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$30M MakerDAO 'Black Thursday' lawsuit sent to arbitration
29.9.2020
A class-action lawsuit accusing MakerDAO of misrepresenting the risks associated with its DAI stablecoin has been stayed pending arbitration proceedings
Crypto hedge funds and mining regulations: Bad crypto news of the week
26.9.2020
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How many DeFi projects still have ‘God Mode’ admin keys? More than you think
25.9.2020
The vast majority of DeFi projects still have the ability to enter ‘God Mode’ and unilaterally make changes to pretty much everything
Makerdao Vote to Not Compensate Black Thursday Victims Receives Harsh Criticism
25.9.2020
Large Makerdao holders decided not to compensate the victims that were liquidated during the unexpected flash crash that took place on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday.’ An aggregate total of 38 votes was cast and more than 65% of the governance portal participants voted...
Blockchain Bites: MakerDAO’s Do or Dai Moment, Bitcoin in Africa, Dollar Trends Up
24.9.2020
MakerDAO has voted not to compensate victims of the "Black Thursday" flash crash, a former Pantera partner is launching a new crypto-focused fund and bitcoin may be headed to the doldrums as the U.S. dollar rises
MakerDAO Users Hosed by March Flash Crash Won’t Get MKR Payouts, Say MKR Whales
24.9.2020
After initially voting to do so, the Maker community will not compensate investors who lost big on the lending platform during "Black Thursday's" price rout
DeFi, celebrities charged and Kiss: Bad crypto news of the week
19.9.2020
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Bitcoin’s obituary and a Starbucks blockchain: Bad crypto news of the week
12.9.2020
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DeFi oracles, explained
11.9.2020
Oracles have played a major role in the huge growth of the DeFi ecosystem observed in 2020
‘No Other Option but More Collateral’: The Short- (and Long-) Term Fixes for Dai’s Broken Peg
11.9.2020
Stablecoin demand in yield farming is breaking dai's peg. Solutions revolve around USDC and Maker's version of QE, but will these measures last?
DeFi ain’t just about tokens, quality use-cases to overcome challenges
6.9.2020
Decentralized finance has taken the crypto world by storm, reshaping the space
Yearn.Finance’s New Vault Leverages DeFi ‘Triforce’: ETH, MakerDAO and Curve
2.9.2020
Yearn.Finance will make it easy for anyone who holds ETH to get involved with yield farming with just one cryptocurrency, ETH
DeFi surpasses $7B in locked funds, but just six projects hold 90% of capital
26.8.2020
Despite DeFi’s meteoric growth, only half a dozen projects represent more than 90% of the capital locked in the sector
Forthcoming Yield Farming Project Dispenses With Governance
25.8.2020
Everyone may be talking about governance on Ethereum, but the yet-to-launch DeFi project Liquity is taking a contrarian view: zero governance
Aave Becomes Second DeFi Project to Overtake MakerDAO for Most Crypto Deposited
25.8.2020
DeFi credit market Aave has pulled ahead of stablecoin mint MakerDAO for the title of most collateral staked on Ethereum, according to DeFiPulse
Huobi Launches Consortium of DeFi Providers and Platforms With MakerDAO, Compound
17.8.2020
Huobi has launched a new consortium with MakerDAO and Compound to promote decentralized finance
Ross Ulbricht Uses Snail Mail to Send Correction for Blog Post on MakerDAO
13.8.2020
Getting all the facts right is hard, especially when you don’t have internet access
Crypto VC Firm Assesses the ‘State of Blockchain Governance’
13.8.2020
Greenfield One, an early-stage venture capital firm, just published a comprehensive new resource on the topic of blockchain governance
ETH Lite: Reflexer Labs Raises $1.7M to Build a Somewhat-Stable Coin for DeFi
5.8.2020
Reflexer Labs, a new decentralized finance project aimed at softening volatility, has closed a $1.68 million seed round led by Paradigm
CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum’s DeFi Luminaries Discuss What’s Next
30.7.2020
For decentralized finance (DeFi) to make its mark, it must reach beyond the crypto bubble, said MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen. “Compared to where we’re going next, we’ve still just scratched the surface of what this technology will do,” Christensen, whose lending platform recently topped...