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The world of DeFi offers many features borrowed from the traditional world of finance (loans, borrowing…) but also totally new tools such as flash loans. Innovation is therefore at the heart of DeFi. So, in order to keep up with the frantic pace of this sometimes opaque ecosystem, Coin Academy allows you to follow all the news related to decentralized finance.
Founders of Lido Launch ‘Y’, an Alternative Digital Identity Platform to World Network Two years after the launch…
Ethena Protocol Approves Wintermute’s Proposal for Revenue Sharing Revision
Wintermute’s Proposal to Revise Revenue Sharing in Ethena Protocol Approved by Ethena Foundation The Ethena Foundation has confirmed…
November 15, 2024
Tether Launches Hadron: Revolutionizing Tokenization of Traditional Assets
Tether Launches Hadron: A Platform to Tokenize Traditional Assets Tether, the company behind the third largest digital asset…
November 15, 2024
World Liberty Financial: A Dramatic Reduction in Fundraising Goal
World Liberty Financial, a crypto project associated with Donald Trump, has reduced its fundraising goal from $300 million…
October 31, 2024
Pyth Network Creates RRF for Precise Crypto Asset Valuation
Pyth Network launches Crypto Redemption Rate Feeds (RRF), a new technology that enables direct and accurate valuation of…
October 30, 2024
US Government Recovers Stolen Crypto Funds
Last week, a wallet linked to the US government experienced a security incident resulting in the loss of…
October 28, 2024
Panoramic Governance: A New Model for Active Participation
Panoramic Governance: A New Model for Active Participation Abstract has recently announced the launch of their ‘Panoramic Governance,’…
October 24, 2024
Rethinking the Future of the Sky Project
The Sky project, formerly known as Maker, is considering returning to its original name after just two months,…
October 22, 2024
Pump.fun Unveils Upgrades and Plans for Native Token
Pump.fun Announces Major Upgrades and Future Launch of Native Token The famous Pump.fun platform, known for deploying memecoins…
October 21, 2024
The Trump Family Claims Majority of Revenue in World Liberty Financial
Donald Trump, the perennial news-maker, is extending his influence into the cryptocurrency sector with his project World Liberty…
October 18, 2024
Radiant Capital Suffers $50 Million Dollar Hack
Radiant Capital, a decentralized lending protocol, has suffered a new hack, costing them over $50 million. According to…
October 17, 2024
Base Surpasses Arbitrum as Leading Layer 2 Solution in TVL
Base surpasses Arbitrum to become leading Layer 2 solution in terms of TVL Developed by Coinbase, Base has…
October 15, 2024
Recall of Gaming Funds Proposed by Influential Arbitrum DAO Member
An Influential Member of Arbitrum’s DAO Proposes a Recall of $120 Million in Gaming Funds An influential member…
October 14, 2024
Uniswap Labs Announces Unichain: A Layer 2 Blockchain Revolution
Uniswap Labs recently announced the launch of Unichain, a layer 2 blockchain based on Optimism’s OP Stack technology…
October 10, 2024
Optimism Airdrop: Rewarding Active Users
The layer 2 Optimism continues to reward its active users by launching its fifth airdrop, distributing 10.3 million…
October 10, 2024
World Liberty Financial Integrates Aave V3 on Ethereum Mainnet
World Liberty Financial (WLF), a controversial DeFi project linked to the Trump family, has recently proposed launching its…
October 10, 2024
AIBI: Integrating AI Models into Blockchain dApps Made Easy
AIBI: Integrating AI Models into Blockchain dApps Made Easy AIBI by Warden Protocol allows for the seamless integration…
September 26, 2024
LogX Raises $4 Million in Funding to Expand Trading Platform
LogX Raises $4 Million in Additional Funding to Expand Trading Platform LogX, a rapidly expanding decentralized trading platform,…
September 19, 2024
Coinbase Launches cbBTC: A Tokenized Version of Bitcoin for DeFi
Coinbase has launched cbBTC, a tokenized version of Bitcoin, available on the Ethereum and Base networks, allowing BTC…
September 12, 2024
Friend.Tech: A Promising Project Turned Stagnant
