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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.
Revolut, the rapidly expanding digital bank in the cryptocurrency space, has announced the launch of ‘Revolut Ramp,’ an…
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
Record Trading Volume and Exceptional Airdrop for Jupiter
Record Trading Volume for Jupiter In the past 24 hours, the swap aggregator Jupiter has recorded a record…
February 1, 2024
Successful Launch of Jupiter’s JUP Token
An exceptional launch for Jupiter’s token: Jupiter’s JUP token has just been listed on the secondary market Several…
January 31, 2024
Crypto Interest Shown by Spanish Embassy’s Official Twitter Account
The Official Twitter Account of the Spanish Embassy in Bosnia-Herzegovina Shows Crypto Interest The official Twitter account of…
January 31, 2024
Key Changes for Jupiter and its Ecosystem: Reducing Supply & Implementing Strict Conditions
New Key Changes for Jupiter and its Ecosystem: Meow, the founder of Jupiter, announces the reduction of the…
January 30, 2024
Abracadabra Finance Hacked: Devastating Loss of Over $6.4 Million
Hack Hits Abracadabra Finance, Resulting in Over $6.4 Million Loss Cyvers and Peckshield security analysts have identified an…
January 30, 2024
Introducing Liquid Staking: Stride Leads the Way on dYdX Chain
Introducing Liquid Staking on dYdX Chain dYdX Chain has recently implemented an upgrade that introduces liquid staking protocols…
January 30, 2024
Solana Sets New Record with WEN Airdrop
A New Record for the Solana Network: The blockchain network is experiencing high on-chain activity, fueled in particular…
January 29, 2024
Jupiter DEX: A New Leader in the Cryptocurrency Market
Jupiter DEX: A New Leader in the Cryptocurrency Market With transaction volume surpassing that of Uniswap, Jupiter DEX…
January 29, 2024
Floki Faces Concerns from the SFC
Floki Faces Concerns from the SFC The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently expressed concerns…
January 28, 2024
Vryx: Enhancing Avalanche Performance with a New Layer 2 Solution
Vryx: A New Layer 2 Solution to Enhance Avalanche Performance Ava Labs presents Vryx, an ambitious scaling solution…
January 27, 2024
Millions of Dollars in Airdrops: Ethereum and Solana Communities to Benefit
Millions of dollars in airdrops about to be distributed: AltLayer has launched a $100 million airdrop to its…
January 26, 2024
Celestial Integration Improves Plume Network Infrastructure
Plume Network, a layer 2 designed for Real World Assets (RWA), is integrating with Celestia, a modular data…
January 25, 2024
Ozys Accuses Former Security Chief of Weakening Firewall Before Hacking
Ozys Suspects Former Security Chief of Weakening Firewall Before Hacking South Korean blockchain technology company Ozys has accused…
January 25, 2024
Aevo Expands and Innovates on Ethereum-based Rollup
Aevo Plans to Expand and Innovate on Ethereum-based Rollup Aevo, known for its derivatives and options trading, is…
January 24, 2024
Socket Recovers $2.3 Million
Socket recovers approximately $2.3 million: Socket has recovered 1,032 ETH, valued at $2.3 million, following an exploit of…
January 23, 2024
Hacker Compromises Concentric Account, Resulting in Over $1.8 Million Loss
A Hacker Compromises Concentric’s Deployment Account, Resulting in a Loss of Over $1.8 Million Concentric, a liquidity management…
January 22, 2024
Overcoming the Challenges of Blockchain Inscriptions
Overcoming the Challenges of Blockchain Inscriptions Polygon co-founder Brendan Farmer has addressed the issue of inscriptions on blockchain…
January 20, 2024
Socket and Bungee: Back to Normal
Socket and Bungee: A Return to “Normal” Socket, the interoperability service, and its bridge, Bungee, were forced to…
January 17, 2024
Socket Protocol Exploited: $3.3 Million Lost in Cross-Chain Attack
Socket: A Cross-Chain Infrastructure Protocol Exploited, Resulting in a $3.3 Million Theft On January 16th, Socket, an infrastructure…
January 17, 2024
