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23rd Aug: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️
💥Balancer V2 Pools Under Threat, 😱Privacy mixer Tornado Cash Is an entity. 🚨Mastercard Launches CBDC Partner Program 💯 Pro-crypto Republican presidential debate

💥 Balancer, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol operating on the Ethereum blockchain, has recently disclosed a critical vulnerability impacting several of their V2 Pools. Crucial Info via Twitter here https://lnkd.in/e4Y_2rk9

- Emergency mitigation procedures have been executed to secure a majority of TVL, but some funds remain at risk.
- Users are advised to withdraw affected LPs immediately.
- Important to note this vulnerability has not been exploited, and no funds have been lost.

In response, the Emergency SubDAO 134 acted to enable proportional
exit from all affected pools, and pause any pools still within the pause window.

❗ Looks like as of now #fundsaresafu

😱 Tornado Cash
🛑 A federal judge ruled against a group of Coinbase-backed investors and developers last week who alleged the U.S. Department of the Treasury overstepped its authority in sanctioning Tornado Cash. In doing so, he found that Tornado Cash had a DAO that could be sanctioned. More info via CoinDesk here https://lnkd.in/eqbQDtQz What does this mean for similar protocols?

🚨 While DAOs operate in a decentralized manner, this ruling suggests that they can still be recognized as organized entities with potential legal consequences.

🎙️ Check out Blockchain DXB’s Crypto & Coffee at 8 podcasts where we share our thoughts on this. See slides 1 & 2 to get a global crypto market snapshot.

🔵 Mastercard CBDC partners:
Official news herehttps://lnkd.in/eD7cQwCA that states Is safe the new sexy? CBDCs, trust and the evolution of money

🔵 The inaugural set of partners includes CBDC platform Ripple, blockchain and Web3 software company Consensys, multi-CBDC and tokenized assets solution provider Fluency, digital identity technology provider IDEMIA, digital identity consultant Consult Hyperion, security technology group Giesecke+Devrient and digital asset operations platform Fireblocks.

🟠 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy will be in attendance at the political debate on Aug