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Value Locked in Defi Climbs Higher, Polkadot TVL Spikes, Terra’s LUNA Sheds 21%
30.1.2022
On Sunday, January 30, 2022, the top smart contract protocol tokens by market capitalization is $592 billion or 32.66% of the $1.8 trillion crypto economy. Meanwhile, the total-value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is $192.42 billion up 5.28% since January 23. Defi TVL Climbs...
Hacker Siphons $80 Million From Qubit Cross-Chain Bridge, Largest Defi Exploit of 2022 to Date
28.1.2022
Findings stemming from a recent report published by the security-focused blockchain firm Certik indicate that the Binance smart chain ↔ Ethereum bridge called Qubit has been hacked for $80 million. Data shows on January 27, 2022, an attacker siphoned a number of tokens from an exploit...
Fantom Surpasses Binance Smart Chain as the Third-Largest Defi Blockchain
24.1.2022
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols has lost ​​6.8% during the last 24 hours as crypto markets have experienced more losses. However, the Fantom blockchain has seen a TVL increase, jumping 46.62% over the last week. Fantom has managed to knock...
Value Locked in Defi Jumps 2.3% in 7 Days, Ethereum NFT Sales Dominate, Fantom TVL Jumps 26%
15.1.2022
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols across a number of blockchains has increased from $233.95 billion since January 8, to $239.44 billion. Curve’s total value locked (TVL) dominance today is 9.76% with its $23.38 billion TVL. Meanwhile...
Finance Redefined: Vitalik bearish on cross-chain, dYdX decentralizing, Jan. 7–14
15.1.2022
Vitalik Buterin outlined his views on a cross-chain blockchain world, dYdX announced plans for full decentralization in 2022, and Near Protocol raised $150 for Web3 tech — all coming to you in this week’s Finance Redefined
Near Foundation Raises $150 Million to Bolster Web3 Adoption
14.1.2022
On Thursday, the Near Foundation announced the project has raised $150 million from strategic investors such as Three-Arrows Capital, a16z, Mechanism Capital, Dragonfly Capital, and Circle Ventures. Following the announcement, the Near protocol’s native crypto asset jumped more than...
Industry players respond to Vitalik Buterin's thoughts on cross-chain ecosystems
13.1.2022
"Interdependence between chains could create a domino effect that impacts multiple ecosystems if a single chain were to be attacked, but that certainly isn't a reason to stop working on cross-chain innovations," Komodo's CTO Kadan Stadelmann told Cointelegraph
EverRise Launches EverSwap With a Native Coin Swap to Facilitate Cross-Chain Exchanges
11.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. EverRise launches their fifth decentralized application (dApp) today, EverSwap, a multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX), with a Native Coin Swap feature powered by their cross-chain bridging dApp EverBridge. The Native Coin Swap (NCS) functionality lowers the barrier to entry...
Value Locked in Defi Slips 10% in 4 Days, Ethereum TVL Dominates at 58%
8.1.2022
Four days ago, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) was coasting along at $255.84 billion and since then, the TVL has dropped ​​8.55% in value. During the last 24 hours, the TVL has slid 2.80%, and Curve’s $23 billion locked today represents 9.84%...
Vitalik Buterin gives thumbs down to cross-chain applications
7.1.2022
Ethereum's co-founder cites "fundamental security limits of bridges" as the key reason for his disapproval
NFT Analytics Platform Cryptoslam Raises $9M From Animoca Brands, Mark Cuban, Sound Ventures
7.1.2022
On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) data and analytics platform Cryptoslam raised $9 million in a capital funding round led by Animoca Brands. Cryptoslam detailed that Mark Cuban participated in the financing and Ashton Kutcher’s and Guy Oseary’s Sound Ventures joined in...
xDollar Partners with Iotex to Power Web3 Currency and Cross-Chain, Interest-Free Loans
6.1.2022
IoTeX has announced a series of partnerships, and its fast-growing ecosystem in 2021 has seen projects on its platform increase exponentially from a couple dozen to over 126. As part of this ongoing growth, xDollar has announced its partnership with IoTeX to power Web3 money and non-custodial...
Aurora and cBridge Collaborate to Facilitate Cross-Chain Bridges
5.1.2022
cBridge has finally established bridging assistance for Aurora, an Ethereum Virtual Machine scalability connectivity that flows on NEAR Protocol with benefits from the many unique characteristics, such as sharding & speedy finality. Aurora combines the Ethereum 1.0 development experience with...
Defi TVL Jumps 12% Since Mid-December, Close to $25B in Bridges, Convex Gains on Curve’s Dominance
4.1.2022
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has risen 4% during the first four days of the new year from $245 billion on January 1, to $255.84 billion three days later. While the defi protocol Curve Finance dominates with a TVL of $24.44 billion, Convex Finance is closing in on...
3 Best Cross-Chain Tools You Need NOW
3.1.2022
Cross-chain tools for deployment in web3 projects are all the rave at the moment, and developers either deploy such tools or go the chain bridge development route. And that is a lot harder than it looks, and it’s all about blockchain interoperability. The web3 industry has grown beyond...
Cross chain DeFi hub Umee raises $32M with Coinlist token sale
31.12.2021
The Cosmos-inspired DeFi platform Umee set records for a Coinlist public sale with nearly one million unique applicants and 63,000 total contributors
Terabethia Cross-Chain Bridges Gap Between Internet Computer and ETH
23.12.2021
Terabethia, an asset mirror Tech Company, and cross-chain contract communication were created by Psychedelic, a Web 3.0 development firm that creates solutions exclusive for the Internet Computer. Users will be able to replicate and utilize any of the available Ethereum tokens, Nonfungible...
Terabithia cross-chain protocol bridges Internet Computer and Ethereum
22.12.2021
The bridge allows users to transact Ethereum native assets at faster speeds with lower cost and store them directly on-chain
Binance VC arm leads $60M round in cross-chain protocol Multichain
21.12.2021
Shortly after rebranding from Anyswap last week, Multichain raised $60 million in a seed round led by Binance Labs
Value Locked in Defi Continues to Slide, ETH Defi Dominates by 65%, Solana Transactions Reign
17.12.2021
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance has slid 15.63% since the metric’s all-time high of $275 billion sixteen days ago on December 1. Since the end of the first week of December, the TVL is down 7.19% lower with a number of protocols seeing seven-day losses in terms of TVL....