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DeFi News
Two DeFi Projects Shut Down and Pledge to Return Users' Funds
Two DeFi projects tasked with helping traders in the space hedge risk announced they are shutting down on Saturday. Cover, an insurance protocol, and Ruler, a debt market without liquidations, lost their developer team and determined that they could not continue, according to a blog post authored by a cofounder of both projects who goes…
DeFi Tutorials
How to Get Insurance on Anchor Protocol | Terra Tutorial
In this tutorial we demonstrate how to get insurance on your deposits on Anchor Protocol with Nexus Mutual, Bridge Mutual, and InsurAce.
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InsurAce Raises $3M in Round Led by Alameda & HashKey
InsurAce, the Singapore-based insurance protocol, raised $3M in a token-based funding round led by Alameda Research and HashKey Capital. Investors from the project’s $1M seed round, DeFiance Capital, ParaFi Capital, Hashed and Signum Capital, also participated. The round was completed with institutional investors, including, IOSG Ventures, ImToken Ventures, LongHash Ventures, HashGlobal, Tembusu Partners, Factorial Ventures,…
DeFi News
Yearn Hack Sparks $1.7M DeFi Insurance Claim Controversy
Last week’s Yearn Finance hack has a DeFi user wrestling with an insurance protocol over a $1.7M claim. Twitter user kferretcrypto, who bought a claim provided by Nexus Mutual, an insurance protocol, in September, tweeted on Feb. 6 that the Yearn hack triggered a 1,000 Ether payout (or about $1.7M), by ArmorFi, an insurance aggregator…
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Nexus Mutual Offers Cover on Centralized Exchanges
Cryptocurrency investors are now able to buy insurance on centralized exchange deposits via Nexus Mutual. Mutual members who have verified their identity with Nexus can purchase insurance claims on select centralized custodians including Celsius, BlockFi, Nexo, inLock, Ledn and Hodlnaut. NXM holders are also able to stake tokens on behalf of these custodians, essentially stating…
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Yearn Merges With Cover to Make DeFi Safer
After a series of flash loan attacks where DeFi protocols lost $100M in damages, Yearn acquired Cover Protocol to provide decentralized insurance. The project pays out claims from exploits or certain attacks on smart contracts, using a the Snapshot voting tool to decide coverage. The claim will move to its Claim Validity Committee (CVC) to…
Op-ed
DeFi Needs a Safety Net to Make Banking Dinosaurs Extinct
Today’s guest post starts with a great question: Why do we still use banks? If you’re reading this newsletter, it’s likely you agree with me and the author that the current financial system is a relic and you know there’s a better alternative being built. So why aren’t savers taking their money from bank vaults…