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100-Year-Old Pennsylvania-Based Bank Approved to Leverage Makerdao’s Stablecoin Vault
11.7.2022
Makerdao, the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that issues the stablecoin DAI, approved a governance vote that provides “collateral integration from a U.S.-based bank.” The Makerdao governance vote passed by a majority vote of more than 87%, and it allows the U.S. financial...
Aave Summoning GHOsts With a New Native Stablecoin Proposal
8.7.2022
Popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Aave (AAVE) has proposed to the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) the introduction of a native, decentralized, fully collateral-backed, USD-pegged stablecoin on the Ethereum (ETH) mainnet – dubbed GHO.
“Calling all GHOsts,” said Aave...
MakerDAO voting on collaborating with a traditional bank
6.7.2022
The Maker Protocol could extend yet another arm into the traditional finance space if a proposed integration with a Pennsylvania-based bank passes this week
MakerDAO members shoot down proposal for more centralization
1.7.2022
MakerDAO members turned up in record numbers to preserve the principles of decentralization, setting new precedents for future DAO governance
FTX Denies It's Buying Robinhood, MakerDAO's USD 500M Vote, Dfinity Sues New York Times + More News
29.6.2022
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Singapore Based Crypto Exchange Bybit Expands to Argentina
25.6.2022
Bybit, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has announced it will be expanding its operations to Argentina. The exchange wants to offer Argentinian citizens another platform on which to transact, given the popularity that the cryptocurrency industry is enjoying in the country. The exchange...
CEL Token Soars as Celsius Shareholder Proposes Recovery Plan, Celsius Pays Compound
21.6.2022
The troubled crypto lending and borrowing company Celsius’ CEL token jumped today, as a company shareholder proposed a recovery plan, and Celsius made a USD 10m payment to the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Compound (COMP).
A couple of good news related to Celsius seem to have led to...
Celsius Tops Up More Collateral to Avoid Loan Liquidation, Faces ETH Squeeze
14.6.2022
The troubled crypto lending and borrowing company Celsius (CEL), which on Monday halted withdrawals due to “extreme market conditions,” is adding more collateral for a loan on the MakerDAO (MKR) decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to avoid liquidation. At the same time, the company is facing...
Celsius Insolvency Rumors Swirl After Company Pauses Withdrawals, Nexo Offers to Buy Firm’s Assets
13.6.2022
On Monday, June 13, 2022, the crypto economy dropped below the $1 trillion region, as a great majority of crypto assets have lost between 10% to 25% during the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, the crypto community has been discussing the cryptocurrency lending application Celsius as rumors of insolvency...
Stablecoin Market Nears 15% of the Entire Crypto Economy’s Market Valuation
12.6.2022
Roughly two months ago on April 11, the stablecoin economy was valued at $190 billion and was getting closer to surpassing $200 billion in value. However, after the Terra stablecoin fallout, the fiat-pegged token economy lost $16.31 billion in value since then. While that value was erased from...
MakerDAO ‘Endgame Plan’ Calls for Specialized DAOs, Says Protocol is Held Back by Complexity
3.6.2022
A detailed proposal to bring the MakerDAO (MKR) protocol to a “predetermined, immutable end state” by setting up several new decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO) has been published by the protocol’s founder Rune Christensen. The plan aims to improve governance and tap into “the raw power...
First Manga Worker Union Forms Amid Alleged Union Busting
31.5.2022
Last week, workers at Seven Seas Entertainment, a Los Angeles-based publishing company that sells licensed manga, webcomics, and light novels from Japan, formed the United Workers of Seven Seas union. The union claims Seven Seas employees and freelancers are being “overworked” and “underpaid.”...
DAI Takes the Reigns as the Leading Decentralized Stablecoin by Market Capitalization
29.5.2022
Following the demise of the Terra-based stablecoin UST, the fiat-pegged token DAI has become the largest decentralized stablecoin in existence today. Moreover, Makerdao has regained the decentralized finance (defi) protocol’s position as the top defi protocol in terms of total value locked...
USDD vs UST: Is Justin Sun's New Stablecoin Just a Clone of UST?
28.5.2022
UST, a stablecoin that's supposed to maintain a price peg with the US dollar 1:1, spiraled out of control to reach as low as USD 0.10 this month. Following the momentous rise of UST in just a few months, only a few predicted its monumental crash, especially with the dominance stablecoins were...
Algorithmic, fiat-backed or crypto-backed: What’s the best stablecoin type?
20.5.2022
DAI has been around since 2017, which no algo stablecoins has ever matched, and it’s unlikely to share the fate of UST
Was Terra’s UST cataclysm the canary in the algorithmic stablecoin coal mine?
18.5.2022
After an earthquake there are always aftershocks. The collapse of UST could be a sign that other stablecoins are also critically flawed
MakerDAO price rebounds as DAI holds its peg and investors search for stablecoin security
16.5.2022
MakerDAO returned to prominence after Terra’s UST collapse forced investors to search for a truly “stable” dollar pegged asset
Circle Says USDC Reserve Backed Entirely in Cash and Short-Dated US Treasuries
16.5.2022
On May 13, Circle’s chief financial officer Jeremy Fox-Geen published a blog post called “How to Be Stable,” following the aftermath of Terra’s stablecoin implosion. Circle’s CFO explained that since usd coin’s inception, the stablecoin aims to...
Stablecoin Shuffle — Terra Fiasco Shakes up Fiat-Pegged Crypto Economy, Over $35 Billion Disappears
13.5.2022
According to statistics on Friday, May 13, the top stablecoins by market capitalization are currently worth $163.7 billion after the stablecoin economy was valued at close to $200 billion just last week. Of course, the climactic terrausd (UST) failure wiped out billions from the stablecoin economy...
UST Competitor Maker Erases Weekly Gains
12.5.2022
The price of the stablecoin protocol Maker’s governance token MKR has erased all of its gains from this week, after spiking up by close to 90% on Wednesday.
At the time of writing (12:18 UTC), MKR was trading at USD 1,117, down by 27% for the past 24 hours and down by 25% for the past...