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ING – the Dutch multinational banking corporation – has begun collaborating with the Netherlands’ financial authority on utilizing decentralized finance. The Bank’s Defi Project Annerie Vreugdenhil – ING’s Chief Innovation Officer – said as much at the Singapore Fintech Festival earlier today. Speaking in a panel discussion, the CIO complimented Singapore’s welcoming regulatory environment. As reported last week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has no plans on banning...

Digital assets firm Genesis recently published its Q3 Market Observations Report, and it highlights some of the major trends across the market. This time, it shows the demand for bitcoin had faded during Q3 as institutions were exploring DeFi platforms and altcoins. BTC Demand Trends Downward Due to Institutionalization As per the report, BTC demand trended downward during Q3 due to the lack of opportunities for traders to profit from spreads between the BTC price in spot and...

Das letzte grosse Bitcoin-Upgrade ist bereits vier Jahre her und spaltete damals die Community – im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Das Update namens SegWit ging 2017 an den Start und führte effizientere Transaktionen auf der Bitcoin-Blockchain ein. Gleichzeitig sorgte das Update für einen so genannten „hard fork“, eine Abspaltung im Bitcoin-Netzwerk. Ab diesem Zeitpunkt gab es nicht nur Bitcoin, sondern auch die Kryptowährung Bitcoin Cash. Beim neuen...

The masterminds behind the Squid rug pull are probably enjoying the good life after stealing more than $3 million in a matter of seconds. But Binance is doing everything it can to make sure their party is short-lived. Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform in the world, is tracking the scammers. According to Barron’s, an intelligence team is auditing the blockchain, gathering information to hand over to the authorities and help apprehend the scammers. Binance...

The SQUID token made headlines in various financial and cryptocurrency media around the world this week. Still, it might not be the miracle everyone was hoping for. After rising over 110,000% in less than a week, reports of “investors” who have been unable to sell their tokens after astronomical gains are starting to pop up all over the internet. The token is ranked #2905 among the cryptocurrencies listed on Coinmarketcap, but the price aggregator itself has already put up a...

The cryptocurrency market is an exciting place. Up until a couple of days ago, meme coins such as Shiba Inu (SHIB), Floki Inu (FLOKI), and a ton of other Dogecoin derivatives were popping off charting three-digit increases daily. Now, it seems that tokens associated with the play-to-earn business model are the ones taking center stage. CryptoPotato reported yesterday that P2E tokens are surging following Facebook’s announcement that it will be rebranding to Meta. Mark...

Decentralized lending protocol Cream Finance has suffered a flash loan attack, losing over $130 million worth of various crypto assets. This was the third successful hack against the popular DeFi project in the past year. Cream Finance has confirmed it suffered an exploit this Wednesday through a flash loan attack, compromising mostly Cream LP tokens and other ERC-20 coins. Blockchain security firm PeckShield was the first to identify the attack. Data from blockchain explorer...

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector is riding strong in October after a month-long market lull. The latest charts show figures hitting all-time highs with respect to liquidity stored on these protocols. The total value locked (USD) has established a new peak after soaring above $236 billion on October 26th. According to Defi Llama, the TVL figures have maintained a steady uptrend over the past month. In addition to the broader cryptocurrency realm, DeFi too had a rather...

Minima, a scalable and decentralized blockchain network for value and information transfer, has recently bagged $6.5 million from notable investors in a Series A funding round. Accelerating Mainnet Launch According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the funds acquired from the just-concluded funding round will be used to facilitate the launch of Minima’s Mainnet in 2022.  Minima’s system is designed to seamlessly fit on a mobile or IoT device, allowing every user to...

IOTA – an open-source cryptocurrency and distributed ledger – recently launched its smart contract beta. Network users can now take advantage of the high-speed yet zero-fee transactions functionality that comes with the IOTA network. Smart Contracts on IOTA As reported on Thursday, the beta includes an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), making ERC-20 tokens interoperable with the platform. Furthermore, smart contracts can now be written in solidity (Ether’s programming language)...