Friend.Tech: A Promising Project Turned Stagnant The web3 platform Friend.Tech, once a thriving decentralized social networking ecosystem, now…
September 9, 2024
World Liberty Financial: Troubling Links to Hacked DeFi Protocol
World Liberty Financial: Trump Family’s DeFi Project Linked to Hacked Protocol The DeFi project associated with the Trump…
September 4, 2024
Proposing a Fusion: Uniting Cosmos and Osmosis
A Proposal to Unite Cosmos and Osmosis A proposition to merge the ecosystems of Cosmos and Osmosis has…
September 3, 2024
Trump Unveils Plan to Make US Global Capital of Cryptocurrencies
Trump Aims to Make the US the Global Capital of Cryptocurrencies Donald Trump wants to make the United…
August 29, 2024
MakerDAO Renames Stablecoin and Introduces Freezing Feature
MakerDAO Introduces New Stablecoin USDS, Triggering Concerns within DeFi Community MakerDAO, now rebranded as Sky, has unveiled a…
August 28, 2024
Aave Labs Proposes GSM Update with BUIDL Tokenized Fund
Aave Labs proposes an update to the GHO Stability Module (GSM) by incorporating BUIDL, BlackRock’s tokenized fund, to…
August 27, 2024
MakerDAO Reinvents Itself as ‘Sky’ with Major Overhaul in DeFi
MakerDAO Reinvents Itself as ‘Sky’ with Major Overhaul MakerDAO, one of the most influential and longest-standing players in…
August 27, 2024
Trump Backs DeFi Project Led by His Sons
Trump Supports DeFi Project Led by His Sons Former US President Donald Trump surprised many by publicly endorsing…
August 22, 2024
Aave Deploys V3 on Era Mainnet, Enhancing DeFi Transactions
Aave Deploys V3 on Era Mainnet, Leveraging ZK-rollup Technology for Enhanced DeFi Transactions The decentralized lending protocol Aave…
August 21, 2024
Drift Protocol Launches BET: A New Prediction Market Service on Solana
Drift Protocol Launches BET: A New Prediction Market Service on Solana Drift Protocol, a trading platform based on…
August 20, 2024
Arcana Network: Unifying Liquidity and Users in DeFi
Arcana Network: Unifying Liquidity and Users in DeFi Arcana Network is a Layer 1 protocol designed to enhance…
August 19, 2024
Eigen Labs Under Fire for Distributing Employee Tokens via Airdrops
Eigen Labs Under Fire for Sharing Employee Wallet Addresses for Airdrops Eigen Labs, a leading startup in the…
August 15, 2024
Eric Trump to Make Major Announcement for Trump Organization in Crypto
Eric Trump to Make Major Announcement for Trump Organization in Crypto Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump and…
August 15, 2024
dYdX Unveils dYdX Unlimited Update, Allowing Users to Create New Trading Markets without Governance Approval
dYdX Unveils dYdX Unlimited Update, Allowing Users to Create New Token Trading Markets without Governance Approval dYdX, a…
August 14, 2024
MetaMask Launches Crypto Debit Card in Collaboration with Mastercard and Baanx
MetaMask Launches Crypto Debit Card in Collaboration with Mastercard and Baanx MetaMask, the popular crypto wallet on the…
August 14, 2024
Donald Trump Jr. Announces Plans to Launch DeFi Platform to Tackle Banking Inequalities
Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of former President Donald Trump, has announced his intention to launch a…
August 9, 2024
Kiln Launches Kiln DeFi to Simplify Access to Stablecoin Rewards in DeFi
Kiln Launches Kiln DeFi, a Platform for Simplifying Access to Stablecoin Rewards via DeFi Protocols Kiln, an enterprise-level…
August 6, 2024
Ronin Crypto Bridge Suspended After Whitehat Hacks $9.8M
Suspension of Ronin Crypto Bridge after $9.8M Hacked by Whitehat This Tuesday morning, the crypto bridge service Ronin…
August 6, 2024
Morpho Lending Platform Raises $50 Million in Funding Round
Morpho, a decentralized lending platform, has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Ribbit Capital, a…
August 1, 2024
Telegram Launches Integrated Browser to Make Web3 Accessible
Telegram Launches Integrated Browser to Support Decentralized Sites, Making Web3 Accessible to 950 Million Users Telegram has launched…
August 1, 2024
Terra Blockchain Suspends Operations After $5 Million Crypto Theft
Terra Blockchain Suspends Operations after $5 Million Crypto Theft The Terra blockchain suspended its operations on Wednesday following…
