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Australian Senator: We Need to Acknowledge Crypto Is Not a Fad, Defi Presents Huge Opportunities
23.11.2021
Australian Senator Jane Hume says we need to acknowledge that cryptocurrency is not a fad, adding that there are huge opportunities in decentralized finance (defi). “We should tread cautiously, but not fearfully,” she said, emphasizing that “Australia mustn’t be left...
Games Coins, Defi Tokens, Metaverse Assets Rise Above Market Downturn With Double-Digit Gains
18.11.2021
While digital currencies like bitcoin and ethereum lost roughly 10% in value during the last seven days, the decentralized finance (defi) economy has weathered the storm better than the top two leading crypto assets. A slew of blockchain games coins, defi tokens, and metaverse assets like gala...
3 out of 4 of the Top Smart Contract Tokens Outpaced Ethereum’s 12 Month Gains
13.11.2021
While the price of bitcoin has been volatile during the last seven days, a number of smart contract platforms have been performing far better this week. Statistics indicate that the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) is $267 billion and the TVL held on Ethereum commands...
While the Value Locked in Defi Soars, Dozens of Dapps Leverage Cross-Chain Support
7.11.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) protocols continue to shine as the total value locked in defi is over $260 billion. While Ethereum started the defi trend and holds the lion’s share of TVL in defi, a great number of decentralized applications (dapps) are supporting a slew of alternative...
Smartbch Defi Universe Expands — Dozens of SEP20 Tokens, $12.8M Total Value Locked in Dex Platforms
4.11.2021
On April 1, Bitcoin.com News published an in-depth report on the Smart Bitcoin Cash (Smartbch) protocol and its compatibility with Ethereum’s EVM and Web3 API before any Smartbch projects were seen in the wild. Seven months later, Smartbch has matured a great deal and metrics indicate that...
Total Value Locked in Defi Reaches $250 Billion — Uniswap, Quickswap, Trader Joe Dominate Dex Volumes
4.11.2021
During the second week of October, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols crossed $200 billion, and two weeks later in November, the TVL in defi surpassed $250 billion gaining 25% in value. Meanwhile, Ethereum commands more than 67% of the $253 billion TVL in defi...
An In-Depth Look at Olympus DAO Protocol and the Not-So-Stable Stablecoin OHM
1.11.2021
In mid-October, Bitcoin.com News reported on how decentralized finance (defi) or algorithmic stablecoins have seen significant demand in 2021. One particular stablecoin called OHM is quite different from the traditional reserve currency defi protocols today, as OHM is a free-floating currency...
Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, Dogelon Mars Lead the Pack of 45 Doge-Like Tokens Capturing Astronomical Gains
31.10.2021
2021 has been the year of decentralized finance (defi), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and meme tokens as well. During the first week of August, roughly 30 dogecoin-like crypto assets existed and today, there are now 45 tokens with the terms “dog,” “shiba,”...
Total Value Locked in Cross-Chain Defi Bridges Exceeds $22 Billion, Jumping 48% in 30 Days
29.10.2021
On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of the dominance. Meanwhile, as ethereum has the largest dominance of TVL in defi, a number of alternative blockchains are seeing significant increases every week....
Non-Custodial Dex Platforms Continue to Expand — Curve, Pancakeswap, Sushiswap, Uniswap Lead the Pack
26.10.2021
Five years ago, there was a large quantity of digital currencies and blockchains, but there were very few trading platforms that dealt with decentralized exchange. Since the boom of decentralized finance (defi), there’s now a myriad of decentralized exchange (dex) platforms that allow people...
BlockBank Just Launched Its DeFi Application, Where Users Can Interact With an AI-Powered “Robo Advisor”
26.10.2021
PRESS RELEASE. BlockBank, the platform disrupting mobile banking by blending it with decentralized finance (DeFi) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, is officially launching its all-encompassing financial application in Q4 of 2021. On a mission to grow worldwide accessibility to DeFi...
Ethereum Jumps 21% Higher This Week, Second Largest Crypto Market Nears All-Time High
21.10.2021
After bitcoin reached its all-time high (ATH) on Wednesday, the second-largest crypto asset in terms of market capitalization, ethereum, is nearing its own ATH. The last time the crypto asset hit an ATH was five months ago on May 12. Ethereum Climbs 46% in 30 Days, Commands Half Trillion Market...
A Slew of Defi Tokens Outperform Bitcoin’s Weekly Gains, Defi TVL and NFT Sales Spike
18.10.2021
October has been a strong month for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin but a number of decentralized finance (defi) tokens have seen higher double-digit gains this past week. Moreover, non-fungible token (NFT) sales have picked up and after the total-value locked (TVL) in defi crossed $200 billion...
Can Portal Unlock Bitcoin’s Potential to Truly Decentralized Finance?
18.10.2021
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and platforms have become increasingly popular during the past few years. One of the main value propositions of DeFi is to provide seamless lending, borrowing, and digital asset staking services without requiring the assistance of third parties to finalize...
Truly decentralized finance will be beyond siloed blockchains
16.10.2021
To be the future lifeline of industries, blockchain technology needs to embrace the old-fashioned quality of interconnectivity
Finance Redefined: Celsius raises $400M, and Rari’s 7.5K% yields, Oct. 11—15
16.10.2021
Lending firm Celsius raised $400 million, Rari Capital exceeded $1 billion in TVL, and North America witnessed surging crypto volume — all included in this week’s Finance Redefined
Swiss Bank Seba Now Lets Customers Earn Yield on Crypto Holdings
13.10.2021
A FINMA-licensed Swiss bank, Seba, has launched a program enabling clients to earn yield on their crypto holdings. In addition, the bank will “provide support for centralized lending and borrowing services, enabling investors to generate yield by lending bitcoin and ethereum directly with...
Celo to Be Fastest EVM Chain by End of 2022, Co-Founder Says
12.10.2021
nths, according to Celo co-founder Marek Olszewski.The platform, focused on making decentralized finance (DeFi) more accessible on mobile devices, has high ambitions for a newly
Total Value Locked in Defi Surpasses $200 Billion — Fantom, Avalanche, Harmony, Arbitrum TVLs Swell
12.10.2021
Decentralized finance (defi) has swelled quite a bit this year and on October 5, the total value locked (TVL) in defi protocols crossed the $200 billion mark. Since January 1, the defi TVL across various blockchains has risen almost 855% from $21.4 billion to today’s $204 billion. Total...
Showdown: Shiba Inu Challenges Dogecoin for Meme Coin Dominance
12.10.2021
works, with SHIB worth USD 15.3bn and DOGE worth just under USD 30bn. The two meme coins, ranked 10 and 11 on CoinGecko’s ranking of the most valuable cryptoassets, have already surpassed many widely used decentralized finance (