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First Loan Ever Issued With Ethereum Domain Name as Collateral
17.4.2020
Rocket announced their first loan using an Ethereum domain name as collateral
DeFi Market Cap Back Above $1 Billion After March Market Crash
15.4.2020
DeFi protocols are proliferating, with nearly the 250 actively traded tokens underpinning decentralized finance projects exceeding $1 billion
‘Black Thursday’ Liquidations Sparks $28M Lawsuit Against Maker Foundation
15.4.2020
The Maker Foundation is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for $28 million over the March 12 event that caused over $2 million in liquidations. The lawsuit alleges that the team behind the Makerdao project did not explain the extreme risk of loss to investors. Also read: ETH Price Strains Defi...
MakerDAO Users Sue Stablecoin Issuer Following ‘Black Thursday’ Losses
14.4.2020
A lawsuit against the Maker Foundation claims the DeFi platform “intentionally misrepresented the risks associated with CDP ownership.”
Wirex Payments Platform Hits 3 Million Users, Becomes Profitable
14.4.2020
Strong long term trends aside, the COVID-19 pandemic has recently hit Wirex card users’ retail spending
Chicago DeFi Alliance Launches to Save Decentralized Finance
8.4.2020
Major U.S. brokerage TD Ameritrade backs the Chicago DeFi Alliance, a new initiative aiming to support DeFi development in compliance with trading regulations
It’s Time For Beer & Bitcoin: Quarantine Edition
8.4.2020
Quarantined at home, Cointelegraph staff got together online to drink beers and talk crypto together
Rune Christensen: ‘Our Job Is to Support Whatever the Maker Community Decides’
6.4.2020
Why did the Maker Foundation maintain such radio silence during Black Thursday governance? Rune Christensen explains
MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise
4.4.2020
The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralization
John McAfee Offers $500 in ETH-based DAI for Corona Apocalypse Pics
3.4.2020
$500 in DAI has been offered by John McAfee for the best photograph showing the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown
A Crypto Venture Fund Bought the Most Tokens at MakerDAO’s Debt Auction
1.4.2020
Crypto venture fund Paradigm Capital won the winning bids in the MakerDAO debt auction, but the users remain uncompensated
Ubisoft and MakerDAO to Sponsor Blockchain Gaming Alliance Under New Leadership
30.3.2020
The Blockchain Gaming Alliance sees new sponsors including Ubisoft and MakerDAO
Tron Launches Djed, a Platform That Looks Suspiciously Like MakerDAO
30.3.2020
Is Tron’s recently announced Djed really a MakerDAO clone?
How MakerDAO’s Stablecoin Survived the Crash, Smart Contract Bugs and Full Decentralization
29.3.2020
How do DeFi stablecoins actually work and what happened during the sudden, precipitous drop in crypto prices earlier this month? On today's show Andreas M. Antonopoulos leads us through a very interesting system and how it survived 'Black Thursday'
Back From the Crypt: MakerDAO Toes the Line Between Life and Death
27.3.2020
DeFi barely recovers from a serious blow: “It was only a matter of time before the shockwaves from the growing financial crisis shook the very foundations of MakerDAO”
For DeFi’s Sake, Maker Should Take Blame for Black Thursday Losses
25.3.2020
While the system did not technically malfunction, a confluence of factors enabled a few opportunists to win the collateral auctions despite placing extremely low bids
MakerDAO’s Gustav Arentoft: Decentralization Is Not a Binary Choice
24.3.2020
MakerDAO expanding to South East Asia: “When we started talking with them, we had 10 or 20,000 people on the platform. Now, before we have even launched, we had more than 600,000 people pass through KYC”
MakerDAO's Storm Has Passed, but Community Still Faces Tough Decisions
23.3.2020
Maker’s community breathes a sigh of relief, but many other challenges await
Bidders Pay Up to 24% Less for MKR in Phase Two of MakerDAO Auction
23.3.2020
Bidders have bagged savings of up to 24% in the second phase of the MakerDAO debt auction
MakerDAO Raises USD 2m in MKR Debt Auction + More News
20.3.2020
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USD 2 million in DAI has been raised in the MakerDAO MKR debt auction. The debt auction was launched with a goal...