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Mainstream DeFi is ‘inevitable’: US currency comptroller
21.10.2020
The U.S acting comptroller of the currency believes the role banks play in society will soon be transformed by crypto assets and DeFi
Defi Projects That Will Succeed
20.10.2020
Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com.
The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem went through an exponential rise this year, rising from $1 billion to $11 billion in 2020. Many investors have greatly profited from this sudden and unexpected rise...
With COMP Below $100, a Look Back at the ‘DeFi Summer’ It Sparked
20.10.2020
Compound's governance token, COMP, fell below $100 early Tuesday. The DeFi token kicked off the yield farming craze way back in June
Dash Rallies On A DeFi Bridge
20.10.2020
Dash (DASH), one of the most widely adopted cryptocurrencies in the market, outperformed 98 largest coins by market capitalization today, rallying on a decentralized finance (DeFi)-related partnership news.
At the time of writing (12:08 UTC), DASH is trading at a price of almost USD 74, jumping...
Uniswap’s First Governance Vote Ends in Ironic Failure
20.10.2020
The vote had been intended to decide whether or not to reduce the thresholds required to make and pass proposals on the DeFi protocol
R3 Corda Network Set to Go DeFi With XDC Digital Currency
20.10.2020
A group of former bankers building on R3’s public Corda Network is touting the first digital currency for that ecosystem, dubbed XDC
Payments-focused cryptocurrency Dash now has a bridge to DeFi
19.10.2020
A StakeHound collaboration allows Dash holders to earn masternode staking rewards and access DeFi services at the same time
Chasing the hottest trends in crypto, the EU works to rein in stablecoins and DeFi
19.10.2020
The proposed EU crypto market regulation will raise many compliance obstacles for the next Libra-like project seeking to operate in Europe
Yearn Finance Founder Blames Social Actors for Role in the EMN Token Hack
18.10.2020
Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje suggests he did not mishandle the Eminence (EMN) project’s economic exploit, which he insists functions well. He accuses certain social actors of creating a story around EMN that caused rational actors to jump onto the token. Cronje’s comments follow...
NIX Bridge Token, the Gateway to Private DeFi – Presale Now Live
17.10.2020
It has become impossible to imagine the cryptocurrency market without DeFi. The exponential growth this field is experiencing has also sparked interest among those concerned about the state of privacy. NIX Platform recently announced a unique advancement within the privacy field by developing...
DeFi Unlocked: How to Earn Crypto Investment Income on Synthetix
16.10.2020
In our DeFi Unlocked series, we discuss the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to provide you with insight into how you can potentially earn investment income in this new market.
In this guide, we explore Synthetix (SNX), how it works, and how it can be used to earn crypto...
How DeFi Can Avoid the Irrelevance of P2P Lending and Crowdfunding
16.10.2020
To avoid the fate of other p2p projects, DeFi protocols need incentives and feedback loops so users choose open-source over closed systems
Blockchain Bites: OKEx Freezes Withdrawals, DeFi Audits Queue, Nigeria Urges Crypto Adoption
16.10.2020
OKEx has frozen withdrawals, audit firms are experiencing a backlog of DeFi projects and the Trump administration is examining DLT for national defense
DiFy.Finance (YFIII) Is an In-Development Software Fork of Yearn.Finance (YFI)
16.10.2020
DiFy.Finance, like YFI, the platform it is based on, is an environment of decentralized finance (DeFi) lending aggregators: it allows users to provide liquidity for the ecosystem by parking their cryptocurrency tokens in a smart contract vault and earning interest in return. By the virtue of...
Money Reimagined: How Ethereum 2.0’s ‘Lock Up’ Will Drive DeFi Innovation
16.10.2020
As Ethereum's 2.0 upgrade locks up serious ether volume, we're likely to see financial ideas that unlock value without undermining mission
First Mover: OKEx Private Key Snafu Sends Bitcoin Lower as China DeFi Rises
16.10.2020
OKEx withdrawal suspension sends bitcoin lower, China becomes hotbed of DeFi development, Filecoin first-day trading leaves market cap above $800M
DeFi Audit Firms Seeing ‘Overwhelming Demand’ Even Amid Token Price Slump
15.10.2020
Overbooked audit firms are “rejecting” DeFi projects for code checks as the young sector wallows in its first bear market
Game theory meets DeFi: Bouncing ideas around tokenomic design
15.10.2020
"If you look at financial structures in history, everything worked out because of collaboration."
Foresight or folly? Data show 70% of exchanges are unmoved by DeFi volume
15.10.2020
Survey data show centralized exchanges are not worried about DeFi trading volumes, so why are they building their own DEXs?
Escalating DeFi scams tarnishing the crypto yield farming market niche
15.10.2020
With DeFi scams multiplying by the day, industry stakeholders urge investors to prioritize due diligence before investing in any project