and crypto-related transactions, the stolen funds from the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin are being moved to the decentralized exchanges (DEX). Just yesterday, another $6 million of the stolen tokens were sold. As we reported last week, over 10 of the related crypto projects announced that they have frozen the […]

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How EU Regulated Crypto Can Benefit Businesses

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Since cryptocurrencies became a thing, the same tune is on a repeat loop. Regulating them would drastically increase mainstream adoption, but regulations would also diminish some of their intrinsic properties as borderless, decentralized, anonymous […]

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Uniswap Dominates DeFi Scene, Cross $2.09 Billion In Total Asset Value Locked (TVL)

After a slow start, decentralized finance (DeFi) picked up throughout 2020, with over $11 billion in digital assets locked on these platforms. Uniswap, the decentralized exchange (DEX), becomes the first DeFi platform to cross the $2 billion milestone in total value locked (TVL). Such is the growth of the industry that Uniswap’s TVL was larger […]

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Realio to Help Launch ‘Valentus Digital’ with Tokenization of $250M Fund

Blockchain based assets are here to stay – accessibility and acceptance of associated services are on the rise.  This was recently made evident when U.S. based Valentus Capital Management, in conjunction with Realio, announced its intent to develop a digital securities platform called Valentus Digital. Valentus Digital Powered by a tech-stack developed by Realio, Valentus […]

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Venus Protocol’s Decentralized Stablecoin, Via, Launches on Binance Smart Chain; Forked From Compound & MakerDAO

On September. 28, Binance announced the launch of Venus Protocol, an algorithmic money market platform that allows borrowing of over-collateralized loans, lending, and generation of new synthetic stablecoins, VAI. According to a tweet by Joselito Lizarondo, founder of Swipe Wallet and Venus Protocol, the BSC-based platform is a fork from Compound (COMP) and Maker (MKR). […]

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