Risk Harbor set to take over decentralized insurance protocol Ozone on Terra ...
The peer-to-peer insurance service provides DeFi users coverage in case of technical glitches on the Terra blockchain. Ethereum-based (ETH) decentralized finance, or DeFi, risk management marketplace Risk Harbor will soon take over control of Terra's Ozone Protocol, according to a press release published on Thursday. Ozone is a decentralized insurance mechanism that provides coverage in the event of technical failures on the Terra DeFi ecosystem. The latter is a dual-token platform that features its governance token LUNA and stablecoin Terra USD (UST), which has an exchange rate of 1:1....
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