A DeFi protocol’s attempt to hedge a volatile token has backfired sharply. PiggyBank closed a $LAB hedge position after extreme price swings …
Risk
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DeFi
DeFi’s old hack vectors are fading – But the new risk can hit six chains at once
by shayaanby shayaanDecentralized finance has gotten a lot safer over the past six years, and a new review of protocol losses from 2020 through …
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Markets
Bitcoin’s biggest quantum risk may not be wallet keys. An early investor fears something bigger
by shayaanby shayaanAndrew Gault, the venture capitalist who funded the quantum hardware labs now threatening bitcoin, says the industry is looking in the wrong …
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DeFi
DeFi’s automated yield protocols were built for retail, now they just add another layer of risk
by shayaanby shayaanAutomated yield protocols built DeFi’s most persuasive retail pitch that depositing into a vault was all a user needed to do, with …
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DeFi
Aave is bank-sized, but $2.9T in corporate loans reveals the risk DeFi still can’t price
by shayaanby shayaanUS commercial and industrial lending reached $2.89 trillion at commercial banks for the week ending May 13, up roughly $183 billion year-to-date …
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Regulation
India Tightens Crypto Scrutiny as Parliament Flags Sector as ‘High Risk’
by shayaanby shayaanIndia’s crypto sector is once again under regulatory focus after a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance reportedly classified the country’s virtual digital …
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Finance
The Fed may open direct settlement rails to crypto firms as banks warn of liquidity risk
by shayaanby shayaanYou never see the most important part of any of your payments. When an app says your money moved, a number changes …
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has pushed back against proposals to loosen rules for euro-denominated stablecoins. It is intensifying a growing debate …
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s move to allow third parties to list tokenized stocks could risk two structural disruptions with liquidity …
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Analysis
Strategists Warn Rising US Treasury Yields Could Move Even Further Into ‘Danger Zone’ – Here’s What It Means for Risk Assets
by shayaanby shayaanYields on long-dated US Treasuries are now hovering at a level that could spell bad news for stocks and other asset classes, …