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5 Years After Launch, Predictions Market Platform Augur Releases Version 2
29.7.2020
Augur v2 has all the bells and whistles: Interplanetary File System (IPFS), 0x Mesh, MakerDAO’s dai and Uniswap’s v2 oracle network
A New Crypto Derivative Can Help Stabilize Dai's Unpredictable Interest Rates
24.7.2020
A derivatives exchange wants to offer its users a way to hedge against and speculate on the changes of Dai’s Savings Rate
Stablecoin Tether Set to Eclipse Bitcoin’s Daily Transaction Value
23.7.2020
The most dominant stablecoin in the cryptocurrency ecosystem has seen some competition during the last few years, but the token tether has remained king in the face of rivalry. Just recently, a “Q2’20 review” published by the digital currency data and analytics firm Messari shows...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Fails to Stay Above $9,400 While Dai Supply Skyrockets
22.7.2020
Low volume and volatility continue to plague the bitcoin market but the supply of dai soars
Ethereum’s 2020 Defi Boom Doubles Active Ether Addresses, But Fees Skyrocket
22.7.2020
The number of active Ethereum addresses has grown aggressively in 2020 because of the decentralized finance (defi) boom. Active Ethereum addresses doubled in size leaving networks like Tron, Cardano, and EOS in the dust. There’s a lot happening in the world of decentralized finance (defi)...
DeFi Tokens Outperformed Bitcoin in Q2 but Will the Rally Continue?
16.7.2020
DeFi tokens strongly outperformed Bitcoin price in Q2 but can the triple-digit rallies continue?
DeFi Earnings Fell 42% in Q2 Even as Token Prices Surged
16.7.2020
DeFi earnings fell in Q2 as MakerDAO dropped the savings rate and Synthetix began reporting its actual earnings
Ethereum 2.021, Dai Giveaway, Bourbon on Tokens + More News
10.7.2020
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Phase 0 of Ethereum's next version, Ethereum 2.0 might go live in January of 2021 at the earliest, Ethereum researcher Justin Drake...
Brazil’s Ailing Economy Is Helping Dollar-Pegged Stablecoins Find Traction
8.7.2020
Brazilian crypto users are increasingly turning to USD-pegged stablecoins as the country's real sinks to record lows against the dollar
Introducing the CoinDesk 20
8.7.2020
This group of 20 digital assets make up most of what people mean when they say “the cryptocurrency market.”
Trouble in Defi Paradise: Compound-Issued DAI Surpasses DAI in Circulation
3.7.2020
A number of cryptocurrency proponents have been discussing the stablecoin DAI this week, as the DAI allegedly held on the Compound platform is much larger than what is recorded in circulation. At press time, Compound statistics show there’s $523 million worth of DAI held in reserves, while...
There Are More DAI on Compound Now Than There Are DAI in the World
3.7.2020
The amount of DAI deposited on Compound skyrocketed by more than $140 million on Thursday – somehow exceeding the total amount of DAI in existence
Buy Stablecoins With Your Credit Card in Lumi Wallet
24.6.2020
Lumi Wallet announced that from June 2020, Tether USDT, Binance USD, Paxos Standard Token, Celsius and Dai are available to purchase in Lumi Wallet with a credit card. The highest grossing stablecoins on the crypto market are fully integrated for exchange and purchase in-wallet. Transactions under...
Hundreds of Sites Now Earn Crypto Trading Fees: Exchange WordPress Plugin Sees 300 Active Installs
21.6.2020
A couple of months ago, a new WordPress (WP) plugin launched that allows anyone to host a digital currency trading platform. With the application, WP website owners can earn fees from various crypto asset trades. The developer of the plugin called “Wpcryptoexchange” tweeted on June...
Virtual Panda BTM Launched for Colombian Residents: Dispenses BTC, BCH, DAI, and Dash
16.6.2020
The CEO of Panda Group and the founder of Colombia’s Panda Exchange and physical Panda BTM terminals, Arley Lozano, recently revealed a new product called app.pandabtm.io. The new service is a virtual automated teller machine that dispenses four types of cryptocurrencies; bitcoin cash (BCH)...
MakerDAO Up By 30% After Vote For ‘Real-World’ Loan Collateral
10.6.2020
MKR is up 30% in 24 hours following the MakerDAO community’s vote in favor of introducing tokenized “real-world” assets as collateral for Dai loans
MakerDAO Weighs Accepting Real-World Assets as Crypto Loan Collateral
4.6.2020
Decentralized finance (DeFi) may soon boast a real-world use case as MakerDao considers accepting freight invoices as collateral for DAI loans
Blockchain Intelligence Firm Wants to Prove Tim Draper Wrong on DeFi
21.5.2020
Blockchain intelligence firm asserts that stablecoins are not a replacement of the dollar, instead they present a censorship resistance alternative to fiat
Why $4M Dai Made From WBTC Matters for DeFi’s Maturation
20.5.2020
Crypto lender Nexo minted $4 million in dai on MakerDAO using synthetic bitcoin token WBTC as collateral. Here's why that matters
John McAfee
20.5.2020
John McAfee is a computer programmer, cryptocurrency enthusiast, sometime U.S. presidential candidate and the founder of McAfee Associates, which developed McAfee, the first commercial antivirus software. In May 2016, McAfee joined MGT Capital Investments as the company’s chief executive chairman...