July 31, 2024
Golden Boys Withdraw Controversial Proposal in Compound Governance Attack
Golden Boys Withdraw Controversial Proposal in Compound Governance Attack The actors behind the recent governance attack on Compound…
July 30, 2024
Jito Foundation Introduces Groundbreaking Restaking Code for Solana Network
Jito Foundation Releases Open-Source Code for Staking and Restaking Program on Solana The infrastructure project, Jito Foundation, has…
July 26, 2024
The TON Core Team Unveils W5 Smart Wallet for USDT and Notcoin Transactions on TON Blockchain
The TON Core team unveils the W5 smart wallet for transactions using USDT and Notcoin on the TON…
July 25, 2024
Ondo Finance Launches USDY, a Yield-Generating Stablecoin on Cosmos
Ondo Finance Launches USDY, a Yield-Generating Stablecoin, on Cosmos The Cosmos ecosystem expands with the introduction of Ondo…
July 22, 2024
TON Introduces TON Applications Chain (TAC) Powered by Polygon
The TON team has announced the launch of TON Applications Chain (TAC), their own Layer 2 solution utilizing…
July 9, 2024
Consensys Announces MetaMask Delegation Toolkit: Simplifying User Integration and Enhancing the Decentralized Application Experience
Consensys announces MetaMask Delegation Toolkit to eliminate pop-ups and confirmations when using decentralized applications. Consensys, the Ethereum software…
July 9, 2024
BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund Surpasses $500 Million Market Value in Four Months
BlackRock’s BUIDL Fund Surpasses $500 Million Market Value in Four Months BlackRock, the global asset manager, has seen…
July 9, 2024
Aptos Introduces Keyless Web Wallet with Google Accounts
Aptos Unveils Aptos Connect: A Keyless Web Wallet Integrated with Google Accounts Aptos, a blockchain company, has announced…
July 5, 2024
Consensys Acquires Wallet Guard to Enhance Security of MetaMask
Consensys, the software developer focused on Ethereum and creator of the popular MetaMask wallet, has announced the acquisition…
July 3, 2024
Uniswap Labs and Transak Partner to Integrate Fiat-Crypto Conversion Services Directly into Uniswap Wallet
Uniswap Labs and Transak Partner to Integrate Fiat-Crypto Conversion Services Directly into Uniswap Wallet Uniswap Labs has announced…
July 1, 2024
Aave Community Votes to Advance Protocol Deployment on ZKsync
Aave Community Unanimously Votes to Advance Protocol Deployment on ZKsync The Aave lending protocol community has unanimously voted…
June 24, 2024
Osmosis DAO Votes for Feeless Bitcoin Bridge Agreement
Osmosis DAO votes for a feeless Bitcoin bridge agreement, allowing for BTC transfers within the Cosmos ecosystem. Fee…
June 21, 2024
Aragon Project Unveils Comprehensive Governance Hub for Polygon Community
Aragon Project Builds Comprehensive Governance Hub for Polygon Community Developer DAO Aragon Project has announced the creation of…
June 14, 2024
Curve Crashes as Founder Activates Loan Liquidations
The CRV token from the Curve lending platform has experienced a significant 30% drop this morning, following the…
June 13, 2024
PancakeSwap: Simplifying Trading Experience and Increasing DeFi Adoption
PancakeSwap: Simplifying Trading Experience and Increasing DeFi Adoption PancakeSwap, one of the most prominent decentralized exchange platforms, has…
June 11, 2024
UwU Lend Cyber Attack: Loss of $19.3 Million
The lending and liquidity protocol UwU Lend has fallen victim to a cyber attack resulting in an estimated…
June 10, 2024
FriendTech’s Shift to Friendchain: A Paradigm Change in Strategy
FriendTech’s Move to Friendchain Signals a Shift in Strategy FriendTech, the web3 social network, is preparing to make…
June 10, 2024
Arbitrum Gaming Catalyst Program Receives Community Approval
The Gaming Catalyst Program (GCP) has received approval from the Arbitrum community with over 75% of the votes,…
June 10, 2024
GameStop Action Soars, Pushing Keith Gill’s Investments Near a Billion Dollars
The GameStop saga continues as the value of Keith Gill’s investments nears a billion dollars. Bets on Polymarket…
June 7, 2024
Crypto Community on High Alert: Potential Email List Hack Sparks Security Concerns
