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Mark Cuban calls for stablecoin regulation in wake of Iron Finance 'bank run'
18.6.2021
After a bank run on the Iron Finance protocol cost him dearly, Mark Cuban is calling for regulation to define “what a stablecoin is and what collateralization is acceptable.”
Mark Cuban Hit by Iron Finance Token Crash, Calls for Defi Regulation
18.6.2021
Billionaire investor and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban has called for cryptocurrency regulation focusing on decentralized finance (defi) and stablecoins after a token he invested in collapsed from $64 to near zero. Cuban Wants Defi and Stablecoin Regulation After Investing in Collapsed Token...
Neil Patrick Harris Hodls Bitcoin, Partners With Cryptocurrency ATM Operator
18.6.2021
Actor and bitcoin investor Neil Patrick Harris has partnered with a leading cryptocurrency ATM operator to help people see “how easy and accessible it is to invest in cryptocurrency and join the future of finance.” Harris also shared how he got into bitcoin. Neil Patrick Harris Partners...
Iron Finance Token Slides From $64 to Near Zero Following ‘Large-Scale Crypto Bank Run’
17.6.2021
The Iron Titanium token (TITAN) value has quaked a great deal after the project suffered from what the team called “the world’s first large-scale crypto bank run.” After touching a high of $64 per token on Wednesday, the project slid to near zero and remained worthless on Thursday...
Iron Finance's Algorithmic Stablecoins Warning Hits Mark Cuban Too
17.6.2021
Mark Cuban. Source: A video screenshot, Youtube/Vanity Fair
DeFi protocol Iron Finance suffered a massive impact to their TITAN token in what they described as a "bank run," and what many in the Cryptoverse called a rug pull - but inadvertently providing an important warning...
Portman & Yellen Talk Tax Reforms at Finance Hearing
17.6.2021
The recent Senate Finance Committee saw Portman addressing the claims of Committee Democrats regarding the TCJA (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.) Senator Portman highlighted the overwhelming positives and wide-ranging effect of the legislation. Portman questioned Janet Yellen (Secretary of the Treasury)...
Bitdao Collects $230 Million in Private Capital From Investors
17.6.2021
As the decentralized finance movement proves its staying power and resilience, one of the world’s largest decentralized autonomous organizations, Bitdao, has concluded a private fundraising round to promote mass adoption of open finance. DAO to Allocate Capital Towards Improving Defi...
Thailand’s XSpring Capital raises $225M to build integrated financial marketplace
17.6.2021
Thai companies and millionaires have funded the firm which aims to bridge traditional and digital finance
DAOs in court? Curve Finance ponders enforcing license over rival Saddle
16.6.2021
Which takes precedence: the open-source ethos of DeFi, or the natural right to protect the fruits of your intellectual labor?
Tunisian Minister Says He Plans to ‘Decriminalize’ the Buying of Bitcoin
16.6.2021
After reports that Tanzanian President Samia Hassan had asked her finance chief to look into cryptocurrencies, Tunisia has become the latest African country to signal a willingness to embrace digital assets. According to remarks attributed to Ali Kooli, Tunisia’s economy minister, the North...
Reef Finance Partners With Multi-Chain Oddz Finance
16.6.2021
The deceleration of Oddz’s partnership with Reef Finance is overwhelming as it is the first operating system of cross-chain DeFi, allowing business with fluidity from Decentralized and Centralized Exchange with profit engine and smart aggregator. The feature of Substrate Framework has been...
Finance Guru Suze Orman Likes Bitcoin Despite Regulation, Elon Musk Effect
16.6.2021
Personal finance guru and best-selling author Suze Orman has given advice on how to invest in bitcoin. She likes the cryptocurrency as a long-term investment despite regulatory uncertainty and the influence Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems to have on the bitcoin market. Suze Orman’s Bitcoin...
Pandora Finance’s $2.4M raise helps spearhead open finance protocol
15.6.2021
“Adoption has never been affected and never been stopped. The right product always gets adopted irrespective of market conditions,” said Puskar Vohra, CEO of Pandora Protocol
Billionaire Mark Cuban Commends Defi Economy Dubbing It the ‘Next Great Growth Engine’
15.6.2021
On June 13, the billionaire investor and co-host of the television series Shark Tank, Mark Cuban, explained his fascination with decentralized finance (defi) in an editorial published to his blog. Cuban details that many defi organizations are different because they are not corporate entities...
As Yearn.Finance’s yield vaults grow, ‘crop’ projects define boundaries
15.6.2021
Alchemix and Yearn.Finance appear to be squaring off with Curve and PoolTogether, but for now there appear to be harmonious solutions
Tanzanian President Wants Central Bank Chiefs to ‘Prepare for Cryptocurrency’
15.6.2021
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has urged her country to be ready for emerging fintech by paving the way for cryptocurrencies. She also urged the country’s central bank to begin the necessary preparations for a step-change in global attitudes towards banking. However, in her address...
RSGP Finance to Secure Randomized Gameplay via Chainlink VRF
15.6.2021
RSGP finance has announced its decision to amalgamate Chainlink VRF, Chainlink’s Verifiable Random Function on the smart blockchain network by Binance. Renowned for its liquidity mining practice which is NFT-gamified and inspired by the online game Old School RuneScape, it allows users to become...
Goldman Sachs Expands Cryptocurrency Trading Desk With Ether Futures and Options
15.6.2021
Investment bank Goldman Sachs has reportedly unveiled its plans to expand its cryptocurrency desk to offer ether futures and options trading. The bank says “institutional adoption will continue,” noting that “Despite the material price correction, we continue to see a significant...
After Central Bank Devalues Naira by 5% Finance Minister Attributes Drop to ‘Market Forces’
14.6.2021
Nigerian Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed has denied widespread reports that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had sanctioned the devaluation of the local currency sometime in May 2021. Instead, she attributes the naira’s fall to the “volatility in the oil price.” Ahmed’s...
Is DeFi technology easy enough to adapt to non-finance industries?
14.6.2021
DeFi gets a bad rap for being complex, technology makes it simple enough to cut out middlemen in non-finance industries ranging from energy to e-commerce