decentralized finance

Treasury Department Says DeFi Services Must Improve AML/CFT Controls
Treasury Department Says DeFi Services Must Improve AML/CFT Controls
April 06, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) are enabling criminals to transfer and launder illicit proceeds. Both providers of DeFi services and the United States government can...

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FSB to Enhance Monitoring of DeFi-Specific Vulnerability Indicators 
FSB to Enhance Monitoring of DeFi-Specific Vulnerability Indicators 
December 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is stepping up its monitoring of crypto-assets and decentralized finance (DeFi).  During its Monday and Tuesday (Dec. 5 and 6) meeting in...

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Will Defi’s Stablecoin Dependence Prove Deadly?
Will Defi’s Stablecoin Dependence Prove Deadly?
November 17, 2022  |  Blockchain

The collapse of FTX raises some existential questions: Not just about that company, not just about cryptocurrencies, but of decentralized finance (DeFi) as well. At...

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$2 Billion Self-Hack Highlights DeFi’s Slow Crisis Reaction Problem
$2 Billion Self-Hack Highlights DeFi’s Slow Crisis Reaction Problem
November 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Decentralized finance has a control problem it must solve if it is to become the economic force supporters believe — and opponents fear — that...

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Crypto and the Circle of Disintermediation
Crypto and the Circle of Disintermediation
November 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Banks have been getting louder and louder about their opposition to central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) like the digital dollar over the course of 2022,...

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Chainalysis Sees Growing Push for Crypto Regulation Amid Record Hacks
Chainalysis Sees Growing Push for Crypto Regulation Amid Record Hacks
October 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto, which was born during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, is about to see how it handles the next one. That is something Michael Gronager, CEO...

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Hacktober’s $718M Losses Are an Existential Threat to DeFi
Hacktober’s $718M Losses Are an Existential Threat to DeFi
October 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

October hasn’t been kind to crypto, with $730 million lost to 18 hacks this month alone, driving the 2022 total loss to $3 billion. With...

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DeFi Regulation Needs More Than MiCA, EC Hears
DeFi Regulation Needs More Than MiCA, EC Hears
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation isn’t broad enough to cover decentralized finance, a finance professor said during a presentation to...

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Today in Crypto: Former FBI Agent Says DeFi Exchange Mango Case Not a Hacker; Turkey Seizes $40M in Crypto Gambling Case
Today in Crypto: Former FBI Agent Says DeFi Exchange Mango Case Not a Hacker; Turkey...
October 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s been $40 million in cryptocurrency seized in a Turkish crackdown on illegal gambling, according to the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s office, Coindesk wrote. Authorities...

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