Jupiter to Launch JUP Token: Boosting Its Position as Solana’s Top DEX Aggregator
Jupiter Reveals Launch Date for JUP Token: Jupiter, a swaps aggregator on Solana, will launch its governance token…
January 16, 2024
Solana Breaks Transaction Records and Memecoins Soar
The volume of transactions explodes on Solana: The daily volume of transactions on Solana has exceeded $40 billion,…
January 6, 2024
Explosive Start for the Arbitrum Network
Explosive Start to the Year for Arbitrum Network The layer 2 network, Arbitrum, has recently made headlines by…
January 5, 2024
dYdX Publishes Balance of Targeted Attack
A Balance of the Targeted Attack Published by dYdX In a recent statement shared on its X account…
January 5, 2024
Gamma Strategies Falls Victim to Multi-Million Dollar Hack
Gamma Strategies Hacked for Millions of Dollars: The DeFi protocol Gamma Strategies has been hacked, resulting in an…
January 4, 2024
Orbit Bridge Protocol Hacked: Over $81.5 Million Lost
Orbit Bridge Protocol Falls Victim to Hack Worth Over $81.5 Million The Orbit Bridge inter-chain protocol, which facilitates…
January 1, 2024
Nearly $2 Billion Lost in 2023 Cryptocurrency Hacks
Nearly Two Billion Lost by Users in 2023 Hacks: In 2023, more than $1.8 billion worth of cryptocurrencies…
December 28, 2023
PancakeSwap on the Verge of Reducing Total CAKE Token Offering
PancakeSwap on the verge of reducing its total supply of CAKE tokens: PancakeSwap could reduce the total supply…
December 28, 2023
Levana Falls Victim to Million Dollar Hack
Levana falls victim to a hack of over one million dollars: The Levana protocol has been hacked, resulting…
December 28, 2023
Record Volumes for Solana’s Decentralized Exchanges
Record Volumes for Solana DEX: Solana’s decentralized exchanges (DEX) are experiencing rapid growth, with volumes increasing tenfold since…
December 27, 2023
Sophisticated Scam: MS Drainer Unveiled
A group of scammers has employed ingenious methods to bypass Google AdSense audits, including regional targeting and page…
December 22, 2023
Vulnerability Found in OKX Wallet for iOS
The blockchain security firm Certik has discovered a major Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the iOS application…
December 20, 2023
LayerZero Launches Testnet V2: Enhancing Security, Throughput, and Third-Party Development
LayerZero Launches Testnet V2: Enhancing Security, Throughput, and Third-Party Development The popular cross-chain messaging protocol, LayerZero, has launched…
December 14, 2023
Tether Takes Action Against Hacker
Tether Freezes Hacker’s Address Tether has frozen the address of the hacker who drained funds from multiple protocols,…
December 14, 2023
CTO Warns of Front-End Attack on Ledger’s Connect-Kit, Impacting DeFi Platforms
The CTO of Sushi, Matthew Lilley, has issued a warning about a possible front-end attack affecting a commonly…
December 14, 2023
OKX Hacked: Promises to Reimburse Affected Users
OKX has just been hacked affecting many users: A $2.7 million hack occurred on the OKX DEX. The…
December 13, 2023
Rainbow Wallet Introduces Points System
Rainbow Wallet Introduces its Points System Rainbow Wallet, a digital wallet on the Ethereum network, recently announced the…
December 13, 2023
Acquittal for Hackers of Platypus Finance – A Twist in the Case
The justice system drops charges against hackers of Platypus Finance: Acquittal of brothers accused of hacking Platypus Finance.…
December 4, 2023
Osmosis and UX Chain Propose Merger for Complete DeFi Hub
Osmosis, the largest decentralized exchange in the Cosmos ecosystem, and the lending protocol UX Chain (formerly known as…
December 4, 2023
KyberSwap to Provide Support for Hack Victims
KyberSwap’s Treasury Funds to Support Users: KyberSwap is launching a grant initiative to support the victims of the…
December 2, 2023
JPMorgan Cautious Regarding DeFi and NFT Revival
JPMorgan, one of the largest investment banks, is approaching the recent resurgence of interest in decentralized finance (DeFi)…
December 1, 2023
Hacker Makes Demanding Offer to Kyber
