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Yield Farming-boosted DeFi Set For New Fields With Old Challenges in 2021
20.12.2020
2020 was the year of the DeFi explosion. Having had modest beginnings in 2018 and 2019, decentralized finance really took off this year, with the likes of Maker, Compound and Aave combining to push the total value locked (TVL) into the DeFi space to over USD 16bn.
This peak represents a growth...
A lifetime in 24 Tweets: The rise of Inverse.Finance
20.12.2020
"I felt like I wanna do things my way for once," says solo developer Nour Haridy
Terra Protocol (LUNA) rallies 66% after DeFi and stablecoin launch
19.12.2020
Terra Protocol’s successful DeFi and stablecoin launch were followed by a 66% rally that brought LUNA’s market cap to $200 million
Interview with Sergey Nazarov
19.12.2020
Chainlink co-Founder Sergey Nazarov explains why a decentralized oracle network is needed to ensure trust in the DeFi ecosystem
Survey: There Is ‘Significant Room’ for the NFT Market to Grow Despite Widespread Lack of Knowledge Among People
19.12.2020
A survey about non-fungible token (NFT) trends on crypto users revealed that 47% of correspondents had heard of NFT, and among these, 63% of them had only a basic understanding about it, while 57% of them had never used them. Survey Reveals Common User Has Just a Basic Understanding of NFT Market...
DeFi community raises centralization concerns over Compound Chain
18.12.2020
Ethereum proponents and DeFi enthusiasts alike have panned plans by Compound Finance to launch its own blockchain in 2021
The threats to DeFi’s sustainability — and how to fix them
18.12.2020
With insane interest rates and yield farmers endlessly jumping from one protocol to another, fears are growing that DeFi isn’t sustainable — and change is needed
DeFi boom drives 1200% increase in DApp volume in 2020: Report
18.12.2020
DeFi projects will form the foundation of the crypto economy in 2021 according to a report by DappRadar
Warp Finance reportedly loses up to $8M in flash loan attack
18.12.2020
The latest DeFi incursion involves flash loans ... again
If Traditional Finance Moves to CBDCs, 2 Scenarios Open for DeFi - INDX CEO
17.12.2020
Source: Adobe/Михаил Зябликов
Traditional finance can't escape decentralized finance (DeFi). The former's move into digital currencies is bound to impact both, producing two main possible scenarios, according to Jonathan DeCarteret, CEO of tokenized crypto fund INDX Capital.
DeFi is light years...
Blockchain data gets simpler as The Graph launches mainnet
17.12.2020
The global network of open APIs claims it can reduce development time of decentralized applications from months to days
Clever DeFi (CLVA) Offers Guaranteed Interest Payment In Every Fortnight
17.12.2020
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Clever DeFi is a decentralized platform that is offering users guaranteed interest for holding its native token CLVA. Clever intends to build a crypto ecosystem that ensures that all users are compensated...
Perpetual Protocol crosses $500K open interest cap amid BTC all-time high
17.12.2020
Newly launched DeFi derivatives platform Perpetual Protocol crosses open interest milestone in barely 24 hours
DeFi hype and upcoming mainnet upgrade back Zilliqa’s (ZIL) 69% rally
17.12.2020
New partnerships, network upgrades, and a surge in DeFi activity sent Zilliqa price on a strong month-long rally
Finance Redefined: The $20,000 Bitcoin special, Dec. 9–16
16.12.2020
Bitcoin DeFi, Bitcoin on Ethereum: We explore the ways DeFi and Bitcoin intersect
DeFi on Binance Smart Chain: What’s Already Yielding?
16.12.2020
Source: Instagram, Binance
Launched on September 1, 2020, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has already been noticed in the DeFi (decentralized finance) community. Let’s take a quick look into BSC and discuss some of the popular yield farming protocols on the new blockchain.
What is Binance Smart...
Ethereum’s 6 biggest accomplishments of 2020 (and 5 disappointing moments)
16.12.2020
Ethereum’s year was rich with astounding successes, but nothing can be perfect
Compound refused to compensate victims of unfair liquidation — Here's why
16.12.2020
Compound governance refused to compensate COMP farmers right now, but the proposal may come back
Introducing CyberFi — An Intelligent Automation Platform for DeFi
16.12.2020
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The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector of the crypto industry is not new. In fact, it has been around for a couple of years now. However, until mid-2020, it was largely ignored by the majority of...
The Nexus Mutual hacker is now asking for a $2.6M ransom
16.12.2020
Attacker demands ten times the $300,000 bounty offered after apparently laundering a third of the stolen loot