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Value Locked in Defi Swells by $7 Billion, Tron’s TVL Spikes 34.85%, Ethereum Dominates by 62%
7.7.2022
After tapping a 2022 low of $70 billion on June 19, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has increased by more than $7 billion. During the last seven days, the TVL in defi held within the Ethereum blockchain has increased by 4.47% as Ethereum’s TVL commands 62.92%...
DeFi Never Sleeps: How Investors Are Generating Massive Returns Through Yield Farming Protocols Such As Gnox, Pancakeswap, & Curve?
27.6.2022
Decentralized finance has earned a unique reputation across the crypto market for its yield-generating capacity is way higher than any traditional financial tool. No bonds, no stocks, or certificates of deposits can match the returns you get with yield farming protocols. For the uninitiated, yield...
Opaque Platforms and Intertwined Protocols Pose Big Risk to Crypto
26.6.2022
Second article in a series about risks we’re thinking about during these crypto down days
Saddle․Finance Creates New Standards for DeFi Trading
25.6.2022
DeFi is a sub-sector in the crypto industry that has witnessed significant innovation since its inception. However, the narrative has struggled to stay consistent, affecting the domain overall. The current bear market has wiped out more than half of DeFi Total Value Locked (TVL), hampering...
The Risks and Benefits of On-Chain Credit Protocols
23.6.2022
Guide to Meme Token Blockchains and Protocols in 2022: RoboApe (RBA) and Dogecoin (DOGE)
20.6.2022
Meme tokens first shot to fame with the success of Dogecoin (DOGE), which is built on a dedicated Blockchain. Not all meme tokens are built on dedicated Blockchains, such as a promising new protocol called RoboApe (RBA),which is launching soon on Ethereum. We review these two top meme token...
Crypto crash wreaking havoc on DeFi protocols, CEXs
13.6.2022
Data points to capital flight among most major DeFi protocols
dForce to Deploy New Set of Protocols on KAVA
13.6.2022
The press release from dForce on June 11 announced an all-new partnership with the layer-1 blockchain network KAVA. The partnership will allow dForce to deploy services like dForce lending, dForce bridge, and USX stablecoin to those from the KAVA community. This step will be significant...
Defi Platforms and Smart Contract Tokens Suffer the Most During the Crypto Market Rout
11.6.2022
While the crypto economy has dropped lower in value against the U.S. dollar, sliding to just under $1.2 trillion, the value of decentralized finance (defi) protocols and smart contract tokens has suffered a great deal. Statistics show that the total value locked in defi has dropped 7.96% since...
Early Protocols Set to Rise as Investors Look to FIREPIN (FRPN), Bitgert (BRISE), and Fantom (FTM)
9.6.2022
The recent bull cycle ending has signalled many in the crypto space to look for the next Solana (SOL), Polygon (MATIC), and Ethereum (ETH) as investors want the same high yields and ROI that the last 2 years provided. This has led to new protocols that look to offer unicorn status to gather...
Japanese Crypto Exchanges Want to Ditch Restricting Token Listing Protocols
8.6.2022
Japanese crypto exchanges appear determined to take advantage of favorable political winds and expand the range of coins they trade on their platforms – although the national financial regulator has indicated that it will not let them have the final say on the matter....
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DeFi protocols launch stablecoins to lure new users and liquidity, but does it work?
1.6.2022
In the wake of UST’s collapse, several DeFi platforms launched their own stablecoins to lasso new users and liquidity but are investors willing to take on the risk in return for 20% APY?
Tron Now Commands the Third-Largest TVL in Defi — Network’s Stablecoin USDD Confronted by Skepticism
30.5.2022
This week the Tron blockchain has become the third-largest network in terms of total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols. Interestingly, 48.19% of the TVL is held by the defi protocol Justlend, an application that’s similar to Anchor Protocol as it offers more than...
WEF 2022: Most DeFi protocols aren’t really decentralized, says European Parliament VP
23.5.2022
To properly regulate DeFi, we must first determine whether these protocols are actually decentralized, according to Eva Kaili
SWIFT Is Experimenting With Decentralized Technologies to Allow CBDC Interconnection
22.5.2022
SWIFT, the interbank payments protocol and messaging system, has announced it is working to connect the different central bank digital currency (CBDC) protocols in development today. The company has partnered with Capgemini, a digital services provider, making a series of experiments to ensure that...
Crypto’s Barren Wasteland: A Look at What’s Left of Terra’s Defi and Token Ruins
21.5.2022
Following the Terra blockchain fallout and the great UST de-pegging event, the Terra network ecosystem is now a wasteland of almost worthless tokens and protocols. While both UST and LUNA were top ten crypto market cap contenders, Terra’s decentralized finance (defi) presence was second...
Lido Deploys Additional Curve Pool to Improve Liquidity Around Bonded ETH Peg
13.5.2022
On Friday, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols dropped to a low of $110.35 billion after there was more than $200 billion total value locked (TVL) eight days ago on May 5. One specific defi protocol called Lido, a liquid staking platform and the second largest defi...
DeFi protocols declare losses as attackers exploit LUNA price feed discrepancy
13.5.2022
Venus Protocol and Blizz Finance announced that their protocols were exploited due to the difference in LUNA market price and price feed as Chainlink paused the LUNA oracle
Terra contagion leads to 80%+ decline in DeFi protocols associated with UST
11.5.2022
Projects associated with Terra suffer losses of more than 80% as contagion spreads. Meanwhile, Maker (DAI) gets a boost as traders look for other decentralized stablecoin options
Terra Fiasco Stirs Value Locked in Defi — Lido, Anchor Plummet to Lower Positions
11.5.2022
Decentralized finance (defi) protocols are having a hard time weathering the storm, as the total value locked in defi today is down 39.26% since April 3, from $230.18 billion to the current $139.81 billion. The sudden value drop stemming from Terra’s native assets, LUNA and UST, has pushed...