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino warns of a potential hack of an email list management service provider used by…
June 5, 2024
Starknet Launches DeFi Spring: A $40 Million Event
Starknet Launches DeFi Spring: A $40 Million Event DeFi Spring is an event organized by the Starknet Foundation…
June 5, 2024
PayPal Extends PYUSD to Solana Blockchain: Enhancing Individual Payments and Privacy
PayPal expands availability of PYUSD stablecoin to Solana blockchain After initially launching on Ethereum, PayPal is extending the…
May 29, 2024
ZKasino Implements 72-Hour Refund Process Following Rug Pull Controversy
ZKasino Launches 72-Hour Refund Process for Investors After “Rug Pull” Allegations ZKasino, a blockchain-based gaming project, has announced…
May 29, 2024
Uniswap Foundation Reveals Financial Report: $41.41 Million in Assets and 730,000 UNI Tokens
Uniswap Foundation Publishes Financial Report: $41.41 Million in Assets and 730,000 UNI Tokens The nonprofit organization behind decentralized…
May 28, 2024
Breaking Down the Challenges of Inter-Chain Lending and How Soul is Unifying Liquidity
The inter-chain lending sector faces numerous challenges such as strong dependence on multiple protocols, fragmented liquidity between different…
May 27, 2024
Phantom Acquires Bitski: Simplifying Integration with Solana
Phantom Acquires Bitski to Simplify Integration with Solana Phantom, the leading crypto wallet in the Solana ecosystem, has…
May 21, 2024
Arrest Made in Pump.Fun Theft: Former Collaborator Apprehended in London
An Arrest Made in Pump.Fun Theft: Former Collaborator Apprehended in London Jarett Dunn, known as @STACCoverflow and former…
May 20, 2024
Parcl Users Withdraw Millions After Airdrop, Leading to TVL Drop
The real estate betting platform based on Solana, Parcl, has seen users withdraw over $74 million following the…
April 17, 2024
Perpy Unveils New Features and Listing on New Exchange
Perpy Unveils Exciting Updates, Launches New Features, and Lists on a New Exchange Perpy has recently announced a…
April 15, 2024
Chainlink Launches Transporter: A Cross-Chain Bridge Using CCIP
Chainlink has launched Transporter, a cross-chain bridge built on the Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) technology. This bridge aims…
April 12, 2024
MarginFi Leader Resigns, Sparking Capital Flight
MarginFi Leader Resigns, Sparking Capital Flight Long-time leader Edgar Pavlovsky has resigned from MarginFi, causing a significant capital…
April 11, 2024
Uniswap Surpasses $2 Trillion Milestone in Trading Volume
Uniswap Labs recently surpassed a significant milestone, announcing that the trading volume on its protocol has exceeded $2…
April 5, 2024
Ethena Integrates Bitcoin as Hedge Asset for USDe
Ethena Labs, a controversial platform for its innovative investment strategy in decentralized finance, is taking a new step…
April 5, 2024
Wormhole Airdrop: Distributing 617 Million W Tokens, Escalating to $3 Billion Capitalization
Wormhole Airdrop Distributes 617 Million W Tokens, Reaches $3 Billion Capitalization The inter-chain bridge Wormhole has announced the…
April 3, 2024
Aave Proposes Reduction of DAI LTV Ratio to Counter MakerDAO’s Rapid Expansion
Aave proposes to reduce the DAI LTV ratio to 0% to counter MakerDAO’s rapidly expanding DAI credit line.…
April 3, 2024
The Rise of DEGEN Token After the Launch of Degen Chain
The Rise of DEGEN Token After the Launch of Degen Chain, a Base-based Layer 3 The world of…
April 1, 2024
Arculus®: The New Crypto Wallet Challenging Ledger
It has become essential for investors today to prioritize the security of their digital assets. In a market…
March 25, 2024
Pyth Network Launches Innovative and Secure Random Number Generator on the Blockchain
L’oracle blockchain Pyth Network launches Entropy: an innovative and secure random number generator (RNG) on the blockchain. Pyth…
March 15, 2024
Zerion Launches ZERO Network with Feeless Transactions for Cryptocurrency Access
Zerion Teases Launch of ZERO Network, a Layer 2 Network on Ethereum, Promising Feeless Transactions to Democratize Access…
March 15, 2024
Justin Sun Deploys $480 Million Worth of ETH to Ether.Fi Protocol
