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DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Plunges After Hackers Exploit Bug

Polkadot-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Acala’s native stablecoin, aUSD, depegged on Sunday, plummeting 99% after hackers exploited a bug in a newly deployed liquidity pool to mint 1.28 billion tokens. "The Hash" team discusses the implications for the state of stablecoins, open finance, and regulation.

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Tech

La stablecoin de Acala, la plataforma DeFi, cae un 99% tras la emisión de 1.300 millones de tokens por parte de hackers.

Un error en el fondo de liquidez iBTC-aUSD recientemente implementado del protocolo dejó la puerta abierta para que los piratas informáticos la explotaran.

The Polkadot pavilion on the Promenade at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (Sandali Handagama/CoinDesk)

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How Tornado Cash US Ban Could Impact Future of Crypto

Galaxy Digital has published a report on how the U.S. Treasury department’s sanction of crypto mixer Tornado Cash could impact the future of crypto.

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MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge

The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which could have a ripple effect across the industry. Rune Christensen, founder of Ethereum’s pioneering decentralized money layer MakerDAO, discusses the ban and what it means for MakerDAO, its decentralized stablecoin DAI and the state of DeFi. Plus, exploring the impact of Ethereum's merge.

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Policy

El organismo de desarrollo de la ONU pide prohibir a los bancos tener Cripto

La UNCTAD recomienda impuestos adicionales a las transacciones y restricciones a la publicidad para aumentar los ingresos de los Estados y salvaguardar la estabilidad financiera en los países en desarrollo.

The UN Conference on Trade and Development warns that the rising use of crypto for domestic payments and remittances may cause “leakage” of development funds. (Gregory Adams/Getty Images)

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Former Terra-Linked Project Kujira to Launch Stablecoin

Kujira, the crypto project previously built on the Terra Classic blockchain and moved to layer 1 protocol Cosmos after Terra’s implosion, is close to issuing a stablecoin called USK. "The Hash" hosts weigh in.

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Markets

Kujira, antiguo proyecto afiliado a Terra, emitirá Stablecoin

Se prevé que el token USK mantenga su precio fijo combinando la sobrecolateralización de los tokens ATOM con incentivos comerciales.

Kujira will issue its own stablecoin. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

A medida que suben las tasas de interés, un ataque vampírico silencioso contra las Cripto

Los emisores de monedas estables como Tether y USDC son una nueva clase rentista que está extrayendo valor del sistema DeFi, dicen Alex Fowler y Patrick Murck de Transparent Systems.

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Circle Invested in 2 Hacked Crypto Companies

CoinDesk’s Brandy Betz revealed Nomad and Slope, which were both victims of multimillion dollar exploits this week, are backed by Circle’s venture capital arm. “The Hash” hosts discuss the fate of the USDC stablecoin-issuer amid increased regulatory scrutiny.

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