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Protocol Developer Archblock Aims to Bring US Community Banks to DeFi Through Partnership
Archblock and Adapt3r's joint effort highlights an accelerating trend in DeFi to cozy up with old-school banking.
Crypto Lending Platform Maple Finance Unveils Major Overhaul, Stops Lending on Solana
The improvements attempt to solve Maple’s design shortcomings highlighted during a recent debt crisis, but they may reduce incentives for holding the protocol’s native MPL token in its new form, an analyst said.
Bitcoin Falls as Federal Reserve Slows Rate Hikes but Stays Hawkish
The U.S. central bank raised its benchmark interest rate to a range of 4.25%-4.5% on Wednesday. Officials now expect the current rate-hiking cycle to peak next year at a "terminal rate" above 5%.
Binance's CZ Welcomes 'Stress Test' as Exchange Resumes USDC Withdrawals
The world's largest crypto exchange by trading volume has endured a wave a withdrawals amid concerns about reserves. Withdrawals of the stablecoin USDC were paused for several hours but have now resumed.
Bitcoin, Ether Jump After US CPI Report Shows Slower-Than-Expected November Inflation
Crypto traders were monitoring the U.S. government's monthly inflation report for signs of whether the Federal Reserve's monetary-policy tightening this year is helping to slow the pace of consumer price increases.
Chainlink Whale ‘Oldwhite’ Used More Than 150 Wallets to Avoid Staking Limits
The crypto wallet labeled “Oldwhite” on OpenSea is connected to over 1 million staked LINK tokens, blockchain data shows, even though Chainlink officials tried to get "greater inclusion" from a broad base of participants by limiting each wallet to 7,000 LINK tokens.
Maple Finance's $54M of Sour Debt Shows Risks of Crypto Lending Without Collateral
Maple Finance, the largest unsecured crypto lending platform, is grappling with a debt crisis while gearing up for a major system upgrade. The project's MPL token has plunged, and depositors are likely to stomach big losses. Here's how it happened, and what comes next.
AI-Related Tokens Surge as Maple, Ren Fall: CoinDesk Market Index Week in Review
AI platform Fetch.ai’s native token FET surged 80% in the past five days, according to data from CoinDesk Market Index.
Crypto Firm Orthogonal, Victim of FTX Contagion, Now Faces Internal Dissent
Shortly after Orthogonal got served with default notices on $36 million of crypto loans from Maple Finance, the firm’s credit team published a statement saying it was “speechless” and unaware of the extent of the trading team’s exposures.
Ether Turns Inflationary as Network Usage Slows
The current positive inflation rate indicates the volume of ether being minted now outpaces the amount being burned.
