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Defi Index CVX Measures Crypto ‘Market Fear’ and Implied Volatility
3.11.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) platform cvx.finance has launched the beta version of its “Crypto Volatility Index”, otherwise known as the “CVX.” The CVX is an index similar to the “Market Fear Index” (VIX) commonly used in traditional finance, but cvx.finance...
The 2020 Elections Are Boosting Crypto Prediction Markets
3.11.2020
Decentralized betting platforms like Polymarket and YieldWars are seeing accelerated trading volume growth leading up to the 2020 presidential election
Zero-sum game: DeFi declines while Bitcoin booms
3.11.2020
While Bitcoin’s value has increased by more than one-third since September, DeFi tokens have floundered. Are the two things related?
Major Defi Token Prices Plunge, as Money Moves Back Into Bitcoin
2.11.2020
Major decentralized finance (defi) projects fell sharply in October, with token prices tumbling by between 30% and 56%, as money appears to be moving away from the overhyped space and back into bitcoin. According to Coingecko data, Andre Cronje’s Yearn Finance (YFI) fell fastest, crashing...
Blockchain Bites: Digital Yuan’s 4M Transactions, Bitcoin’s 33-Month High, Uniswap’s Second Governance Vote
2.11.2020
October saw the first time the total value locked in all DeFi protocols closed below the month’s starting value
DeFi Trading App Dharma Now Connects Directly to US Bank Accounts
2.11.2020
The startup for trading in decentralized finance (DeFi), Dharma, has now enabled automated clearing house (ACH) purchases in 10 U.S. states
Binance Labs–Backed ‘DeFi Credit Union’ Bringing Higher Yields to Savers in Nigeria
2.11.2020
With backing from Binance Labs, Nigeria's Xend Finance is looking to bring DeFi to the world of local credit unions
A new DeFi project could let smart contracts buy physical goods
2.11.2020
But the solution isn't exactly easy to grasp
Tron's JustLink Said to be a Chainlink 'Copy-Paste'; Tron Mainnet Attacked
2.11.2020
Following the launch of JustLink as an "oracle answer for Chainlink on Tron," some are thinking it's more than just an answer - accusing the team behind the network and the project's founder Justin Sun of another blatant copy-paste. Meanwhile, the network's mainnet suffered an attempted...
Opium Raises $3.3M to Make Exotic Crypto Derivatives Available to All
2.11.2020
Opium has closed a $3.25 million funding round for its BYOD (build your own derivative) platform
Uncollaterized Power: A Makerdao Governance Vote Was Swayed by a Defi Flash Loan
2.11.2020
The Makerdao and the stablecoin DAI has been a popular project in the decentralized finance (defi) space and it’s also had its share of problems. This week the project called Bprotocol leveraged a defi flash loan in order to sway a Makerdao governance vote. The development team behind...
Uniswap Proposal to Airdrop More UNI Falls Short in Governance Vote
1.11.2020
The votes were staggeringly in favor, but a quorum was not reached, and Uniswap’s second-ever governance proposal has been defeated
Report: Token Listings Have Short Term Positive Influence on Price, M&A Have Better Impact in the Long Term
1.11.2020
A study by Etoro and The Tie find listing and partnership announcements as significant developments (Sigdev) that have an immediate, large, and positive influence on token price. This influence, which peaks within the first 24 hours, usually wears off after a week, according to the study report....
Yield Trust DeFi Protocol with Anti-Manipulation and Unique Trust Score Feature – Presale Now Live
31.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Trust Team from Stockholm, Sweden is ready to launch their new DeFi protocol for public access, providing users exciting and unique technologies to finally beat market manipulation and reduce market affection by the whales. The protocol is going to grow all around starting it’s...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $13.6K as DeFi Total Value Locked Dips Below $11B
30.10.2020
Bitcoin’s price hit $13,600 before retrenching while some investors pulled crypto out of DeFi
Maker DAO Members Voting on a Safeguard Against BProtocol Flash Loan-Type Attack
30.10.2020
The Maker DAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting
Crypto ‘fear index’ can now be used to peek into the future
30.10.2020
Option traders seem to be quite fearful in October
Crypto Lending Boom, JustLink vs. Chainlink, USD 1m DeFi Bounty + More News
30.10.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Full-service crypto prime broker Genesis said that its lending business added over USD 5.2bn in new originations in...
Tim Draper seeks to ‘DeFi‘ the venture capital business with Bitcoin
30.10.2020
Tim Draper remains bullish on DeFi and Bitcoin but thinks regulation has not caught up with the technology
Report: Governance remains highly centralized on many DeFi projects
30.10.2020
Top holders control vast amounts of supply