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MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain
2.9.2023
Rune Christensen stated that Solana’s codebase should be the foundation of MakerDAO’s upcoming blockchain, as he highlighted that it’s optimized for building “highly efficient blockchains.”
DAI Stablecoin Surpasses $5B Market Cap on Higher Yield, Lifting Spark Protocol
23.8.2023
The recently-introduced Enhanced Dai Savings Rate reversed some of the token’s decline in market value
MakerDAO increases DAI yield in a bid to boost demand
27.7.2023
The Enhanced Dai Savings Rate is based on DSR utilization and could boost the stablecoin yield by as much as 8%
DAI Emerges as Third-Largest Stablecoin, Overtaking BUSD in Market Capitalization
17.6.2023
Makerdao’s DAI stablecoin is now the third-largest stablecoin by market capitalization, surpassing Binance USD (BUSD), which has officially declined to $4.304 billion. DAI’s market valuation on Friday, June 16, 2023, is approximately $4.394 billion, but the number of circulating...
MakerDAO Weighs Ditching $390M of Gemini Dollars from DAI Reserve
14.6.2023
The result could have a significant impact on Gemini and its stablecoin as MakerDAO’s reserve holds roughly 88% of total GUSD supply
MakerDAO passes proposal for $750M increase in US Treasury investments
16.3.2023
The emergency proposal increases MakerDAO’s holdings of United States bonds by 150%, aiming to diversify the Dai stablecoin’s collateral exposure
MakerDAO Weighs Using Emergency Switch to Prevent Future DAI Depegging
13.3.2023
The community proposal comes just days after DAI followed its fellow stablecoin USDC in slipping beneath the one-dollar mark
Makerdao Issues Emergency Proposal to Address $3.1B in USDC Collateral After Stablecoin Depegging Incident
11.3.2023
On March 11, 2023, the decentralized finance project Makerdao issued an emergency proposal following the USDC depegging incident that saw the stablecoin dip down to $0.877 per unit. At the time of writing, Makerdao commands $3.1 billion in USDC collateral that backs a portion of...
Stablecoin Issuer MakerDAO Proposes Additional $750M U.S. Treasury Purchase
7.3.2023
The decentralized autonomous organization behind the DAI coin previously purchased $500 million worth of notes and bonds
DeFi Giant MakerDAO Rejects $100M Loan to Cogent Bank
27.2.2023
The rejection follows less than a year after Maker approved a similarly structured loan to Huntingdon Valley Bank
MakerDAO goes ahead with $500M investment in treasuries and bonds
7.10.2022
$500 million of the funds currently collateralizing the Dai (DAI) stablecoin will be reallocated to U.S. Treasuries and corporate bonds in an effort to provide the protocol low risk additional yield
MakerDAO Founder Suggests ‘Seriously Considering’ Depegging DAI from USD
12.8.2022
MakerDAO (decentralized autonomous organization) founder Rune Christensen has called for the community members to consider depegging Maker (MKR)’s stablecoin DAI from USD, and perhaps (slowly) getting into ethereum (ETH) – which Vitalik Buterin argued would be a “terrible idea.”
Writing in...
100-Year-Old Pennsylvania-Based Bank Approved to Leverage Makerdao’s Stablecoin Vault
11.7.2022
Makerdao, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that issues the stablecoin DAI, approved a governance vote that provides “collateral integration from a U.S.-based bank.” The Makerdao governance vote passed by a majority vote of more than 87%, and it allows the U.S. financial...
MakerDAO ‘Endgame Plan’ Calls for Specialized DAOs, Says Protocol is Held Back by Complexity
3.6.2022
A detailed proposal to bring the MakerDAO (MKR) protocol to a “predetermined, immutable end state” by setting up several new decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) has been published by the protocol’s founder Rune Christensen. The plan aims to improve governance and tap into “the raw power...
DAI Takes the Reigns as the Leading Decentralized Stablecoin by Market Capitalization
29.5.2022
Following the demise of the Terra-based stablecoin UST, the fiat-pegged token DAI has become the largest decentralized stablecoin in existence today. Moreover, Makerdao has regained the decentralized finance (defi) protocol’s position as the top defi protocol in terms of total value locked...
MakerDAO price rebounds as DAI holds its peg and investors search for stablecoin security
16.5.2022
MakerDAO returned to prominence after Terra’s UST collapse forced investors to search for a truly “stable” dollar pegged asset
UST Competitor Maker Erases Weekly Gains
12.5.2022
The price of the stablecoin protocol Maker’s governance token MKR has erased all of its gains from this week, after spiking up by close to 90% on Wednesday.
At the time of writing (12:18 UTC), MKR was trading at USD 1,117, down by 27% for the past 24 hours and down by 25% for the past...
Makerdao Plans to Integrate Ethereum L2 Solution Starknet to Lower DAI Transaction Costs
20.4.2022
The decentralized finance (defi) project Makerdao has announced its plans to support the zero-knowledge (ZK) rollup solution Starknet in order to make DAI transactions faster and network costs cheaper. Starknet will be integrated into the defi protocol on April 28, 2022, as part...
Makerdao Dev Insists Defi Protocol Should Leverage Real World Assets to Scale
20.3.2022
On March 16, the protocol engineer at Makerdao and co-founder of the software and design firm Bellwood Studios, Hexonaut, announced a proposal to use real world assets (RWAs) in order to scale the decentralized finance (defi) protocol Makerdao. Hexonaut insists the bull market was good,...
Stablecoin Flippening: UST Becomes the Biggest Decentralized Stablecoin By Market Cap
21.12.2021
UST, one of the stablecoins of the Terra project, has become the largest stablecoin by market capitalization today, after having surpassed its Ethereum-based rival, DAI. UST is now the largest decentralized stablecoin in the market, closing a year of growth for the Terra ecosystem, which is...