Insurance

Linux Foundation

Linux Foundation, Insurance Group Roll Out Platform to Cut Costs Using DLT

Sebastian SinclairApr 13, 2021

Besides cutting costs, the project aims to provide a standardized data repository for insurance analytics.

NYDIG

NYDIG Raises $100M From Insurance Giants in Latest Round

Danny NelsonApr 8, 2021

The institutional bitcoin shop is quickly expanding its crypto footprint with a foray into bitcoin insurance products.

Bitcoin Payments

AXA Switzerland Allows Customers to Pay in Bitcoin

Jamie CrawleyApr 15, 2021

The insurance provider says it will have the crypto converted into Swiss francs, instead of carrying BTC on its balance sheet.

Insurance

Nayms Brings Blue-Chips and Disruption to Crypto Insurance

Benedict GeorgeMar 30, 2021

A new smart contract-based insurance marketplace is promising radical efficiency and more coverage for the long-underserved crypto industry.

Crypto Lending

Crypto Lender Hodlnaut Teams With Insurance Alternative Nexus Mutual

Ian AllisonMar 18, 2021

The Singapore crypto lender toughed it through the bear market and now has $250 million locked and lended.

Insurance

Yearn Finance

DeFi Divorce: Yearn Cancels Tie-Up With Cover Protocol

Jamie Crawley

Yearn added that yVault depositors who have purchased Cover protection will be unaffected.

Insurance

DeFi and Staking Insurance Startup Unslashed Raises $2M

Ian Allison

Experimental crypto zones like DeFi and staking are seeing an influx of insurance products, but not as we know it.

DeFi

Insurance Giant Aon Is Testing the Waters of DeFi

Ian Allison

Aon has shaped insurance policies around cryptocurrency cold storage. Now it's eyeing the red-hot DeFi space.

Nexus Mutual

Ethereum-Based Nexus Mutual Expands Its Decentralized ‘Insurance’ to Centralized Exchanges

Ian Allison

A way to be covered in the event of an exchange hack.

Cover Protocol

Who Insures the Insurer? Cover Protocol Attack Exposes DeFi’s Promise and Peril

Michael J. Casey

DeFi insurer Cover Protocol, designed to reduce smart-contract failure risks, was exploited by a bug in its smart contract on Monday morning.

DeFi

Polkadot-Based DeFi Insurance App Raises $1.95M Led by KR1

Brady Dale

Tidal will use the Polkadot blockchain to allow users to insure a set of DeFi applications against smart-contract failure or breaches.

Insurance

eToro Adds Insolvency Insurance Policy – Crypto Users Not Included

Daniel Palmer

The free insurance scheme covers customers for up to £1 million if the firm should ever become insolvent. But crypto holders are left out in the cold.