Tether Freezes $344 million, OnRamp Finance Launch, and DPRK Crypto Hacks

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Tether's $344 million freeze and features insights from OnRamp Finance's CEO and a crypto expert.

Michael Tangen, CEO of OnRamp Finance, and Taylor Monahan join us to talk about Bitcoin-native financial services and the cascading fallout of the Kelp DAO attack. The team breaks down the massive $344 million Tether freeze on Tron, the controversial 1...

People in this episode

Guests: Michael Tangen, Taylor Monahan

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• financial services
• crypto hacks
• Tether freeze
• Kelp DAO attack

Keywords

• Tether
• OnRamp Finance
• Kelp DAO
• crypto hacks
• Bitcoin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OnRamp Finance, Tether, Kelp DAO, Tron

Places: DPRK

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