![DeFi faces stress test, DoJ fears run on Binance, Hong Kong’s… DeFi faces stress test, DoJ fears run on Binance, Hong Kong’s…](https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/aug-5-scaled.jpg)
Top Stories This Week The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem experienced a challenging week after a seismic security incident led to over $61 million being stolen from Curve Finance’s pools, leaving several protocols facing…
![Federal Reserve Says Higher Rates Could Exacerbate Stress For Banks, But What of Bitcoin? Federal Reserve Says Higher Rates Could Exacerbate Stress For Banks, But What of Bitcoin?](https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Federal_Reserve.jpg)
Historically high-interest rates in the United States could “exacerbate” stress in an already shaky banking system, said a member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors on Wednesday. The governor also hinted that…