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Foresight or folly? Data show 70% of exchanges are unmoved by DeFi volume
15.10.2020
Survey data show centralized exchanges are not worried about DeFi trading volumes, so why are they building their own DEXs?
Bancor updates DEX to try a new approach against impermanent loss
15.10.2020
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch, however
Centralized Exchange Operators Believe Low Liquidity on DEX Platforms Stops User Migration
14.10.2020
Centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEX) operators say they are unfazed by the increasing trading volumes on decentralized exchanges (DEX) because the latter’s liquidity is still too insignificant to cause user mass migration. The majority of CEX operators also insist that it is very...
Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%
11.10.2020
The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi)...
Huobi, Dragonfly, Coinbase Invest $500K in New DEX With Alternative Oracle Solutions
7.10.2020
CoFix claims to have better token price feeds based on a pricing mechanism derived from a decentralized price oracle and the DEX’s patented risk assessment model
Rise of the Underdog, Securypto Takes off as Investors Scramble To Get on Board
6.10.2020
The time of ICO’s seems behind us and many blockchain projects have fallen off the grid but one particular project seems not only to have survived but even thrived during these times. Securypto focuses on safe and truly anonymous exchange of data. In a world where datahacks have become...
KuCoin CEO claims hacking suspects identified
3.10.2020
They’ve already gotten the police involved
Kucoin Hack: $17M Laundered Via Decentralized Exchanges, Blockchain Analysis Firm Claims This Can Still be Traced
2.10.2020
Elliptic says the Kucoin hacker has sold $17.1 million worth of tokens via decentralized exchanges (dex) platforms like Uniswap, Kyber Network, Tokenlon. The shift to dex applications comes after centralized projects came to the aid of the beleaguered exchange by blocking any cashing out of...
Why the BitMEX charges could be bad news for DeFi
2.10.2020
Charges against BitMEX for weak AML and KYC policies could be bad news for the world of decentralized finance
A Model for the Next Generation DEX, TitanSwap Will Be a Dex With Better User Experience
2.10.2020
TitanSwap is using the renBTC protocol to implement cross-chain operations. Compared with the currently more common custodial cross-chain solutions wBTC and tBTC, the renBTC smart contract is a non-custodial access mechanism. Its core is the RenVM virtual machine, a decentralized network mainly...
Decentralized Exchange Volume Rose 103% in September to Record $23.6B Even as Growth Consolidated
1.10.2020
Strong trading incentives have “cannibalized volume” from other DEXs, said one analyst
KuCoin hack unpacked: More crypto possibly stolen than first feared
30.9.2020
The KuCoin hack is the first high-profile case of a decentralized exchange being used to launder stolen funds
Cumulative Ethereum Transaction Fees in 2020 Supersede Bitcoin’s by a Long Shot
30.9.2020
This week the research and analysis team Coin Metrics published a report on how decentralized finance (defi) is “fueling Ethereum’s growth.” Meanwhile, the researchers also highlighted that Ethereum’s cumulative transaction fees in 2020 are now over $350 million and more...
Uniswap Captures $2 Billion Locked, Dex Volume Outpaces Second-Largest Centralized Exchange
30.9.2020
The decentralized exchange (dex) built on Ethereum, Uniswap has accumulated a whopping $2 billion in total value locked (TVL) this week. Tuesday’s data shows out of all the decentralized finance (defi) application’s Uniswap dominates the $11 billion landscape by over 18%. Just recently...
Kadena Looks to Capture DeFi Energy With New Decentralized Exchange
29.9.2020
Kadenaswap, the hybrid blockchain protocol's coming DEX, will begin rollout later this year
Don’t Have a Fast Bot? Beware of Initial DEX Offerings, Researchers Warn
29.9.2020
Despite a focus on “fairer distribution” of newly issued tokens, so-called Initial DEX Offerings (IDOs) tend to benefit only the most advanced traders, much in the same way as the now-infamous Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) of 2017, a crypto research firm Messari warned.
The warning comes on...
Messari Says Initial Dex Offerings Are ICO 2.0, Urges Investors to Resist Initial Hype
29.9.2020
Crypto research firm, Messari says new Defi token offerings or initial dex offerings (IDO) are a reincarnation of initial coin offerings (ICO) and warns average investors to steer clear these. The firm notes that several early participants of IDOs are the ones that typically make off with outsized...
Kucoin Hacker Leverages Uniswap to Dump Vast Number of ERC20 Tokens
27.9.2020
Since the recent Kucoin hack, the crypto community has been waiting for the hacker to move funds. During the early morning hours (ET) on Sunday, a number of people noticed the Kucoin hacker started to move a large amount of ether and ERC20s to connect with the decentralized exchange (dex) Uniswap....
The Genesis of BCH Tokenization: Over 10,000 SLP Tokens Built on Bitcoin Cash
25.9.2020
This week Bitcoin Cash fans have been discussing the milestone of over 10,000 Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens created since the infrastructure was first introduced. Moreover, tokens built on Bitcoin Cash are nearing 1 million transactions to-date. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) community members have...
Meet Turkey’s ‘unexpected winners’ of Uniswap’s UNI giveaway
22.9.2020
Uniswap’s UNI token distribution paid nearly half of the tuition for students who attended one “Crypto 101” course