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Dezentrale Finanzanwendungen (DeFi) haben in den letzten Jahren einen enormen Aufschwung erlebt und bieten Nutzern eine Reihe von Vorteilen gegenüber traditionellen Finanzdienstleistungen. Wenn du dich fragst, wie du am einfachsten eine DeFi dApp ausprobieren kannst, bist du hier genau richtig. Schritt 1: Eine DeFi-Wallet einrichten Um eine DeFi-Anwendung nutzen zu können, benötigst du eine sogenannte Wallet. Eine Wallet ist eine digitale Geldbörse, in der du Kryptowährungen aufbewahren...

Die Blockchain-Technologie als kryptografisches Verfahren zur Absicherung von Datenketten ist immer weiter auf dem Vormarsch und findet vielfältige Anwendungen. Eine Anwendung der Technologie sind Kryptowährungen. Neben dem bekannten Bitcoin ist Ethereum eine Währung beziehungsweise ein sog. Ökosystem, in dem geldliche Werte gehandelt werden können.Damit Transaktionen im Ethereum-Netzwerk schnell und günstige umgesetzt werden können, ist eine...

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler’s crusade against the crypto-asset industry has prompted political pushback. United States Representative Warren Davidson is the latest to retaliate. The Ohio Representative said he is introducing legislation to remove Gensler as the SEC boss in a bid to “correct a long series of abuses.” SEC’s ‘Unconstitutional Overreach’ The announcement comes after the SEC said that it would “modernize” the proposed redefinition...

Government officials have confirmed the city’s crypto commitments at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival this week as it aims to become a fully regulated crypto hub attracting investment and Web3 startups. On April 12, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po reiterated that appropriate regulations and oversight were of paramount importance. “I believe that everybody has learned from recent events that appropriate regulations are a must to create a sustainable development environment and...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is furthering its plans to bring crypto exchanges under its regulatory purview – including DeFi exchanges.  The agency has announced that it is reopening an old proposal surrounding consumer protection laws to explicitly put digital asset trading within its scope.  Regulating DeFi Per a press release from the SEC on Friday, the reopening reiterates that existing rules governing securities exchanges also apply to digital asset...

Tornado Cash has, once again, found itself as the nexus of pilfered funds from a DeFi protocol. An Ethereum wallet address associated with the exploiter of the DAO Maker breach from 2021 sent $600,000 worth of DAI stablecoin through the controversial coin mixer. According to the blockchain security firm, PeckShield, the wallet had been dormant for more than 200 days. The movement was detected nearly seven months after another wallet linked with the exploiter transferred...

On April 6, Charli3 was launched on Cardano as its first oracle integrator. The platform’s oracles have been integrated by Liqwid, a leading DeFi project on Cardano. Charli3 provides a decentralized node network with the framework for projects to supply secure, accurate, and safe data to their platforms and users. It could be viewed as the Cardano version of Chainlink. Liqwid is an algorithmic liquidity market protocol built on Cardano for lenders and borrowers. The...

Poor cybersecurity practices within the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry present a threat to crypto, consumers, and national security, according to a new report from the United States Treasury Department.  The first-of-its-kind document argues that DeFi’s peer-to-peer nature presents new illicit finance risks that require extra legal supervision to address.  The Risks of DeFi Released on Thursday, the 2023 DeFi Illicit Finance Risk Assessment details how cybercriminals,...

Trust Wallet – a decentralized, non-custodial crypto wallet provider – collaborated with the payment systems – Ramp and MoonPay – to allow customers to convert their digital asset holdings into fiat directly within the application. Users who own over 100 TWT will get a special discount when withdrawing funds. The New Fiat Off-Ramp Feature According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, Trust Wallet shook hands with Ramp and MoonPay to enable users to move in and out of their...

The decentralized lending platform was exploited in a March 13 flash loan attack, causing it to lose $197 million worth of crypto assets. In the late hours of Monday, the Euler Finance hacker finally returned the outstanding sum of $31 million, bringing the recovery efforts to a conclusive end. The decentralized lending platform was exploited in a March 13 flash loan attack, causing it to lose $197 million worth of crypto assets. And shortly after the hack, Euler Finance offered the...