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Curioinvest and Reef Finance Collab to Tokenize Real Assets
9.8.2021
On the 6th of August, 2021, Reef Finance made the headlines with their declaration of a partnership with CurioInvest to activate fractionalized non-fungible tokens of real-world assets into fungible ones and introduce them into the Reef Blockchain. True to its name, CurioInvest encourages one...
The First 3D Online Conference in NFT and DeFi Markets-Asia
9.8.2021
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The First 3D Online Conference in NFT and DeFi Markets-Asia NFT & DeFi Conference and Investment Roadshow 2021
Asia NFT & DeFi Conference and Investment Roadshow 2021 is the first 3D online Conference...
US SEC Shuts Down $30 Million Defi Money Market in First Decentralized Finance Bust
8.8.2021
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken its first enforcement action involving decentralized finance (defi). The commission has charged a defi platform and its executives for unregistered securities sales of more than $30 million and misleading investors. SEC’s...
Tokenized Bitcoin on Ethereum Crosses $11 Billion Notional, WBTC Commands 76% of Circulating Supply
8.8.2021
According to data on August 7, there’s 253,510 bitcoin-pegged or wrapped tokens worth more than $11 billion in value on the Ethereum blockchain. Out of the seven different bitcoin-pegged projects, the Wrapped Bitcoin protocol has 194,023 bitcoin-pegged ERC20 tokens in circulation. Over 250K...
Play-to-earn games are the catalyst for this bullish period in the markets
7.8.2021
The gaming industry is going through a massive growth phase, and the play-to-earn model opens new opportunities for blockchain gaming
Uncollateralized Lending Platform Truefi Raises $12.5 Million From A16z, Alameda and Blocktower
7.8.2021
Truefi, an uncollateralized loan platform, has raised $12.5 million from three important investors. The token sale was led by Blocktower, a New York-based cryptocurrency investment firm. Other important investors were Alameda Research — owned by Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX —...
Genesis Report Highlights ‘Emerging Role’ of Ethereum and Defi in Q2 2021
7.8.2021
Genesis Digital, a leading cryptocurrency trading, lending, and custody desk, released its Q2 reports, where it confirms what it calls the “emerging role” that Ethereum and defi have in the industry. The report also confirms that institutional interest in crypto is still rising despite...
SEC claims first enforcement action in $30M fraud case involving DeFi project
6.8.2021
"The labeling of the offering as decentralized and the securities as governance tokens did not hinder us from ensuring that DeFi Money Market was immediately shut down and that investors were paid back," said the SEC
SEC Charges 'Defi' Lender, Governance Token Issuers Should Take Notice
6.8.2021
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged Cayman Islands-registered DeFi Money Market (DMM) and its top executives, two Florida men, for unregistered sales of more than USD 30m of securities using smart contracts and "so-called "decentralized finance" (DeFi)...
EasyFi Network Collaborates With Cryption Network
6.8.2021
EasyFi Network has entered into a strategic partnership with Cryption Network to provide a host of innovative yield maximization opportunities to the users of DeFi applications. Cryption Network works on the development of user-friendly cryptocurrency products for regular retail investors. Through...
EQIFI Launches Suite of Decentralized Financial Products Powered by a Global, Licensed Bank
6.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. British Virgin Islands — 6th August, 2021 — EQIFI, a decentralized protocol for pooled lending, borrowing and investing Ethereum-based cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and select fiat currencies, has today launched its DeFi platform, including newly introduced fixed-...
Crypto Mom: True decentralization is the only thing that will save DeFi projects
6.8.2021
SEC Commissioner Pierce believes that DeFi founders’ only hope to bypass financial regulation is to ensure full decentralization from launch
Analysis of the Popsicle Finance Hack
5.8.2021
Yesterday at 10:53 pm (UTC), a major hacking incident occurred in Popsicle Finance’s Sorbetto Fragola pool. The hackers drained out nearly 85% of this pool. But other pools like ICE farming contracts, ICE token contracts, and Nice Staking have not been affected by this incident. A total of $20.7...
Swisscom will become a Chainlink node operator
5.8.2021
"Making reliable off-chain data available on decentralized networks is a critical success factor for the future development of digital assets,” said Dominic Vincenz
Exploring the Technical Infrastructure for DeFi Price Protection – a Bumper Case Study
5.8.2021
Bumper Finance has announced their “God-mode for Crypto,” a DeFi price protection protocol that protects the prices of assets from any sudden market drops. At this time of unprecedented uncertainty, the innovative protocol promises to shore up faith for holders of crypto assets. It does this...
Aave price hits two-month high on Wall Street’s DeFi adoption hopes
5.8.2021
Bids for the lending platform token surged dramatically after Bitwise Investments announced an Aave-focused fund for institutional investors
SEC Chair Gensler Outlines Plans for Crypto Trading, Exchanges, Investor Protection, Bitcoin ETFs
5.8.2021
The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, has outlined how the SEC plans to regulate the crypto industry. Focusing on investor protection, Gensler discussed concerns the SEC has about crypto trading, exchanges, lending, defi platforms, and exchange-traded...
Altcoins and DeFi tokens push higher as Bitcoin price falters at $40K
4.8.2021
QNT, SFI and XYO gained more than 20% while bulls attempt to push BTC and ETH back to their local highs
Reef Finance Announces Samecoin’s Listing on Reef Chain
4.8.2021
Reef Finance and Samecoin have recently announced their collaborated first stablecoin on the reef chain ecosystem. Due to the addition of Samecoin, it would be the first stablecoin on the blockchain for the Reef Chain ecosystem. Samecoin is a stablecoin protocol based on the decentralized framework...
Ergo (ERG) Token Is Now Listed on Bitcoin.com Exchange
3.8.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin.com Exchange is ecstatic to announce the listing of ERG, being available to trade on the 3rd August 2021 at 10:00AM UTC. Ergo was created by its team to build advanced cryptographic features and radically new DeFi functionality on the rock-solid foundations laid by a decade...