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Will a Sharded Ethereum Be Flexible Enough for Decentralized Finance?
13.10.2020
Over the past year composability has become a very real competitive advantage for DeFi. Will Ethereum's upcoming overhaul threaten it?
Germany looks to blockchain to help decentralize their energy economy
13.10.2020
The country seeks to innovate with help from a variety of Blockchain companies
COTI Launches Decentralized ‘Fear Index’ for DeFi Markets
13.10.2020
"Traders can hedge themselves against a potential rise in the DeFi market volatility by taking a long position in the cVIX," according to COTI
Decentralized Governance in the Wild – Lessons from the KuCoin Hack
12.10.2020
Ben Goertzel, founder of SingularityNET, reflects on governance decisions made following the $150 million KuCoin exploit – and why hard forking wasn't the best option
12 Defi Con Artists Exposed – Are Rug Pulling Incidents Threatening the Future of Defi ?
12.10.2020
The ongoing hype about the abnormally high returns from Defi tokens has naturally seen many more investors moving funds to decentralized protocols. As of October 10, total value locked in Defi protocols was nearly $11 billion. However, despite this apparent endorsement of Defi, rug pulling...
Defi Community Members Aim to Sue Yearn Finance Creator Andre Cronje and Fork YFI
12.10.2020
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was ultimately hacked before the official launch. According to...
Wolf of Wall Street on steroids: DeFi may be a bubble, but it’s making us stronger
11.10.2020
We’re in the middle of the greatest wealth transfer in human history, with DeFi finally solving the problem of financial inclusion
Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%
11.10.2020
The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi)...
Crypto banks are going to swallow fiat banks in 3 years — or even less
10.10.2020
In three years, a younger generation of banking customers won’t do business with a traditional fiat bank unless it offers access to crypto
Boringdao Raises $1.4M: Project’s Tokenized BTC Bridge Backed by 200% Collateral
10.10.2020
There’s a new tokenized bitcoin project coming to the decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem that’s recently received $1.4 million from blockchain investors. The project called Boringdao, a decentralized bridge between Ethereum and alternative blockchains, plans to launch...
Bitcoin Defi: Smart Contract Platform RSK Integrates ETH-Based Stablecoin DAI
9.10.2020
On October 6, 2020, the RIF (RSK Infrastructure Framework) development team announced that the Makerdao project’s DAI stablecoin is now available via the smart contract protocol RSK. According to the software engineers, RIF developers leveraged the RSK-Ethereum token bridge and individuals...
Ex-Goldman Sachs exec believes that his decentralized clearing house can rescue DeFi from oblivion
8.10.2020
"I have seen this movie before," said the ex-banker with reference to DeFi
Decentralized Exchange on Ethereum Is Not Sustainable - FTX CEO
8.10.2020
Despite this summer’s success for Ethereum (ETH)-based decentralized exchanges (DEXes) like Uniswap and its fork SushiSwap, the SushiSwap saviour and CEO of centralized crypto derivatives exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, argued that Ethereum – as it is now – is not the best place to host...
Solana set to launch decentralized Ethereum bridge to power DeFi
8.10.2020
Ethereum liquidity will no longer have to go through FTX to reach Solana
GM and Honda publish specs for decentralized electric car charging network
8.10.2020
A Honda and GM-led working group has unveiled a global standard for using distributed ledger technology to create decentralized electric vehicle charging networks
P2PLoan Finance Is All Set To Offer Higher Returns With Its Newly Launched Decentralized Protocols
7.10.2020
LONDON, United Kingdom, — P2PLoan Finance – Has successfully launched its decentralized protocols (Lend, Borrow) which also includes its very own Dapp on the Ethereum Network. P2PLoan Finance has officially made its fully functional website public, making it easier to avail Loans, they...
Japan’s Messaging Giant Line Introduces Crypto Lending Services
7.10.2020
Back in the summer of 2018, the Japanese messaging giant, Line Corp., launched a cryptocurrency exchange with over 30 digital assets. Now Line is introducing crypto lending services with five different crypto assets and a new lineup of decentralized applications (dapps). The Japanese messaging...
3 key on-chain metrics point to a bullish reversal in Ethereum price
6.10.2020
DeFi-tokens corrected heavily over the past 30-days but on-chain data suggest Ether is in the early stages of a bullish reversal
Rep claims his firm was 8 years ahead of its time on DeFi
6.10.2020
Timing is crucial
Regulation is coming to DeFi, but can it be enforced?
6.10.2020
Is regulation plausible in a completely decentralized environment?