DeFi hacks on Binance Smart Chain rise as TVL and volumes increase
While Binance Smart Chain expands its footprint, hacks on DeFi protocols housed on the network increase hand in hand. Binance Smart Chain, or BSC, was launched in September 2020 as a parallel blockchain to Binance Chain. It enabled the creation of smart contracts and a staking mechanism for the native token of both blockchains, Binance Coin (BNB). In its brief nine-month existence, there have been a lot of decentralized finance, or DeFi, projects built on it, but there have been numerous instances of hacks on the blockchain’s protocols as well.The latest victim in the series of exploits is....
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Here at Bicoinist, we’re covering the Binance Smart Chain’s growth as it happens. They might be the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, but we’re still in awe of what Binance built seemingly overnight. And about the contributions they’ve made to the DeFi space in such a short period of time. But, can the Binance Smart Chain […]
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