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This post will be updated as and when more information becomes available. Background On Monday 14th of December at 9:40am UTC, I was tricked into approving a single transaction that sent 370,000 NXM to a hacker instead of what I thought was claiming some mining rewards. The hacker has subsequently liquidated…

This is our second article in our Understanding Risks in DeFi series. If you’d like to understand our framework in more depth please check-out the first article on Uniswap. We will consider MakerDAO from the perspective of a Vault owner (new term for a CDP owner). …

I regularly get questions like, could you use a prediction market for insurance instead? Or how does a financial derivative compare to what you’re doing at Nexus Mutual? The truth is, each of these products have benefits and disadvantages and are useful in their own right, often for different purposes…

#DeFi is beginning to gain real traction which means more and more users are using the features of the space. We think it’s really important to understand the risks, especially as smart contracts are still experimental. To interpret the risks involved we are writing a series based on a high…

There’s some strong discussion brewing on which asset types should be added to multi-collateral DAI (MCD) when it launches. In particular, the introduction of tokens being pegged to real-world assets that may involve KYC and/or the risk of government seizure. These types of discussions are very challenging because humans are…

Etherisc and Nexus Mutual — bonus tokens for DIP holders Update 10-July-2019: A proposal to drop the minimum capital requirement from 12,000 ETH to 7,000 ETH is due to pass through governance on 11-July-2019. This bonus will cease to apply once the minimum capital requirement is met. Update #2: This bonus has ended as the 7,000 ETH minimum was met…

Nexus Mutual, a digital cooperative, and Argent, a non-custodial Ethereum wallet, are excited to announce the first deposit protection for cryptocurrency wallets. The pilot is another step in Argent and Nexus’ efforts to make crypto accessible to everyone. Deposit protection will be enabled by Nexus’ Smart Contract Cover. It’s the…

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about how the NXM Token works. It’s a little different to others so here is a summary of the key aspects. Conceptually, the easiest comparison to make is to Uniswap. Nexus Mutual members contribute liquidity (in ETH) into a shared pool of funds…