This Week’s Winners and Losers in Crypto
Big week in crypto! Banks going down causing BTC to go up. Alts (sort of) following suit. But who are the biggest winners and losers for the week? Biggest Winner(s): Arbitrum Airdrop Participants Thursday was a big day for those eligible for the coveted Arbitrum airdrop, but there were bumps along the way. The claim site was down from almost moments when it went live, and was nearly inaccessible for hours. However, after the dust settled, the price hovered above what estimates predicted (>$1)...
Post FTX: Bananas In The Bahamas
FTX’s spectacular implosion sent ripples which was felt by all through the cryptoverse, but has also hit the people of the Bahamas, where FTX was headquartered. According to a report in the WSJ, the island nation initially welcomed FTX with it’s lax and favorable crypto laws and eventually the locals became the supporting cast for FTX employees. Catering, security, transportation, event planning, logistics and many more services were required and the locals began taking up these jobs, creatin...
STOCK Act Gets Busted
Nancy Pelosi might not be too keen on the reformation bubbling up in her backyard. On Thursday, a new framework was released to change the policy known as the STOCK Act, aka "Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge", which puts the onus on congressional and government leaders to disclose stock and asset purchases, in order keep transparency with the public. Historically, there have been quite a few calls on leaders to stop purchasing stocks because of the potential of insider knowledge on upc...
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This Week’s Winners and Losers in Crypto
Big week in crypto! Banks going down causing BTC to go up. Alts (sort of) following suit. But who are the biggest winners and losers for the week? Biggest Winner(s): Arbitrum Airdrop Participants Thursday was a big day for those eligible for the coveted Arbitrum airdrop, but there were bumps along the way. The claim site was down from almost moments when it went live, and was nearly inaccessible for hours. However, after the dust settled, the price hovered above what estimates predicted (>$1)...
Post FTX: Bananas In The Bahamas
FTX’s spectacular implosion sent ripples which was felt by all through the cryptoverse, but has also hit the people of the Bahamas, where FTX was headquartered. According to a report in the WSJ, the island nation initially welcomed FTX with it’s lax and favorable crypto laws and eventually the locals became the supporting cast for FTX employees. Catering, security, transportation, event planning, logistics and many more services were required and the locals began taking up these jobs, creatin...
STOCK Act Gets Busted
Nancy Pelosi might not be too keen on the reformation bubbling up in her backyard. On Thursday, a new framework was released to change the policy known as the STOCK Act, aka "Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge", which puts the onus on congressional and government leaders to disclose stock and asset purchases, in order keep transparency with the public. Historically, there have been quite a few calls on leaders to stop purchasing stocks because of the potential of insider knowledge on upc...
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On this edition of “Another Day, Another Hack”, another stablecoin has been hit, but maybe not to UST proportions. Acala, a DeFi protocol on Polkadot, was exploited in their aUSD/iBTC pool, where malicious actors minted 1.2 billion aUSD tokens without depositing collateral. This caused a 99% depeg situation thereafter. However, the Acala team was able to determine it was a configuration issue that allowed the minting to occur, and was able to freeze the hacker’s wallet, which caused quite the commotion within the community about how decentralized Acala truly is.
Hacks hacks hacks! Kind of tired about hearing this nowadays. Having worked in tech for a decade and a half, releasing services before they are fully tested is a big no-no. However, in this new frontier, it seems that the train of thought is release first and ask questions later, which is causing endless amounts of money to be stolen from innocent every day investors. This absolutely needs to change immediately if we are to gain mass adoption sooner than later.
Written by: nikethereum.eth / Medium / Mirror
On this edition of “Another Day, Another Hack”, another stablecoin has been hit, but maybe not to UST proportions. Acala, a DeFi protocol on Polkadot, was exploited in their aUSD/iBTC pool, where malicious actors minted 1.2 billion aUSD tokens without depositing collateral. This caused a 99% depeg situation thereafter. However, the Acala team was able to determine it was a configuration issue that allowed the minting to occur, and was able to freeze the hacker’s wallet, which caused quite the commotion within the community about how decentralized Acala truly is.
Hacks hacks hacks! Kind of tired about hearing this nowadays. Having worked in tech for a decade and a half, releasing services before they are fully tested is a big no-no. However, in this new frontier, it seems that the train of thought is release first and ask questions later, which is causing endless amounts of money to be stolen from innocent every day investors. This absolutely needs to change immediately if we are to gain mass adoption sooner than later.
Written by: nikethereum.eth / Medium / Mirror
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