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Top 3 Rebase Token Markets Shudder — Stats Show TIME, OHM, BTRFLY Lost Billions Since All-Time Highs
18.1.2022
While the crypto economy has shed more than 3% in fiat value during the last 24 hours dropping to $2.09 trillion, the top rebase tokens by market capitalization have seen significant losses this week. At the time of writing, the rebase token economy is valued at over $3.2 billion but has lost more...
Most Defi Hacks in 2021 Had to Do With Centralization Issues, According to Certik
17.1.2022
Certik, a blockchain security and auditing firm, has reported that the most common attack vector for hacks in decentralized finance (defi) protocols had to do with centralization in 2021. This data is present in Certik’s latest report, where the company also examines the growth of defi...
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...
Terra Proposal Seeks to Expand UST Stablecoin to 5 Different Defi Protocols
10.1.2022
On January 6, Terra Research announced a proposal to expand the network’s stablecoin asset terrausd (UST) across a number of different protocols on Polygon, Ethereum, and Solana. Terra’s governance blog post discusses how the proposal to leverage $139 million of UST can bolster...
Moviecoin․com to Transform Movie Financing on Blockchain
10.1.2022
PRESS RELEASE. London, England, January 10, 2022: Moviecoin.com brings movie funding and decentralized finance (defi) to both independent movie-makers and larger budget movies. Moviecoin.com will allow any budding movie producer, director, or writer to finance their own script and movie....
JPMorgan Shares Predictions on Crypto Markets, Ethereum’s Upgrades, Defi, NFTs
10.1.2022
Global investment bank JPMorgan has published a report on the future outlook of crypto markets, including Ethereum’s upgrades, decentralized finance (defi), and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The bank sees “the cryptocurrency markets as increasingly relevant to financial...
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%...
Coinbase Shares Predictions on Future of Ethereum Scalability, Metaverse, Defi, NFTs
6.1.2022
Coinbase’s chief product officer has shared some predictions for 2022 regarding Ethereum’s scalability, the metaverse, decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and more. 2022 Predictions by Coinbase’s Executive Coinbase’s chief product officer, Surojit...
Defi Lending Startup Aave Launches Permissioned Platform to Entice Financial Institutions
5.1.2022
On January 5, the open-source non-custodial decentralized finance (defi) lending platform Aave launched a permissioned version of the protocol aimed at institutions. The platform dubbed Aave Arc will leverage Fireblocks as the first whitelister as the platform aims to help bridge traditional...
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...
India’s Central Bank RBI Says Crypto Is Prone to Fraud and Poses Immediate Risks to Consumer Protection
2.1.2022
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has warned about multiple risks cryptocurrency poses to the country’s financial stability. “They are also prone to frauds and to extreme price volatility,” the apex bank claims, stressing that...
Defi Portfolio Tracking Startup Debank Raises $25M From Sequoia China, Crypto.com, Circle
29.12.2021
The decentralized finance (defi) portfolio tracking startup Debank raised $25 million from investors according to an announcement on Tuesday. Following the equity financing round, Debank says it has an overall valuation of around $200 million. Defi Dashboard Debank Raises $25 Million 2021 was...
Meme Token Economy Climbs 14% in 2 Weeks — DOGE, SHIB Command 83% Dominance
26.12.2021
Toward the end of this week, crypto-assets rebounded in value after meandering for two weeks and consolidating. While specific tokens like decentralized finance (defi) coins, metaverse tokens, and smart contract coins improved a great deal, the meme-token economy increased in value as well, as...
Report: Decentralized Exchange Volume Surpasses $1 Trillion in 2021, Uniswap Leads the Pack
24.12.2021
Decentralized exchange (dex) volumes have become very prominent this year and some dex applications have been dealing with volumes that are sizable to large centralized crypto exchanges. During the last seven days, Ethereum-based dex platforms processed $21 billion with Uniswap capturing 71% of...
Defi Marketplace and NFT Platform Arcade Raises $15 Million in Series A Funding Round
23.12.2021
The decentralized finance (defi) marketplace, non-fungible token (NFT) financialization platform, and lending application Arcade has announced the company has closed a Series A investment round for $15 million. Just recently, Arcade facilitated an onchain loan of $800,000 against an NFT portfolio...
Terra Protocol Surpasses Binance Smart Chain in Terms of Value Locked in Defi
22.12.2021
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has rebounded in fiat value after suffering some losses last week. Statistics indicate that the $248 billion TVL in defi has increased 3.46% during the last 24 hours and the blockchain Terra has overtaken the Binance Smart Chain in terms...
Uniswap Community Votes to Deploy v3 on Polygon, Contract Support Coming in a Few Days
20.12.2021
One of the largest decentralized exchange (dex) platforms in terms of trade volume, Uniswap, has announced that the dex community has approved a governance proposal to support the Polygon blockchain. Uniswap to Support Polygon PoS Blockchain In terms of trade volume, statistics show that Uniswap...
BIS Exec Says Defi Is a ‘Wake-up Call’ for Regulators, Global Crypto Policy Expected in 2022
20.12.2021
A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) executive, Benoît Cœuré, says that crypto is “growing very fast” and ”becoming mainstream in different ways.” Emphasizing that decentralized finance (defi) is a “wake-up call” for financial...
Kraken Ventures Raises $65 Million to Invest in Web3, Defi, Blockchain Startups and Protocols
18.12.2021
The independent investment fund led by Kraken alumni that’s focused on early-stage companies and protocols, Kraken Ventures, announced the successful closing of its first fund at $65 million. Presently, the fund holds positions in platforms like Hashflow, Pstake, Acala, Blockdaemon...
Cornell Professor of Economics: Defi Promise Is Real but Bitcoin May Not Last Much Longer
18.12.2021
A Cornell University economics professor says that the promise of decentralized finance (defi) using blockchain technology is real but bitcoin may not last that much longer. Nonetheless, he admitted bitcoin “has really set off a revolution that ultimately might benefit all of us either...