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Bancor updates DEX to try a new approach against impermanent loss
15.10.2020
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, however
Bitcoin and Ether now account for 44% of the value locked in DeFi
15.10.2020
Despite $4B worth of BTC and ETH being locked in DeFi over the past five months, the two top coins still account for less than half of the sector’s TVL
YearnSwap Is All Set to Introduce Its Decentralized Ecosystem
14.10.2020
LONDON, United Kingdom, — YearnSwap.org – Is all set to launch its Decentralized protocols (Lending, Yield Farming, Staking) for public access, YearnSwap aims to provide an Ecosystem with many prominent features available in the market today. With this launch YearnSwap has stepped...
Centralized Exchange Operators Believe Low Liquidity on DEX Platforms Stops User Migration
14.10.2020
Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEX) operators say they are unfazed by the increasing trading volumes on decentralized exchanges (DEX) because the latter’s liquidity is still too insignificant to cause user mass migration. The majority of CEX operators also insist that it is very...
DeFi Pulse unveils safety ratings to allow users to compare risk
14.10.2020
DeFi Pulse and Gauntlet have released a new tool to improve users’ risk awareness of major DeFi projects
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