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Decentralized Finance
Crypto Fundraising DAO Loses Over $7M in Latest Crypto Exploit
Another day, another decentralized finance (DeFi) hack. DAO Maker, a fundraising platform for upcoming crypto projects that has no relation to the more widely known MakerDAO, was exploited Thursday, resulting in a loss of more than $7 million. “The Hash” team discusses the potential downside of DeFi’s composability: with great possibility comes great risk.

What’s Going On With Poly Network?
An address associated with the hacker who allegedly drained cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network of roughly $600 million Tuesday has started to return the funds. “The Hash” panel discusses what’s going on with Poly in the largest hack in crypto history and what it could indicate for the future of DeFi regulation.

NFTs Over DeFi: OpenSea Just Overtook Uniswap on Ethereum Usage
Are NFTs back? Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea topped the leaderboard in gas consumption on the Ethereum blockchain, surpassing Ethereum's largest decentralized finance (DeFi) exchange Uniswap. Since last year, Uniswap has typically commanded the top spot. "The Hash" team discusses the industry implications for the rare flippening event and what it means for ether.

Largest Hack in Crypto History? $600M in Crypto Potentially Stolen From DeFi Platform Poly Network
Cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network was attacked on Tuesday, with the alleged hacker draining roughly $600 million in crypto. This figure would place the Poly Network hack among the largest in crypto history. “The Hash” hosts discuss the implications for DeFi regulation amid U.S. lawmakers reining in on the digital asset sector.

Ethereum and DeFi, Not Bitcoin, Boosting Genesis' Lending
Despite a bearish market, Genesis’ second quarter was the firm’s largest quarter to date in terms of originations.

Sense Finance Raises $5.2M to Bring Yield Trading to DeFi
Dragonfly Capital led the funding round with participation including Robot Ventures and Bain Capital.

Here's the Video Uniswap Didn't Want You See About Its Plans to Expand Into Consumer Finance
Uniswap, the largest decentralized exchange by volume, is in talks with well-known fintech companies like Robinhood and PayPal to expand into consumer finance and provide decentralized finance (DeFi) to the mainstream, at least according to a deleted YouTube video from last week's Paris EthCC conference. "The Hash" panel discusses the future of Uniswap and its potential role in meshing together the worlds of DeFi and traditional finance (TradFi).

DeFi Crackdown: Uniswap Labs Limits Access to Some Tokens
Software development studio Uniswap Labs said Friday it is restricting access to some tokens, including tokenized stocks and derivatives on the protocol interface that it supports. “The Hash” group discusses whether this is a result of increased enforcement actions from U.S regulators on decentralized finance (DeFi) products.

EQIFI CEO: Biggest Challenge for Stablecoins Is 'Loss of Faith'
Responding to El Salvador potentially issuing its own stablecoins, Brad Yasar, CEO of EQIFI, a decentralized protocol for pooled lending and borrowing, says the biggest risk of stablecoins is "loss of faith" and "proving to the users that it is truly stable." Plus, what to expect from the presidential working group's meeting on stablecoins and "game-changing" DeFi projects to watch for.
