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Why Are Traditional Investors So Hungry for Yield Curve Control?
23.8.2020
When FOMC minutes suggested the Federal Reserve might not employ yield curve control, the markets reacted angrily
Yearn Finance Token Jumps 270% in 5 Days – Defi Token YFI Worth More Than a Single Bitcoin
20.8.2020
Decentralized finance (defi) continues to make waves this week, as the Yearn Finance project token (YFI) jumped over 270% during the last five days. The digital token is worth more per coin than the price of bitcoin today, as the asset is currently trading for $15,934 per YFI. It’s very rare...
Yield Racing: F1 Delta Time Players Can Now Stake Their NFTs
20.8.2020
Players of the crypto-powered F1 Delta Time game can now stake their NFTs to generate rewards in the form’s Animoca Brands’ REVV token
Flood of Yield Farming Projects Likely Coming to Cryptoverse - Report
19.8.2020
Ethereum (ETH) decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, such as the troubled Yam Finance yield farming project, are expected to rise in popularity in the coming months, with industry observers saying that the extremely high yields they offer encourage the rapid development of communities that...
$200m Staked in YAM-Inspired DeFi Protocol in Under 12 Hours
19.8.2020
The DeFi craze continues as investors stake $200 million in a new yield farming protocol that's not even 12 hours old yet
DeFi-Yield-Hunting Token yEarn Explodes to $11K From $32 in One Month
18.8.2020
A governance token for DeFi investment protocol yEarn Finance has shot up to over $11,000 despite barely being a month old
Bitcoin Investors Swap for Ethereum 'Wrapped BTC' to Yield Farm and Chill
17.8.2020
Demand for Wrapped BTC has surged as Bitcoin investors seek a private method to gain exposure to DeFi and lend farming
Onchain Data Shows $449M Worth of Bitcoin on ETH Eclipses Offchain Competitors
17.8.2020
Onchain analytics show the number of bitcoin (BTC) held on the Ethereum blockchain has been multiplying at an extremely fast rate since the end of May. On Sunday, August 16 there’s approximately 38,021 BTC on Ethereum or roughly $449 million stored in synthetic bitcoin protocols like Wbtc...
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?
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...
Defi Project Yam Finance Sees Over $500M Locked in 24 Hours, Devs Reveal Contract Bug
13.8.2020
A new yield farming project is all the rage this week, as the Yam Finance project saw over $460 million dollars locked into the platform in 17 hours on Tuesday. On social media and crypto-focused forums, people have been very skeptical of the Yam Finance project as the code has not been audited....
Deposits in ‘Monetary Experiment’ Meme Token YAM Break $460M
12.8.2020
YAM, DeFi’s latest farm-fresh product, has never been audited. Yet that’s not holding back traders from pumping the token’s price to a high of $138 since it launched Tuesday
Surging Interest in ‘Yam’ Yield Farming — But Is It Too risky?
12.8.2020
Yam Finance claims to bring fairness to farming with new elastic supply token
Yield Farming Fuels Buzz Around DeFi, but Fundamentals Are Lagging
9.8.2020
DeFi has been the name of the game since the start of the summer, but how much is the sector really growing?
The Brave New World of Generating Yield Returns from Crypto Lending
7.8.2020
Ryan Anderson is the Head of Trading at Wave Financial Group, a Los Angeles and London based investment management company that provides institutional digital asset fund products. Before joining Wave Financial Group in 2019 Ryan was a research associate at Bridgewater Securities and trader...
Negative USD Yield Risk Adds Bitcoin On Software Giant’s Radar
6.8.2020
Following announcements from major mainstream investors such as Paul Tudor Jones that they are adding bitcoin (BTC) to their portfolios as an inflation hedge, a US-based major software company said that it may invest part of its cash into bitcoin and other alternative investments, citing “negative...
Genesis Reports Q2 Crypto Loans Spiked 118% to $1.4 Billion Amid Rising Yield Farming Interest
5.8.2020
Genesis Capital said Tuesday that its total number of loans outstanding more than doubled to $1.4 billion for the second quarter to June, up from $649 million three months earlier. The crypto lender, which targets institutional investors and wealthy individuals, added over $2.2 billion in...
As DeFi Booms, Yearn Finance (YFI) Shifts 100% of Token Supply to Users
3.8.2020
The DeFi sector recently achieved a record $4.23 billion in total value locked, so why did Yearn Finance distribute its full token supply to its users?
Zero Collateral: $138 Million in Defi Flash Loans Issued in 24 Hours
30.7.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) realm continues to heat up with concepts like yield farming, but another scheme called defi flash loans has also grown exponential. On Monday, the noncustodial lending protocol Aave issued $138 million in loans with zero collateral. Since the last week of June, defi...
Cake DeFi: A One-Stop Shop for Generating Yield
29.7.2020
Cake DeFi, a platform that allows users to generate cash flow through pooled masternode staking and options lending, has created a platform with a clean user interface that allows anyone from the novice to the time-starved investor, to start earning interest on their cryptocurrency with a couple...