Ruler and Cover DeFi protocol closes down amid mass developer exit

Ruler and Cover DeFi protocol closes down amid mass developer exit

DeFi insurance protocol Ruler and Cover pledged to share the remaining treasury funds to token holders. In a candid open letter, the lead contributor of Cover and Ruler Protocol, “DeFi Ted,” announced the protocol will close its virtual doors in the near future, citing a mass developer exit as the primary reason for the project’s conclusion.Launched earlier this year, the Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) insurance marketplace enabled users to stake Cover tokens as collateral and receive insurance payouts if their assets in other DeFi protocols are hacked or rug-pulled. In....


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