In a major move, Justin Sun, the founder of Tron, has transferred a massive sum of 120,000 ethers…
March 15, 2024
Swell Network Introduces New Restaking Dedicated Rollup
Swell to Launch its Own Restaking Dedicated Rollup: Swell Network, initially known for its liquid restaking protocol, is…
March 13, 2024
Wormhole to Launch Token W for Governance and Airdrop
Wormhole, the bridge project between different blockchains, has confirmed its intention to launch a token called W, promising…
March 6, 2024
Revolut Ramp: Simplifying Crypto Purchases
Revolut, the rapidly expanding digital bank in the cryptocurrency space, has announced the launch of ‘Revolut Ramp,’ an…
March 6, 2024
Omni Network and Ether.Fi Invest $600 Million in ETH to Improve Security of EigenLayer Ecosystem
Omni Network and Ether.Fi Invest $600 Million in ETH to Secure Omni Network and Improve EigenLayer Ecosystem Security…
March 4, 2024
OKX Integrates Uniswap API for Gas-Free Trading
OKX Integrates Uniswap API to Offer Gas-Free Trading The cryptocurrency exchange, OKX, has integrated the Uniswap Labs application…
February 29, 2024
Uniswap Unveils Innovative Products to Simplify Decentralized Trading
Uniswap unveils new products to simplify decentralized trading Uniswap has announced three new products designed to enhance the…
February 27, 2024
Pyth Network Launches Price Feeds and Benchmarks on Hedera
Pyth Network Launches Price Feeds and Benchmarks on Hedera Pyth Network has launched over 400 price feeds on…
February 26, 2024
Paris Saint-Germain Becomes Blockchain Validator for Chiliz Chain
Paris Saint-Germain becomes the first football club to act as a validator on the Chiliz Chain blockchain, committing…
February 22, 2024
Arianee Partners with Polygon to Develop Optimized Layer-2 Solution for Brands
Arianee Utilizes Polygon’s CDK to Develop Optimized Layer-2 for Digital Product Passports and Engagement Tokens The Solution Ensures…
February 22, 2024
AMD Boosts Speed and Scalability of Multi-Chain Blockchain Applications
AMD brings FPGA hardware accelerators to Wormhole to boost speed and scalability of multi-chain blockchain applications Engineers plan…
February 21, 2024
MetaMask Enhances Security with Blockaid-Powered Alerts
MetaMask Activates Default Security Alerts for Enhanced Protection In an innovative effort to improve the security of cryptocurrency…
February 20, 2024
Uniswap Foundation Plans Uniswap v4 Launch Following Ethereum’s Dencun Update
Uniswap Foundation Aims for Uniswap v4 Launch After Ethereum’s Dencun Update The Uniswap Foundation, supporting the decentralized finance…
February 16, 2024
NIST Investigates Potential Vulnerability in Binance Trust Wallet iOS App
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting an investigation into a potential vulnerability in the…
February 15, 2024
PlayDapp Faces Consequences of Private Key Leak: Hackers Illicitly Create Tokens
South Korean game development and non-fungible token (NFT) platform, PlayDapp, is facing the repercussions of a private key…
February 14, 2024
Ethereum Staking Protocol EigenLayer Sees Record Total Value Locked (TVL)
The staking/restaking protocol based on Ethereum, EigenLayer, has seen a spectacular increase in its Total Value Locked (TVL),…
February 12, 2024
Points Programs: A New Approach to Blockchain Adoption
Points as a Path to Blockchain Adoption Former BitMEX CEO and current Maelstrom Chief Investment Officer Arthur Hayes…
February 9, 2024
Wormhole Announces Airdrop and Introduces W
Wormhole Confirms the Arrival of an Airdrop and Introduces W The Web3 ecosystem, in its quest for a…
February 7, 2024
ENS and GoDaddy Partnership: Linking Web3 .eth Names to Web2 Domains
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) and GoDaddy partner to link Web3 .eth names to Web2 domains at no additional…
February 5, 2024
Skip Protocol Introduces Slinky: The First Restaked Oracle Aggregator
Skip Protocol introduces Slinky: Slinky presents itself as the first restaked Oracle aggregator in the cryptocurrency market. Built…
February 4, 2024
Aevo Announces Airdrop and Farming Program for Users
Aevo, a derivatives trading protocol, has recently announced the launch of its native token along with an airdrop…
February 1, 2024