Ribbon Finance’s Native Token RBN Surges 19% Amid Options Platform Release
The token was trading at 25 cents ahead of the launch of Ribbon’s on-chain options exchange, Aevo.

Uniswap Version 3 Goes Live on BNB Chain
Over 66% of voters supported the deployment in a governance vote held in February.

U.S. Treasury Close to Releasing Report on Use of DeFi in Illicit Finance
The U.S. Treasury Department is close to releasing a risk assessment analyzing criminal use of decentralized finance (DeFi), according to Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De weighs in on the latest developments.

DeFi-Focused Asset Manager MEV Capital Offers Uniswap Hedging Strategy
The firm uses options contracts issued by crypto derivatives specialist OrBit Markets to hedge liquidity providers’ positions.

Euler Finance to Offer $1M Reward as It Reels From Nearly $200M Exploit
Euler has sent multiple on-chain messages to the attacker in the past 48 hours.

Over $2B in USDC Stablecoin Burnt in Single Day, Data Shows
USD coin holders are not rushing back to the token just yet.

U.S. Treasury Poised to Release View on How DeFi Used in Illicit Finance
The department has reviewed decentralized finance’s role in such incidents as North Korean ransomware attacks, and will issue a risk assessment, a senior official said.

Dogecoin Network's Patched Bug Is Still Present in 280 Blockchains, Blockchain Security Firm Says
The bug pertains to the way peer-to-peer communications are conducted on blockchain networks such as Litecoin and Zcash.

DeFi Privacy Bridge Aztec Connect Sunsets After Less Than a Year
The backing Aztec Network is open sourcing the bridge and moving on to next-generation products.

Crypto’s Latest Stablecoin, Called HOPE, Started by Ex-Babel Finance CEO Flex Yang
The token will serve as the native stablecoin for the new Hope ecosystem, which is focused on bringing traditional-finance users to the crypto market.
