William Foxley

Will Foxley is the host of The Mining Pod and publisher at Blockspace Media. A former co-host of CoinDesk's The Hash, Will was the director of content at Compass Mining and a tech reporter at CoinDesk.

William Foxley

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Ethereum 2.0 Beacon Chain Goes Live as 'World Computer' Begins Long-Awaited Overhaul

The Beacon Chain, the backbone of Ethereum's future Proof-of-Stake network, is now live.

Ethereum 2.0's Beacon Chain went live in December.

Tech

CoinDesk Is Spinning Up an Ethereum 2.0 Node. Here's How to Follow Our Journey

CoinDesk just snagged a front-row seat to a seminal event in the crypto industry. Ticket price: 32 ETH.

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DeFi Exploits Can’t Be Pinned on Flash Loans, Industry Leaders Say

DeFi’s novel flash loan products aren't to blame for the recent string of exploits, industry leaders say.

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Markets

Origin Protocol Loses $7M in Latest DeFi Attack

Stablecoin project Origin Dollar (OUSD) sustained a re-entrancy attack at 00:47 UTC Tuesday resulting in a loss of funds worth $7 million.

OUSD suffered a flash loan attack.

Tech

Uniswap May Re-Up Rewards as SushiSwap Angles to Catch Itinerant Yield Farmers

A new governance vote would continue liquidity mining rewards for certain asset pairs as the original allocation ends.

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MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds

A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt market enables positions to be closed far more leniently than intended due to an oversight in the auction process.

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Developers Debate Disclosure Protocols After ‘Accidental’ Ethereum Hard Fork

Ethereum’s largest client Geth hard-forked after a bug was tripped Wednesday. Developers are now weighing the merits of security disclosures methods.

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Tech

DeFi Project Akropolis Drained of $2M in DAI

Decentralized finance platform Akropolis’ yCurve pools have been drained resulting in the loss of $2 million.

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Brent Crude Oil Futures Now Tradable on DeFi Exchange Synthetix

One of two global oil benchmarks, Brent Crude Futures are now available through DeFi exchange Synthetix.

DEFI OIL: Brent Crude Futures value the production of crude oil in the North Sea, one of two major oil benchmarks.

Tech

FTX Looking to List ‘Beacon Chain’ Ether as Deposit Contract Goes Live

Exchanges may consider markets for “Beacon chain ether” – that is, ether that’s been staked in the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract.

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