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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) players have been left unscathed as the unmonitored control of off-chain capital of centralized crypto entities led to misdeeds and bad trades, and subsequent collapses. Be it multi-billion dollar bankruptcies, fraud allegations, rampant scandals, or plunging crypto-asset prices, 2022 was characterized by tragic events, culminating mostly from CeFis, which, in turn, enhanced the value proposition of DeFi. The decentralization-first purist approach...

The United Kingdom is gearing up for tax treatment of lending and borrowing on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. The country’s taxation division – HM Revenue and Customs – released a consultation document seeking views on modifying the tax treatment of DeFi lending and staking. The final decision on whether to proceed with legislative changes will be made after the consultation. This is the second stage of a five-step process and will be followed by drafting...

After a turbulent 2022 owing to macroeconomic headwinds, Solana’s performance improved substantially in the first quarter of the year. Data suggested that its market cap increased by more than 118% QoQ along with the broader market. Furthermore, numerous ecosystem developments fueled fee payer and transaction activity during Q1. Solana’s Performance in Q1 Solana’s network outages previously sparked conversations around potential insolvency. But its performance stabilized...

Blockchain security firm CertiK and zk-Sync decentralized exchange (DEX) Merlin are working towards a plan to reimburse users affected by a recent exploit that drained almost $2 million from the latter. Merlin revealed on Thursday that the incident, which was widely believed to be an exploit, was, in fact, a rug pull by several rogue members of its back-end developer team, who manipulated the protocol’s code to achieve their goal. CertiK and Merlin to Compensate Victims...

The crypto market significantly improved this year, but volatility persisted. Despite this, Uniswap managed to maintain its dominance over the decentralized market. In fact, it remains one of the largest decentralized exchanges in the ecosystem, commanding over $4 billion in total value locked (TVL) across all blockchains. In yet another milestone, the protocol officially surpassed $1.5 trillion in trading volume in April, according to Uniswap Labs, the crypto firm behind...

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...