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Tech

Chaos Labs Raises $55M as Demand Grows for On-Chain Risk Management

The influx of capital comes as Chaos Labs, founded in 2021, looks to expand its platform, designed to address the growing need for automated risk management in decentralized finance (DeFi).

The Chaos Labs team has raised $55M in Series A funding (Chaos Labs)

Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin and Lending

Bitcoin’s emergence in collateral structures has the potential to revolutionize the lending landscape. Its ability to mitigate credit risk amid escalating uncertainties highlights its transformative power.

(Rodion Kutsaiev/ Unsplash+)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Morpho Bags $50M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital

The strategic funding round included a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Pantera and Brevan Howard.

Paul Frambot, CEO Morpho Labs (Morpho)

Finance

COMP Token Rises as Whale Backs Down on Supposed 'Governance Attack' on Compound

A new staking product will be offered instead of what Humpy and the Golden Boys initially proposed.

(CoinDesk Indices)

Finance

Dakota Emerges From Stealth to Provide Bank-Like Services to Crypto Depositors

The crypto-native company, which says it is attempting to right the wrongs of centralized lenders like Celsius, emerged from stealth on Wednesday.

Screenshot of Dakota's bank account dashboard

Finance

Defi Protocol UwU Lend Suffers $19.3M Exploit: Arkham

The protocol was set up by Quadriga CX co-founder "Sifu."

(Kris/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin ETFs, Bankruptcy Paybacks Have Given Crypto Lending a Second Wind

Crypto lending firm Ledn survived the crypto winter by being "boring, slow and safe," according to a co-founder.

Ledn co-founders Mauricio Di Bartolomeo (left) and Adam Reeds (Ledn)

Finance

Crypto Lending Firm Maple Finance Unveils Syrup Yield Platform and Rewards Token

Maple’s Syrup promises users yields of 15% by depositing Circle’s USDC stablecoin into the platform.

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Tech

Sonne Finance Token Drops 60% After $20M Exploit on Optimism

Attackers stole ether, velo and stablecoins before developers mitigated the hack and paused operations. Sonne’s markets on the Base blockchain were not affected.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

DeFi Lender Liquity Unveils New Stablecoin With User-Set Borrowing Rates in White Paper

Liquity V2 will allow borrowers to set their borrowing costs, a novel approach in DeFi, and plans to pay the lion's share of protocol revenues back to liquidity providers.

(Liquity)