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CoinDesk Live: Inside the Ethereum Economy
6.10.2020
Why all the hype behind yield farming and food-inspired tokens? Should investors take them seriously or are they a fading trend?
Yearn Finance Connect (YFIC) New DeFi Project Decentralized Finance, Staking, Lending & Yield Farming
5.10.2020
Yearn Finance Connect is a decentralized token under the ERC-20 protocol, that allows users to stake YFIC, borrow assets, and vote for improvements within the community. Yearn Finance Connect staking platform enables investors to earn a yield on YFIC token, depositing, and selecting the amount...
First Mover: Day In The Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk
5.10.2020
Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance
Meet the Yield Farmers Plowing Cryptocurrency’s Riskiest Trend
5.10.2020
Yield farming could result in promising developments in the DeFi ecosystem. Nonetheless, each yield farmer told CoinDesk the same thing: This stuff is really, really risky
The Inevitable Marriage of Yield Farming and NFTs, Explained
28.9.2020
NFTs had managed to be expensive but they had not managed to be liquid – not until DeFi-thinking intervened
Survey: Large Number of Yield Farmers Can’t Read Smart Contracts Despite High Risk
23.9.2020
A new Coingecko survey has found that a large number of yield farmers do not know how to read smart contracts despite claiming they understand the risks that come with such investments. According to the survey, which polled 1,347 people, around 40% of decentralized finance (defi) users cannot...
Yield farmers make 500% returns but most can't read smart contracts
22.9.2020
A CoinGecko survey has found that the majority of yield farmers do not understand the smart contracts underpinning the DeFi protocols they use
DeFi Yield Farming Aggregator APY.Finance Raises $3.6M in Seed Funding
21.9.2020
The aggregation platform raised the seed funding from a roster of investors that includes Alameda Research, Arrington XRP Capital and Coingecko
CoinEx Lists ONES Token First and Launches Initial Trade Offering with OneSwap’s Official Launch
19.9.2020
OneSwap is a groundbreaking new DeFi project offering a decentralized exchange protocol on a smart contract, with permission-free token listing and automated market making. It offers multiple advantages over other swaps including the ability to preform limit orders and a user friendly interface...
What Is DeFi?
18.9.2020
DeFi is short for "decentralized finance," an umbrella term for Ethereum and blockchain applications geared toward disrupting financial intermediaries
This DeFi Group Wants to Bring Maturity to the Yield Farming Craze
18.9.2020
The Chicago DeFi Alliance, launched in April 2020, is now poised to help members profit from yield farming and the liquidity mining craze
Uniswap Recaptures DeFi Buzz With UNI Token’s Airdropped Debut
17.9.2020
A minimum of 400 UNI was airdropped to everyone who used Uniswap prior to September. Some called it “stimulus for Ethereum users.”
How Normies Are Getting Crypto-Rich With DeFi
17.9.2020
DeFi may be a whale's game, but plenty of small players are making life-changing amounts of money with these risky crypto experiments
Uniswap Takes Lead Over SushiSwap Less Than 24 Hours After SUSHI Rewards Drop
13.9.2020
Shortly after SushiSwap's block rewards fell from 1,000 SUSHI tokens to 100, total value locked has fallen behind rival Uniswap
Ren and UMA launch a Bitcoin-backed yield dollar
10.9.2020
A new Bitcoin backed yield dollar from Ren and UMA enables liquidity mining for BTC holders
What Is Yearn Finance? The DeFi Gateway Everyone Is Talking About
8.9.2020
Some $650 million has poured into Yearn.Finance since mid-August. Can Yearn and its YFI token be the mass-market gateway to DeFi?
DeFi Meets Universal Basic Income With Just-Launched Project From eToro
8.9.2020
eToro's GoodDollar initiative will provide a universal basic income for some of the world's poorest by incentivizing people to yield farm on its platform
Exchanges suffer as Chinese users chase DeFi gains
8.9.2020
Chinese demand for DeFi is surging, with local exchanges reportedly struggling under the weight of withdrawals destined for yield farming protocols
Binance Unveils New Product for ‘Yield Farming’ Crypto Assets
7.9.2020
Users of the new Launchpool will be able to stake Binance's tokens, as well as the ARPA token, for rewards in Bella (BEL)
Yearn Finance Vault Users Lock $139M: Farmers Claim Collateralized ETH Gathers 90% APY
4.9.2020
On September 3, 2020, the well known Yearn Finance defi project “paused” the popular ethereum liquidity vault (yETH) service, after locking in a significant $139 million. Yearn’s vault feature launched on Wednesday, and saw $100 million deposited on the first day. The vault hype...