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The Department of Justice alleged that two Tornado Cash developers, Roman Storm and Roman Semenov, have laundered "more than $1 billion" with the crypto privacy mixer, including "hundreds of millions" for North Korea's Lazarus Group. "The Hash" panel discusses the indictment and what it could mean for the future of decentralized finance.

Ago 24, 2023

Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX is seeking to hire Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy as an advisor to help sell, stake and hedge its sizable crypto holdings, according to court filings. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments and the financial conditions of the defunct exchange as the bankruptcy case is burning as much as $1.5 million every day in legal costs.

Ago 24, 2023

The $70 million hack on Curve, one of the largest decentralized crypto exchanges, revealed cracks in the DeFi promise. The hack set off a Rube Goldberg-esque series of events that pushed DeFi lending to its limits – threatening to send the price of a key DeFi asset into a downward “death spiral,” and raising critical questions about whether community-driven financial platforms are equipped to manage risk. "The Hash" panel weighs in.

Ago 23, 2023

Data compiled by DefiLlama shows that the amount of money stashed in decentralized finance protocols has dwindled to the lowest level since February 2021. "The Hash" panel weighs in on the potential reasons behind the decline of total value locked (TVL) in DeFi.

Ago 23, 2023

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said in a statement that North Korea-based hackers Lazarus Group and APT38 may attempt to cash out stolen bitcoin (BTC) worth more than $40 million. In January, the FBI named the two groups as being behind last year's Horizon Bridge hack, which resulted in the loss of over $100 million. "The Hash" panel discusses their reaction to law enforcement's latest actions against bad actors.

Ago 23, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried's defense team published a letter detailing a planned "advice of counsel" strategy, which argues that the FTX founder was acting in "good faith" in loaning funds to FTX and Alameda executives because he was following the advice of lawyers, including law firm Fenwick & West. "The Hash" panel weighs in on the latest developments in the case.

Ago 23, 2023

According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Binance is helping blacklisted Russian lenders move money through peer-to-peer transactions. A spokesperson for Binance told the publication the exchange follows global sanctions rules. "The Hash" panel discusses whether this could add on to the legal risks Binance is currently facing in the U.S.

Ago 22, 2023

Shiba Inu developers are slowly working towards a Shibarium network reopening by monitoring validator data and transactions, just days after users reported bridging issues after the much-hyped launch. Developers responded to the outage stating that "there was no bridge issue." "The Hash" panel weighs in on the latest developments.

Ago 22, 2023

Thailand’s Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) is warning Meta's (META) Facebook that the platform risks being expelled from the country if the site doesn't curb the number of fraudulent crypto investment scams being advertised. "The Hash" panel discusses whether Facebook should be blamed for the advertisement and the significance of preventing crypto scams.

Ago 22, 2023

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) is getting a minority stake in Circle Internet Financial and the stablecoin issuer is bringing issuance and governance of USDC completely in-house as the companies dissolve their Centre Consortium partnership. "The Hash" panel weighs in on Coinbase's recent moves in the crypto industry amid recent U.S. regulatory pressure.

Ago 22, 2023