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FTX Exchange Launches Pre-IPO Futures Contracts for the Coinbase Public Listing

23.12.2020
After the San Francisco-based exchange Coinbase announced it was registering with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in order to have an initial public offering (IPO), FTX Exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried said the company would launch pre-IPO futures. On December 21, Bankman-Fried...

Coinbase Allegedly Taps Goldman Sachs to Lead IPO, FTX Exchange May Launch Pre-IPO Futures

20.12.2020
Following the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange’s initial public offering (IPO) Form S-1 draft registration, reports note that Goldman Sachs will likely lead the IPO. Moreover, the digital currency trading platform FTX is rumored to be launching a Coinbase futures market before...

Sam Bankman-Fried believes even ETH 2 can't handle DeFi's potential growth

11.11.2020
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried doesn’t believe Ethereum will be able to provide the scaling capabilities required by the DeFi sector in future

Addicted to Crypto?

9.11.2020
Some trade crypto because they have to; some of us just can't stop. What it means to be addicted

Decentralized Exchanges That Use Automated Market Makers Now Represent 93% of the Market

6.11.2020
A recent report by Consensys says the surge in decentralized exchange (DEX) volumes in Q3 of 2020 is down to their adoption of the automated market maker (AMM). According to the report, DEXs that use AMM, a software that algorithmically creates token trading pairs, now represent 93% of the market....

Cryptocurrency CEO Donated Second-Largest Amount to Joe Biden’s Campaign

5.11.2020
Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of cryptocurrency derivatives platform FTX, made the second-largest donation to Joe Biden's presidential campaign

12 Defi Con Artists Exposed – Are Rug Pulling Incidents Threatening the Future of Defi ?

12.10.2020
The ongoing hype about the abnormally high returns from Defi tokens has naturally seen many more investors moving funds to decentralized protocols. As of October 10, total value locked in Defi protocols was nearly $11 billion. However, despite this apparent endorsement of Defi, rug pulling...

Defi Boom: Bubble Fears Grow as ‘Toxic’ Community Disagrees on Way Forward

15.9.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) space is headed for an implosion unless the divided community leaders step forward with solutions. This is discernible from September 13 Sunday morning tweets by some influential players in the defi space wherein they attack each other. Waves blockchain creator...

Sushiswap’s 2 Million Token Airdrop: Founders Face Accusations of ‘Making Defi a Joke Again’

14.9.2020
Sushiswap’s new leader and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted on September 12 that the promised 2 million token airdrop would go on as scheduled. The process was expected to last up to two hours or less depending on network congestion. The airdrop caps an eventful week for Sushiswap that...

SushiSwap Will Withdraw Up to $830M From Uniswap Today: Why It Matters for DeFi

9.9.2020
It's perhaps the largest test to date of a growing mood in DeFi: that all major projects should be community-owned

Creator leaves SushiSwap in hot water as multisig revival is on the menu

8.9.2020
SushiSwap’s community will take charge of the platform once it completes its migration to a multisignature contract from Uniswap

Defi’s Raw Deal: Sushiswap Creator Transfers Multi-Sig Control to FTX CEO

6.9.2020
After a number of individuals from the crypto community accused the anonymous developer Chef Nomi of exit scamming, the developer transferred the project over to Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the trading platform FTX. On Saturday, September 5, the decentralized finance (defi) community got upset...

Defi Project Yearn Finance Smashes Records as Native Token Surpasses $30K

30.8.2020
The decentralized finance (defi) crypto asset tied to the Yearn Finance project has smashed records this week, as the coin touched a high of $30,324 on Saturday evening. Yearn’s token YFI has been recently added to the Aave platform and the project’s founder, Andre Cronje, is currently...

Crypto Exchange FTX Buys Blockfolio for $150 Million in Effort To Expand Retail Presence

27.8.2020
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has acquired the popular portfolio tracking app Blockfolio for $150 million in a bid to gain a foothold in the crypto retail market. The deal – consummated after nine months of negotiation – was settled using a combination of cash, crypto,...

Crypto Derivatives Exchange FTX Launches Bitcoin Hashrate Futures

15.5.2020
On Friday, Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX launched a hashrate futures tool that allows Bitcoin (BTC) miners to hedge against mining difficulty risk. Hashrate, the amount of processing power dedicated to a Bitcoin network at a given time, determines the strength and security of the network....