By CD Read more: CoinDesk OptiFi, a Solana-powered DeFi protocol that focuses on derivatives, accidentally closed its mainnet platform in a programming blunder, locking away $661,000 in USDC.Publish at: August 30, 2022 at 01:26PM
Solana-Based DeFi Protocol OptiFi Loses $661K in Programming Blunder
Singapore State Investor Temasek to Lead $100M Funding Round in Animoca Brands: Report
By CD Read more: CoinDesk Singapore’s state investment fund Temasek, one of the world’s largest investors, is to lead a $100 million funding round into non-fungible token (NFT) and metaverse investor Animoca Brands, Bloomberg reported Monday.Publish at: August 30, 2022 at 01:06PM
Stablecoin Tether Dismisses Wall Street Journal’s Claim of Inadequate Reserves
By CD Read more: CoinDesk Stablecoin issuer Tether has hit back at a Wall Street Journal article that claimed its balance sheet comprised of “unsafe assets.”Publish at: August 30, 2022 at 12:53PM
Bugti: Coke Studio Pakistan singer left homeless after floods
People come forward to help Wahab Bugti, who became a household name after appearing on a popular music show.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 02:09PM
World’s loneliest man: Rare footage of him in the Amazon
Footage of a tribesman, who was the last survivor of an indigenous group in Brazil, shows him cutting down trees.Story Published at: August 30, 2022 at 11:20AM
Stocks may fall even further. Here’s how to protect your portfolio
Things were starting to look up for investors. After stocks got clobbered in the first half of the year, they started to stage a comeback, with all major indexes rising for much of June, July and August.Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 07:48PM
Russia dodges economic collapse but the decline has started
Six months after invading Ukraine, Russia is bogged down in a war of attrition it didn’t anticipate but it is having success on another front — its oil-dependent economy is in a deep recession but proving far more resilient than expected. Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 04:45PM
It now costs more than $300,000 to raise a child, thanks to inflation
Soaring inflation has made almost everything more expensive. And it has significantly increased the cost of one major budget buster — raising kids. Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 05:18PM
China’s yuan slid to the weakest in two years
The Chinese yuan sank to the lowest level in two years after hawkish comments by Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell spurred a recent rally for the greenback.Story Published at: August 29, 2022 at 08:53AM