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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

Meet the Yield Farmers Plowing Cryptocurrency’s Riskiest Trend

5.10.2020
Yield farming could result in promising developments in the DeFi ecosystem. Nonetheless, each yield farmer told CoinDesk the same thing: This stuff is really, really risky

CEXs Vs. DEXs: The Future Battle Lines

4.10.2020
The future will see DEXs challenge centralized exchanges by finally separating custody and exchange, says the co-founder of IDEX

Top 4 Risks DeFi Investors Face

4.10.2020
Impressive growth in the DeFi (decentralized finance) market since the start of the year has shown us that there is a high demand for yield-generating protocols, despite the risky nature of these new financial products. DeFi’s value proposition is easily apparent: borderless access to a host...

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...

DeFi craze propels Uniswap monthly volume to $15.3B, surpassing Coinbase

4.10.2020
Uniswap processed $15.3 billion in monthly volume in September, outpacing Coinbase and signalling that DeFi is here to stay

DeFi tokens are oversold but revenue and TVL show traders expect a bounce

3.10.2020
The pullback in the value of Yearn.finance and Aave signals that the DeFi market may be oversold but increasing revenues of the top projects suggests otherwise

Security, regulation, and knowledge gaps: Bad crypto news of the week

3.10.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast

Venezuela’s State-Run ‘Defi’ Crypto Exchange Goes Live After Maduro’s Anti-Blockade Speech

3.10.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) is allegedly coming to Venezuela after a recent decree from Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela. The government recently introduced a defi platform called BDVE that purportedly provides Venezuelan citizens with the means...

Stacking Satoshis: Leveraging Defi Applications to Earn More Bitcoin

2.10.2020
As decentralized finance (defi) has become more popular, digital currency proponents are making money off of more than 140 yield-bearing cryptocurrencies. While most of the defi ecosystem revolves around the Ethereum network, a number of people leverage these defi applications in order to earn more...

DeFi Unlocked: How to Earn Crypto Investment Income on yearn.finance

2.10.2020
Source: Twitter/@iYearnFinance As the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape continues to grow, capital inflows are on the rise, suggesting that - despite some bubble attributes - DeFi might remain a part of the digital asset markets in the years to come. In our DeFi Unlocked series, we explore...

‘Good Reason to Worry’: What the BitMEX Indictment Means for DeFi and Bitcoin, Feat. Stephen Palley and Preston Byrne

2.10.2020
Crypto legal experts join to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem

Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 2, 2020

2.10.2020
With Pres. Trump testing positive and a systemically important exchange in the crosshairs, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!

The chance for DeFi to fulfill the technology's promise

2.10.2020
Decentralized finance clearly has the potential to change the world, but most of what carries that moniker today is not at all truly DeFi

Russian 'ex-oligarch' reportedly backing a new DeFi project

2.10.2020
The former owner of a Russian bank seems to be pivoting to the decentralized space

BitMEX Crackdown Will Fuel DeFi, Industry Insiders Say

2.10.2020
A recent crackdown by US regulators on the crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has shown once and for all that decentralization is the way to move forward for those offering crypto-related services, several industry insiders argue. According to the decentralized finance (DeFi)-focused newsletter...

Russian Oligarch to Launch USD 15m DeFi ‘Cryptobank’

2.10.2020
Screenshot. Prominent Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev is set to launch a new decentralized finance (DeFi) “cryptobank” – and could spearhead a USD 15 million investment in the new venture. Lebedev, whose fortune was estimated at a cool USD 3.1 billion back in 2008 by Forbes, is the former head...