Is Ethena’s “synthetic dollar” bringing a new systemic risk to decentralized finance (DeFi)? While keen to avoid being labeled as a stablecoin, USDe is increasingly being utilized as such across some ...

Stuart Hoegner, the long-time general counsel of sister firms Tether and Bitfinex, appears to have left the firm. This is based on a change to his bio on X, which now reads, “Former GC @Bitfinex ...

Tether, the world’s largest stablecoin, used 2024 to grow its market capitalization by nearly $50 billion, its investments across a variety of industries, its product lines, and its political ...

A suspected exploit of the Feed Every Gorilla (FEG) token’s “SmartBridge” left holders down 99% on Sunday, after the hacker sold off the proceeds into existing liquidity. In what must feel like a ...

Since January 1, bitcoin (BTC) has rallied 119% while its nearest rival, ether (ETH), trailed way behind at just 44%. A year-end review is in order to understand why Vitalik Buterin failed to lead ETH ...

Cantor Fitzgerald, the Tether-linked broker, agreed to pay the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) a $6.75 million penalty yesterday after it was charged with causing two special purpose ...

Haliey Welch has announced that she will cooperate with the legal team that is currently suing individuals behind the launch of her HAWK memecoin. Welch’s recent post to her X account is the first ...

It’s been a rough couple of days for many crypto traders. However, spare a thought for the North Korean hackers who were liquidated for almost $500,000 on decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol ...

Google announced a new quantum computing chip called Willow, and doomsayers already think it could break Bitcoin in at least two ways. According to Google, Willow can solve in five minutes a problem ...

A rumor is circulating that MicroStrategy (MSTR) may not sell shares “at the market (ATM)” or issue new convertible debt in January to fund bitcoin (BTC) purchases. If true, the blackout would ...

Investors are suing the team behind Haliey Welch’s HAWK crypto project in a lawsuit alleging that crypto-newbies enticed by her endorsement suffered significant damages when the token crashed.

Aave governance delegate Marc Zeller has aired concerns over the future of the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform on Polygon in the wake of a controversial proposal to use funds locked in ...