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Policy

CFTC’s Ooki DAO Action Shatters Illusion of Regulator-Proof Protocol

The action raises still-unanswered questions about who is culpable when a DAO commits a crime – will casting a vote with a governance token be seen as a smoking gun?

By Cheyenne Ligon

Sep 26, 2022 at 2:01 p.m. UTC

Sep 26, 2022

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Business

Hack

DeFi Lender bZx Suffers Hack for Reported $55M

bZx tweeted that a private key controlling the protocol’s deployment on Polygon and Binance Smart Chain was breached.

By James Rubin

Nov 5, 2021 at 7:26 p.m. UTC

Nov 5, 2021

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Markets

Iran

Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 14, 2020

As some bitcoin options traders bet on new all-time highs and another DeFi protocol is attacked, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

By Adam B. Levine

Sep 14, 2020 at 4:05 p.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2020

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Markets

Hacks

DeFi Lender bZx Reclaims $8M Stolen in Sunday's Attack

DeFi lending project bZx has been able to recover about $8 million in cryptocurrency from an attacker who stole the funds after exploiting a code bug over the weekend.

By Paddy Baker

Sep 14, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2020

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Markets

Federal reserve

First Mover: As Central Banks Print $1.4B an Hour, Bitcoiners Bet on Federal Reserve 'Capture'

Though no fresh stimulus is expected this week from the Fed, bitcoiners betting on money printing could just wait for the next sell-off in U.S stocks.

By Bradley Keoun Omkar Godbole Sebastian Sinclair

Sep 14, 2020 at 12:34 p.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2020

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Markets

Hacks

DeFi Lender bZx Loses $8M in Third Attack This Year

An attacker found a way to mint unbacked iTokens that they could then redeem against other cryptos held in lending pools for DeFi lender bZx.

By Paddy Baker

Sep 14, 2020 at 9:58 a.m. UTC

Sep 14, 2020

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Markets

Ether

Yields of 25% to 42% Lure Lenders Back to DeFi Platform bZx

Lenders and depositors are coming back to bZx, as the decentralized protocol for margin trading offers significantly higher yields on ether deposits compared to its peers.