The Hacker’s Outlandish Demands The hacker responsible for the $46 million exploit on KyberSwap has made audacious conditions…
November 30, 2023
Wormhole Attracts Major Investment and Launches Wormhole Labs
Major Funding for Wormhole The inter-chain protocol Wormhole has recently announced securing $225 million in funding, resulting in…
November 29, 2023
KyberSwap Hacker Promises Statement on Potential Agreement
Last week, KyberSwap, a decentralized exchange protocol, fell victim to a hack resulting in the loss of $47…
November 29, 2023
Paradigm Criticizes Blast’s Marketing Strategy
Paradigm Criticizes Blast’s Marketing Strategy and Launch Approach Paradigm, a prominent crypto venture capital firm and early investor…
November 27, 2023
Indexed DAO Governance Unites to Thwart Hacking Attempts
Indexed DAO Governance Unites to Counter Two Hacking Attempts Indexed DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) based on…
November 26, 2023
Blast Protocol Defies Criticism
The Founder of Blast Responds to Criticism of Its Protocol The Blast protocol, a recently launched Web3 infrastructure,…
November 25, 2023
Decentralized Exchange KyberSwap Offers Bounty to Hacker Who Stole $50 Million
Decentralized Exchange KyberSwap Offers 10% Bounty to Hacker Who Stole $50 Million In a significant turn of events,…
November 24, 2023
Blast: A Layer 2 Network Making Waves and Stirring Controversy
The Emergence of Blast in the Layer 2 Landscape Blast, a Layer 2 blockchain network built on Ethereum,…
November 24, 2023
KyberSwap Falls Victim to Major Hack
Decentralized Exchange Protocol KyberSwap Falls Victim to a $47 Million Hack The decentralized exchange protocol KyberSwap has fallen…
November 23, 2023
Heco Bridge and HTX Exchange Hit by Hack
The Heco Bridge Hacked, Losing $86.6 Million In a recent cyber security breach, the Heco Bridge, which facilitates…
November 22, 2023
dYdX Sees 40% Decline in Insurance Fund Value
dYdX sees value of its insurance fund decrease by 40%: The dYdX DEX suffered a loss of $9…
November 19, 2023
Jupiter Announces 4 Billion Token Airdrop to Active Users
Jupiter Prepares to Drop 4 Billion Tokens in Airdrop In addition to the palpable anticipation surrounding Spot ETFs,…
November 17, 2023
Microsoft, Tencent, and ConsenSys Team Up to Decentralize Infura
Microsoft, Tencent, and 16 other major players in the Web2 industry have teamed up with ConsenSys to enhance…
November 16, 2023
Satochip: Belgian Startup Undergoes a Complete Rebranding
Satochip: A Belgian Pioneer in Hardware Wallets Undergoes a Complete Rebranding This article is brought to you in…
November 13, 2023
Polygon Village V2: A Fund to Support the Network
Polygon Launches ‘Polygon Village V2’ with a Fund to Support its Network: Polygon Village 2.0 has launched a…
November 9, 2023
Wintermute Alleges NEAR Foundation’s Refusal to Convert $11 Million USN Stablecoins
Wintermute Alleges NEAR Foundation’s Refusal to Convert $11 Million USN Stablecoins Evgeny Gaevoy, founder and CEO of Wintermute,…
November 8, 2023
Ondo Finance and Mantle Launch USDY Token: Unlocking New Opportunities
Ondo Finance and Mantle Launch Their USDY Token: Ondo Finance and Mantle have recently announced the launch of…
November 7, 2023
Arbitrum Community Approves ARB Token Staking
Arbitrum Community Approves Activation of ARB Token Staking The initial vote by the Arbitrum community approves ARB token…
November 6, 2023
Aave Protocol Operations Suspended due to Issue
Aave Protocol Hit by an ‘Issue’ Aave, the decentralized lending protocol, has recently made the decision to suspend…
November 4, 2023
Vulnerability in zkSync Era: a $2 Billion Rescue
Key Points: ChainLight uncovered a vulnerability in the zkSync Era network, which could have led to a potential…
November 4, 2023
Pyth Network Airdrop: Over 600 Million Tokens
Key Points: Pyth Network’s airdrop spans 27 blockchains and involves over 200 decentralized applications. Up to 6% of…
November 1, 2023
Unibot Falls Victim to Critical Exploit and Promises Full Refunds
Unibot reacts to a critical exploit: Unibot fell victim to a hack that exploited a vulnerability in token…
