DeFi

ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions

ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions
ECB President Lagarde Says Stablecoins Fail to Support Euro Ambitions
May 08, 2026  |  Blockchain

Europe must build its own modernized settlement solutions anchored by central bank money, because stablecoins alone have structural weaknesses, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Friday (May 8)....

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Drift Issues Bounty on $295 Million Stolen in DeFi Hack
Drift Issues Bounty on $295 Million Stolen in DeFi Hack
May 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange Drift has outlined a plan to recover $295 million taken in a hack. That attack was carried out by a group associated with the North...

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DeFi Investors Pull $14 Billion Following Cyberattacks
DeFi Investors Pull $14 Billion Following Cyberattacks
May 06, 2026  |  Blockchain

Cryptocurrency investors are reportedly exiting the decentralized finance (DeFi) space following two high-profile hacks. Close to $14 billion has been pulled from DeFi projects in...

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Stablecoins Grew Up. Now Come the Rules 
Stablecoins Grew Up. Now Come the Rules 
May 01, 2026  |  Blockchain

The stablecoin market is moving fast in two directions at once. One path leads toward greater financial integration and the other toward greater regulatory scrutiny....

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Morgan Stanley Supports Stablecoin Issuers With New Fund for Reserves
Morgan Stanley Supports Stablecoin Issuers With New Fund for Reserves
April 24, 2026  |  Blockchain

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) has launched a new government money market fund designed to meet the needs of payment stablecoin issuers that are looking to...

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Treasury Calls for Programmable Financial Enforcement Across Crypto
Treasury Calls for Programmable Financial Enforcement Across Crypto
April 22, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Software has long been described as law in crypto. Now, the U.S. Treasury is calling the sector out on that core element of its identity....

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$3.5 Million Volo Hack Deepens DeFi’s Security Problem
$3.5 Million Volo Hack Deepens DeFi’s Security Problem
April 22, 2026  |  Cybersecurity

Another decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol has been the target of a hack. Volo Protocol said Wednesday (April 22) that a breach had drained around $3.5 million...

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Podcast: Inside the $9 Billion DeFi Hack That’s Shaking Crypto’s Foundations
Podcast: Inside the $9 Billion DeFi Hack That’s Shaking Crypto’s Foundations
April 22, 2026  |  Blockchain

Explore more conversations like this From the Block.  For the crypto sector, big enough operational crises can be viewed as industry-wide reputational crises. And by any...

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