Top Stories This Week The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem experienced a challenging week after a seismic security incident led to over $61 million being stolen from Curve Finance’s pools, leaving several protocols facing broader contagion risks. This attack exposed vulnerabilities across DeFi projects and sparked efforts to recover stolen funds over the past few days, hammering the performance of tokens and even stablecoins as a result of the dramatic ups and downs in this story. As the community navigates the aftermath of this exploit, Cointelegraph compiled the week’s events, presenting…
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Biden Administration ‘Crypto Tsar’ Says DOJ will Target Digital Asset Exchange Platforms – Regulation Bitcoin News
According to Eun Young Choi, the head of the crypto unit at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the United States has resolved to target digital platforms because they are making it easy for criminals and money launderers. Choi said the DOJ hopes taking action against entities such as crypto exchanges is “going to have a multiplier effect.” DOJ to Target Mixers and Tumblers The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will target digital asset exchange platforms and entities providing mixers and tumblers which are used to obfuscate the trail of…
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