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DeFi Governance Tokens Face Three Challenges
11.10.2020
DeFi hasn’t always been particularly decentralized, with many of the major platforms and projects beginning with core teams who controlled their initial development.
It seems that this has somewhat changed in recent months, with the rapid ascent of DeFi almost forcing the ecosystem to introduce...
SEC Commissioner Peirce Weighs in Defi Token Regulation Debate: Panel Predicts Defi Will Self Correct in Twelve Months
9.10.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner, Hester Peirce says while defi tokens carry some equity-like benefits, she believes that giving something away is distinct from selling something. As a result of this lack of clarity, Peirce says questions about the regulatory structure and how these...
ETH Volumes Top $119.5 Billion in Q3: High-Risk Dapps Dominate Tron Network
4.10.2020
A recent report says total Dapps transaction volumes reached $125 Billion in Q3 2020, a figure which is $113 billion higher than in Q2 2020. From these volumes, the Ethereum blockchain accounts for 96% or $119.5 billion of the total created value with the majority of this being attributed to...
SUN.IO Announces Establishment of Community Governance Committee
30.9.2020
TRON based decentralized financial network SUN.IO announced that it has established the Community Governance Committee for SUN. In the official Twitter thread, SUN mentioned features of the SUN DAO, which includes a committee comprising of SUN holders, transparency and self-governance, coordination...
Crypto Co-ops and Game Theory: Why the Internet Must Learn to Collaborate to Survive
29.9.2020
As the internet shifts to the open, decentralized standards of Web 3.0, can we find a balance between competition and cooperation?
Inside the blockchain developer’s mind: The governance crisis
25.9.2020
In order to achieve blockchain mass adoption, three fundamental problems should be solved. Let’s dive into the third one: governance
Makerdao Vote to Not Compensate Black Thursday Victims Receives Harsh Criticism
25.9.2020
Large Makerdao holders decided not to compensate the victims that were liquidated during the unexpected flash crash that took place on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday.’ An aggregate total of 38 votes was cast and more than 65% of the governance portal participants voted...
DAOs Will Never Govern the World (at This Pace)
21.9.2020
DAOs were meant to fix the broken democratic processes in today's society. They've come up against their own governance roadblocks
XSwap Started Yield Farming, The Highest APY Reaches 70,000%
21.9.2020
XSwap, a main products of Xfinance ecosystem, has launched Uniswap LP token liquidity mining. This is a fair version, 100% distributed to the community, with No team shares, No Pre-mine. Governed by the Xfinance community. In just a few hours, the funds in the pool are above to 5000ETH. The highest...
UNI defies price dump predictions, emerges as top 20 DeFi token
18.9.2020
Despite predictions Uniswap’s airdropped token would be dumped in the gutter, UNI has garnered a $217 million market cap
Defi Economy Rebounds: Total-Value Locked Jumps 28% Capturing Close to $9B
18.9.2020
The total-value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) economy has recaptured much of the value lost during the Sushiswap fiasco last week. At the time, the defi TVL tumbled down to $6.8 billion from the $9.6 billion high on September 8, suffering a loss of close to -29%. Since then, however...
13,000 DeFi users have already claimed Uniswap’s new UNI token
17.9.2020
Uniswap is taking on SUSHI head on with the launch of a new governance protocol token UNI, leading to a flurry of activity from more than 13,000 DeFi users
Uniswap Launches Governance Token in Bid to Keep Up With Rival AMM SushiSwap
17.9.2020
Decentralized trading platform Uniswap has launched a governance token, UNI, minting 1 billion coins to be released to the public over the next four years. Read more: SushiSwap Will Withdraw Up to $830M From Uniswap Today: Why It Matters for DeFi
Yearn Finance shuns governance token with new stablecoin lending protocol
11.9.2020
Yearn Finance is launching a MakerDAO like stablecoin lending protocol with no governance token
SushiSwap Migration Ushers in Era of ‘Protocol Politicians’
10.9.2020
SushiSwap, the community-owned automated market maker, now has a new set of leaders – offering a preview of the future of crypto politics
Dev finds major governance bug in SushiSwap, but no threat to the project yet
7.9.2020
A massive bug cannot be exploited yet, but it may put migration plans on hold
Yearn Finance Vault Users Lock $139M: Farmers Claim Collateralized ETH Gathers 90% APY
4.9.2020
On September 3, 2020, the well known Yearn Finance defi project “paused” the popular ethereum liquidity vault (yETH) service, after locking in a significant $139 million. Yearn’s vault feature launched on Wednesday, and saw $100 million deposited on the first day. The vault hype...
FATF Compliance Effort Adds Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to Governance Task Force
2.9.2020
Shyft Network is adding Huobi, Bitfinex and Tether to its crypto-focused anti-money laundering platform as the sector ramps up FATF compliance efforts
Prepping for an Airdrop: Prominent BCH Community Members Bid Bitcoin ABC Devs Farewell
2.9.2020
On August 18, 2020, the Bitcoin ABC development team announced a “feature freeze,” which will include a new Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) and a week later explained it was also initiating a “governance council.” Despite the recent announcements, Bitcoin ABC has lost...
Compound governance proposal seeks to end COMP yield farming craze
26.8.2020
A Compound proposal could put a major dent in the profits for all yield farmers