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Rep claims his firm was 8 years ahead of its time on DeFi
6.10.2020
Timing is crucial
Regulation is coming to DeFi, but can it be enforced?
6.10.2020
Is regulation plausible in a completely decentralized environment?
These 3 Trends Are Driving Crypto Market Growth Now
6.10.2020
The latest CoinDesk Quarterly Review looks at some of the main drivers of crypto market evolution including DeF, derivatives and stablecoins
BitMEX Case Might Prompt a Closer Regulatory Look into DeFi
6.10.2020
The latest crackdown on the world’s first crypto derivatives exchange, BitMEX, might turn the regulatory eye towards the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, said financial services platform BitOoda.
"In our view, we will not be surprised if/when regulators take a closer look at DeFi platforms...
Tim Draper’s Venture Studio to Triple-Down on Blockchain Projects With a $25M Fund
6.10.2020
At the LA Blockchain Summit, the blockchain and fintech venture studio Draper Goren Holm announced the launch of a $25 million blockchain fund called “Fund 1.” According to the announcement the money will be used for promising blockchain and fintech startups in Series A and seed...
CoinDesk Live: Inside the Ethereum Economy
6.10.2020
Why all the hype behind yield farming and food-inspired tokens? Should investors take them seriously or are they a fading trend?
DeFi Darling yearn.finance Crashes 60% From ATH, Analysts Still Optimistic
6.10.2020
Known as one of the hottest decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens of the year, yearn.finance’s YFI token is now down by close to 60% from its all-time high just over three weeks ago.
At the time of writing (11:50 UTC), YFI was down by 6% over the past 24 hours, and down by just over 31% over...
PlasmaPay Partners With DuckDAO to Push DeFi Adoption
6.10.2020
Crypto payments platform and digital banking network PlasmaPay announced on Monday that it has partnered with crypto community accelerator DuckDAO. The partnership aims to accelerate the adoption of DeFi among the masses, and DuckDAO has joined the platform as an investor and a strategic partner....
RSK Bitcoin sidechain ports Dai to connect with Ethereum DeFi
6.10.2020
Interoperable DeFi platforms can help with Ethereum's high transaction fees
First Mover: Bitcoiners May Not Care if Dollar Keeps Its Reserve Status
6.10.2020
What if the dollar keeps its reserve status? PLUS: FCA ban, McAfee arrest, commercial real-estate wipeout
Report: Europe’s new crypto regulations pose existential questions for DeFi
6.10.2020
Decentralized finance “may prove difficult to subject to regulatory requirements,” a regulatory adviser says
Ethereum Transaction Fees Fall 82%, as Defi Hype Eases
6.10.2020
The average cost of sending a transaction over the Ethereum blockchain has fallen by 82% from a September 2 peak of $11.61, down to $2.09 as of October 4. The decline may be the result of a slow down in the hype around decentralized finance (defi) protocols. According to data from Glassnode...
DeFi indexes crash despite strong fundamentals
6.10.2020
Binance Futures’ DeFi Composite Index has lost half of its value since launching, while TokenSets’ DeFi Pulse Index is down by one-third
MetaMask hits 1M monthly users thanks to DeFi boom
6.10.2020
The booming DeFi sector is driving up MetaMask’s user base, with the popular Ethereum wallet report now reporting more than one million active monthly users
Many yield farmers lost more than they bargained for when they trusted this DeFi dev
5.10.2020
Some UniCats users saw their entire token balances drained due to a malicious contract
No single blockchain can carry all of DeFi right now, MyEtherWallet founder says
5.10.2020
Scaling solutions sometimes come at the cost of decentralization
Yearn Finance Connect (YFIC) New DeFi Project Decentralized Finance, Staking, Lending & Yield Farming
5.10.2020
Yearn Finance Connect is a decentralized token under the ERC-20 protocol, that allows users to stake YFIC, borrow assets, and vote for improvements within the community. Yearn Finance Connect staking platform enables investors to earn a yield on YFIC token, depositing, and selecting the amount...
After Banning ICOs China’s Defi Ecosystem Grows Exponential This Year
5.10.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem has become a multi-billion dollar industry and quite a bit of the popularity is stemming from China. While a number of defi projects from the West like Uniswap, Compound, and Makerdao are popular in the country, China is also creating its own landscape...
First Mover: Day In The Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk
5.10.2020
Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance
Open Interest in CME Bitcoin Futures Slides as Market Sapped by Surging DeFi
5.10.2020
Institutional interest in bitcoin futures has plummeted as the DeFi explosion made carry trades less attractive, said Bequant's Denis Vinokourov