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Poly Network Hacker Returns Most of Stolen Funds, Refuses $500K Reward

The attacker behind the Poly Network hack who drained the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform of over $600 million in crypto has returned most of the stolen funds. Poly offered a $500,000 "Bug Bounty" reward to the hacker for returning the funds, but the hacker declined. "The Hash" panel discusses the ongoing drama around the largest hack in decentralized finance (DeFi) history and whether it appears to be coming to an end.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Genesis CEO Michael Moro speaks at Invest: Asia 2019.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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