SushiSwap is a community-driven decentralised exchange

SushiSwap, a community-driven decentralised exchange, is expanding to Aptos, the Layer 1 blockchain bringing users scalability, reliability, security and usability.

This integration is a milestone as it marks Sushi's first expansion onto a non-EVM chain. With the integration of Sushi v2 AMM and SushiXswap, Sushi’s cross chain swap, Sushi further strengthens its leading position in the cross-chain/multi-chain landscape.

Aptos is a Layer 1 blockchain created for safe...

SushiSwap suffers $3.3m exploit as it addresses US subpoena

SushiSwap

Decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol SushiSwap has suffered a smart contract bug that allowed for more than $3 million of funds to be siphoned in an exploit.

The hack should only impact users who swapped crypto on the protocol within the past four days, according to DefiLlama developer 0xngmi.

Blockchain security teams from Peckshield and CertiK Alert first posted about the bug on 9 April, stating that it had affected the approval function of SushiSwap’s Router...

Chainalysis support extended to six DeFi-focused tokens

Analysis Software

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, which was recently valued at £3.6 billion, has added advanced investigation and compliance support for six widely-used ERC-20 tokens.

Of these tokens, five belong specifically to decentralised finance (DeFi) protocols, while the remaining ‘renBTC’ is designed to allow for the permissionless transfer of Bitcoin to and from Ethereum for use in DeFi applications.

Collectively during Q2 2021, the six tokens had a combined trading...