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Could DeFi-powered banks become an unstoppable force in finance?
19.5.2021
Banks lack an innovative streak, but cutting-edge DeFi protocols often have a usability problem. Is combining the two the answer?
Tether to Launch USDT Natively on Avalanche
18.5.2021
The blockchain company Tether has announced it will make available its stablecoin token as a native asset in Avalanche, a smart contract platform that has picked steam in the last year. Avalanche has a growing decentralized finance (defi) ecosystem, so this launch will most likely improve...
Ethereum-based DeFi platform DeversiFi raises $5M in strategic investments
18.5.2021
The investment round was led by ParaFi Capital alongside Defiance Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Blockchain Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, OKEx, StarkWare and Longhsh Ventures. Angel investors from Synthetix, Aave and Enzyme also participated
Polygon active users grow by 75,000 as DeFi boom continues
17.5.2021
Data from DappRadar shows rapid uptake of Polygon-based decentralized applications. The network now has 93 functioning dapps, up considerably over the past four weeks
DeFi growth helps push crypto’s share of the global money supply above 2%
16.5.2021
The cryptocurrency market now accounts for 2% of the global money supply as DeFi and stablecoin growth point to steady increases in adoption
Maximalists at the movies: Bitcoiners crowdfunding anti-FUD documentary film
16.5.2021
A crowdfunded effort aims to set Elon Musk and the mainstream media straight
TCake.io - Tool for fhe Next Generation of Decentralized Finance
15.5.2021
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To power the next generation of decentralized finance, TCAKE.io will provide users with cutting-edge trading toolkit for decentralized exchanges. If you are a regular user of Pancakeswap, BakerySwap...
Ciphertrace Report Shows Crypto Crime Moving to Defi
15.5.2021
Ciphertrace, a blockchain analytics company, has announced that crypto-related crimes have moved to the realm of decentralized finance (defi) apps and protocols. Now, the impact these hacks and exploits represent is way bigger than the one classic hacks to centralized exchanges and other scams...
New Australian Islamic finance DeFi platform is ‘guided by Sharia’
14.5.2021
Islamic finance is not always compatible with DeFi's focus on risk and yield. A new platform aims to blend the best of both
Funding Roundup: Fresh Capital Aims to Advance Blockchain Product and Service Capabilities
13.5.2021
Beyond expanding the reach of blockchains’ functionality, projects are striving to improve upon existing technologies with their capital injections to build a more safe, secure, and seamless user experience that will drive the next generation of products and services. Moma Protocol Receives...
Balancer protocol launches version 2 of its automated market maker
11.5.2021
Automated market makers, or AMMs, have become a staple of the rapidly growing DeFi industry
Yearn Finance price nearly hits $70,000 — What's driving the YFI bulls?
11.5.2021
Traders have flocked into the Yearn Finance's YFI markets as their upside opportunities in other top tokens subside
Defi Project Rari Capital Hacked for $10M in Ether, Project’s Pool Drained for 2,600 ETH
9.5.2021
Reports from the decentralized finance project Rari Capital detail that the protocol’s ethereum pool has experienced a recent exploit. Rari Capital says they are assessing the situation and the team removed funds from the recent Alpha Finance Lab integration. At first, the project’s...
GameStop saga paves the way for a new decentralized financial order
9.5.2021
The GameStop saga may indicate a paradigm shift in the financial system or even the creation of an entirely new one
What are the chances BTC is actually overtaken by another crypto?
8.5.2021
Will innovative advances in competing altcoins’ blockchains be enough to overtake Bitcoin’s success?
MUNCH Project Reaches $1 Million Milestone in Charitable Donations
7.5.2021
PRESS RELEASE. DeFi project Munch has raised over $1 million USD in two weeks, to aid community-chosen global causes in developing nations, through non-profit organization GiveWell. May 7th, 2021, London, UK — MUNCH is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) project which has raised over $1 million...
IDEX's ‘hybrid liquidity pool’ aims to tackle some of DeFi’s biggest problems
6.5.2021
DeFi’s tremendous growth hasn’t come without obstacles; the nascent industry still struggles with high costs, failed trades and front-running
Democratizing Defi Data- Dechart DAO Launches Version 1.0 Trading Platform
6.5.2021
On May 6, 2021, the total locked value (TVL) held by decentralized finance (defi) is more than $77 billion. Much of this money is used by decentralized exchange (dex) platforms and liquidity pools. With dex platforms capturing over $2 billion in trade volume daily and $18 billion during the last...
Peer-to-Peer Internet ThreeFold Goes Multichain to Accelerate Token Accessibility
30.4.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Peer-to-peer internet ThreeFold integrates with several popular blockchain ecosystems in an effort to increase adoption for the world’s largest such network 29th April 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – ThreeFold plans to integrate its peer-to-peer internet platform with...
We all know the issues with DeFi — but what are the answers?
30.4.2021
High costs and transactions prioritized by gas fees often make using DeFi protocols challenging to say the least. Does it really need to be this difficult?