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Ripple CEO Confirms Strategy, DeFi Locks USD 5.6bn + More News
14.8.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Ripple
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Blockchain Bites: Ripple’s Rebuff, DeFi’s ‘Degens’ and China’s CBDC
14.8.2020
Both the U.S. and China are advancing on their central bank digital currency (CBDC) designs while a Bitcoin developer created a new programming language
Will Bitcoin Break $12,000? 4 Things to Know Heading Into the Weekend
14.8.2020
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a whole remain bullish as $12,000 comes into view once more as the markets head into the weekend
The Yam Protocol Will Migrate Old Tokens to an Audited Contract
14.8.2020
The saga continues
First Mover: As Wall Street Goes Topsy-Turvy, Crypto Traders Are Bullish as Ever
14.8.2020
Crypto traders are enjoying their own version of the market’s madness, from bitcoin’s bull run to the collapse of Yam to Dave Portnoy
Thailand’s Central Bank Eyes DeFi Use Cases for Its Digital Baht
14.8.2020
Thailand’s central bank assesses the chances of bringing centralized and decentralized together
Vitalik Buterin Says He Never Tried Yield Farming, Suggests to Evaluate Risks First
14.8.2020
Is Buterin trying to put a lid on the potato-related excesses of yield farming?
Cryptoverse in Chaos: Giants Race for New DeFi Darling Curve, Yam Plots Comeback
14.8.2020
The governance token CRV of Curve, exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum (ETH), was launched prematurely by an anonymous 'Chad,' and major exchanges moved to list it, as numerous theories are flying around, while YAM announced its transition to 2.0. This all happened in a matter of hours.
The...
$99 Gas Fees on Ethereum Are Crippling DeFi’s Growth
14.8.2020
Skyrocketing Ethereum fees and the exorbitant costs of interacting with DeFi smart contracts, threaten the growth of the sector
Anonymous Developer Deploys Curve Contracts, Forcing Early Launch
14.8.2020
Paying more than $8,000 in fees, an unknown developer has prematurely deployed Curve’s tokens and contracts resulting in an unexpected launch
How One Line of Code Destroyed Yam DeFi
13.8.2020
A single mistake cost them everything
Market Wrap: Stuck at $11.5K, Bitcoin Surpasses 25K Locked in DeFi
13.8.2020
A dull bitcoin market contrasts with increasing use of the cryptocurrency in DeFi applications
How DeFi ‘Degens’ Are Gaming Ethereum’s Money Legos
13.8.2020
From first heartbeat to last breath, YAM lasted less than 48 hours. But those are the rules of DeFi’s newest toy: “minimally viable monetary experiments.”
Defi Implosion: YAM Token Market Cap Plummets to Near Zero After Founder Claims He ‘Failed’
13.8.2020
Yield farmers excited about the recent decentralized finance (defi) project, Yam Finance, got a rude awakening after the token’s value plummeted in value to near zero. Yam Finance developers discovered a major flaw in the rebasing contract and at 4 a.m. ET, cofounder Brock Elmore tweeted that...
Figuring Out Who’s to Blame for DeFi’s Persistent Security Issues
13.8.2020
Is Ethereum’s architecture to blame for the growth of decentralized finance hacks, and will the network upgrade make the sector more secure?
Crypto VC Firm Assesses the ‘State of Blockchain Governance’
13.8.2020
Greenfield One, an early-stage venture capital firm, just published a comprehensive new resource on the topic of blockchain governance
MyEtherWallet Latest to Enter DeFi Arena With Integration on Aave and Ren
13.8.2020
Ethereum’s oldest user-friendly wallet is staking territory in DeFi
YAM Token Holders ‘Burnt the Hardest’ After Price Plunges to Zero
13.8.2020
Yam Finance, an experimental DeFi protocol, crashed to zero after the discovery of a rebase bug. Compound, Yearn Finance, and Balancer plunged shortly thereafter
Multimillion DeFi YAM Gets Rotten as Bug Eats Its Market Cap
13.8.2020
The 'Save YAM' operation failed, as a flaw that prevents the hottest, two days old decentralized finance (DeFi) project from being rescued has been discovered. Hover, the team behind it announced the project's second version.
According to the latest update,Yam Finance (YAM) discovered that...
YAM’s Market Cap Falls From $60M to Zero in 35 Minutes
13.8.2020
YAM’s market cap fell to zero just minutes after the co-founder pronounced the yield farming project dead. A rescue plan is now on the cards