October 31, 2023
Uniswap DAO Invests $12 million in Ekubo
Key Points: Uniswap DAO invests $12 million worth of UNI to acquire a 20% stake in Ekubo’s future…
October 29, 2023
Bitfinex Securities Introduces Groundbreaking Tokenized Bond, ALT2611
Bitfinex Securities Presents Its First Tokenized Bond, ALT2611 Bitfinex Securities is launching its first tokenized bond, ALT2611. The…
October 25, 2023
dYdX Prepares to Launch V4 and Transition to dYdX Chain
dYdX Prepares to Launch V4 and Transition to dYdX Chain dYdX, a decentralized exchange platform (DEX), is about…
October 24, 2023
Major Change for Worldcoin: Rewards Now in WLD
Rewards Strategy Modification: Starting from October 24th, Worldcoin will no longer reward its operators in USDC stablecoins but…
October 23, 2023
dYdX Announces Open-Sourcing Its Protocol
The blockchain and cryptocurrency sector is in constant evolution. Recently, decentralized finance (DeFi) platform dYdX presented version 4…
October 21, 2023
Reddit Tokens Controversy: Suspicions Surrounding Moderator Actions
When Reddit, the widely used social media platform, revealed its decision to end its blockchain-integrated community points program…
October 20, 2023
Aptos Network Experiences Five-Hour Outage
Industry Reactions and Network Restoration Aptos Network, a layer 1 blockchain, experienced a significant disruption to its operations…
October 19, 2023
Introducing LlamaSearch: A Secure Search Engine to Protect Against Phishing Attacks
Phishing poses a pervasive threat to cryptocurrency users, targeting human vulnerability when cryptographic protections are strong. It preys…
October 18, 2023
Lido Finance Ceases Solana Token Staking
A significant decision has been made by decentralized liquid staking giant, Lido Finance. They have chosen to cease…
October 17, 2023
Manta Pacific Shifts Strategy: Embracing Polygon’s CDK
Manta Pacific, an Optimistic Rollup project that was launched a few weeks ago using OP Stack, is making…
October 16, 2023
Lido Withdraws from Solana Blockchain
In a recent article published on October 16 on the Lido blog, the multi-chain staking solution announced a…
October 16, 2023
Olky’s Web3 Initiatives: Expanding Their Presence in the European Fintech Landscape
The Olky Group, based in Luxembourg and France, is embarking on new initiatives to expand its footprint in…
October 16, 2023
Uniswap V4 KYC Hooks Spark Controversy and Debate in the Crypto Sphere
A recent development in the open-source repository for Uniswap V4 has stirred up controversy in the crypto sphere.…
October 16, 2023
EU Regulator Warns About Risks of DeFi
In recent days, numerous reports have been published about the cryptocurrency ecosystem. The latest one? A report from…
October 14, 2023
ACPR Unveils Findings on Regulation of Decentralized Finance in France
The ACPR Reveals Results of Consultation on Decentralized Finance Regulations in France The Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et…
October 13, 2023
Uniswap Launches Closed Beta Version of Android Mobile App
Uniswap Launches Closed Beta Version of Android Mobile App Uniswap, the world’s largest decentralized crypto exchange in terms…
October 13, 2023
Stars Arena Recovers 90% of Misappropriated Funds
The recent security breach suffered by the social media application Stars Arena has resulted in commendable recovery efforts.…
October 13, 2023
Real Estate-backed Stablecoin USDR Faces Value Drop
The real estate-backed stablecoin, USDR, experienced a dramatic drop in value on October 11, with the price plummeting…
October 12, 2023
Binance’s CoinMarketCap Introduces AI-Powered Plugin
Binance’s CoinMarketCap Introduces AI-Powered Plugin CoinMarketCap, a leading cryptocurrency data aggregator under Binance, has made waves in the…
October 11, 2023
JPMorgan Revolutionizes Banking: Tokenizing Collateral on Ethereum
Revolutionary Blockchain Transaction: JPMorgan Tokenizes Collateral on Ethereum In a groundbreaking move, leading US banking giant JPMorgan announced…
October 11, 2023