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MakerDAO's Sky rebrand could deter criminals – but at what cost to DeFi die-hards?

Skye's new USDS stablecoin has a freeze function built into its code. That makes it less attractive to crypto criminals. DeFi lender MakerDAO has unveiled its long-awaited rebrand to Sky, the latest step in co-founder Rune Christensen's so-called endgame plan. But reception has been mixed. The most controversial change is that USDS, a new version … Read more

$250 billion 'carry trade' woes are far from over, warns BIS

Markets recovered very quickly from the August bloodbath. However, the central bank consortium warned that the market's woes are not over. A partial unwinding of the so-called yen carry trade on August 5 caused global market panic. On that day, Japan's Nikkei and TOPICS — the country's two largest stock market indexes — lost more … Read more

Former Haru Invest investor stabs CEO in Korean court

Asia DispatchHaru Invest CEO Hugo Lee was stabbed on August 28 at the Seoul Southern District Court. He is under investigation on fraud charges related to the closure of the platform. The attack highlights a growing trend of brutal crypto-related attacks. A former user of Haru Invest stabbed the company's CEO Hyungsoo Lee, known as … Read more

The danger lurking behind the Fed's rate cut

The Federal Reserve will soon cut interest rates. That means the US dollar could weaken against the yen. This has fueled fears that the yen carry trade could be halted, triggering another global stock meltdown. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced last week that the US central bank is ready to cut federal interest rates. … Read more