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Chicago’s Trading Firms Look to DeFi With New ‘Alliance’
8.4.2020
DeFi may actually grow during the coronavirus crisis. TD Ameritrade, Cumberland, CMT Digital, DV Trading and Jump Trading are hoping to facilitate
Wrapped Bitcoin Aims to Kickstart DeFi on Tezos Blockchain
8.4.2020
Bitcoin Association Switzerland is partnering with the Tezos Foundation and others to create tzBTC, a bitcoin-pegged token meant to power DeFi applications on Tezos
What Makes DeFi Decentralized? Rune Christensen on Centralized Collateral and Decentralizing Make
7.4.2020
Crypto projects often struggle to balance decentralization with pragmatism, and Maker and its founder Rune Christensen are no exception
CoinGecko CEO: ‘Hard for CoinMarketCap to Stay Neutral’
7.4.2020
The recent acquisition of CoinMarketCap by Binance has some in the crypto community speaking out, including CoinGecko CEO Bobby Ong
Most of China’s DLT Firms That Closed in 2019 Were Scams or Poorly Planned
7.4.2020
Market research firm EqualOcean suggest that most Chinese blockchain firms that closed in 2019 lacked in business model or were crypto scams
Rune Christensen: ‘Our Job Is to Support Whatever the Maker Community Decides’
6.4.2020
Why did the Maker Foundation maintain such radio silence during Black Thursday governance? Rune Christensen explains
April Fools, Celebrity Scams, & Manipulated Markets: Bad Crypto News of the Week
4.4.2020
Check the bad crypto news of the past week
Anyhedge to Launch Blockchain-Enforced Synthetic Derivatives for Bitcoin Cash
2.4.2020
Developers from the organization General Protocols have announced the launch of a synthetic derivatives platform built on Bitcoin Cash. The project Anyhedge aims to be the first decentralized finance (defi) protocol on any branch of Bitcoin and the platform will launch in cooperation with...
Makers of Keep Protocol Raise $7.7M to Bring Trustless BTC to DeFi
2.4.2020
Thesis has closed a $7.7 million deal by selling its KEEP tokens to some of crypto’s top investors. Its TBTC project could get more bitcoin into DeFi
Coinbase Invests $1 Million in DeFi Projects UniSwap and PoolTogether
2.4.2020
$1.1 million in USDC has been invested directly in two DeFi applications via Coinbase’s USDC Bootstrap Fund
Insight on Liquidity from DeFi Protocols
2.4.2020
The decentralized finance industry requires decentralized liquidity in order to prove itself as a successful financial instrument for the future
A Crypto Venture Fund Bought the Most Tokens at MakerDAO’s Debt Auction
1.4.2020
Crypto venture fund Paradigm Capital won the winning bids in the MakerDAO debt auction, but the users remain uncompensated
Coinbase Pumps $1.1M USDC Into DeFi Sites Uniswap and PoolTogether
1.4.2020
Coinbase is putting its digital dollars where the traction is.  Announced Wednesday, Coinbase has deposited $1.1 million in USDC stablecoins into the pools powering two of the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on Ethereum: Uniswap and PoolTogether. The investment comes...
Huobi Wallet and Crypto Lender Cred Now Enable Users to Earn Interest
1.4.2020
Huobi has become the latest crypto industry name to offer users the opportunity to earn interest on their assets, following a partnership with crypto lending platform Cred
Tether CTO Claims USDT Stablecoin Can Boost DeFi Liquidity
1.4.2020
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino believes the USDT stablecoin can boost the decentralized finance ecosystem
Bitfinex DeFi Offshoot Burns $20M Tokens in Bid to Drive DEX Adoption
30.3.2020
DeversiFi burned $20 million worth of its governance token to drive DEX adoption following centralized exchange failures
Tron Launches Djed, a Platform That Looks Suspiciously Like MakerDAO
30.3.2020
Is Tron’s recently announced Djed really a MakerDAO clone?
Book Review - CoinGecko’s ‘How to DeFi’
29.3.2020
Book Review - CoinGecko’s ‘How to DeFi’. A great guide for beginners wanting to understand more about Decentralized Finance
DeFi Cannibalizes Ethereum Block Space
29.3.2020
New data suggests that a ‘flippening’ in which DeFi transactions overtake ETH transfers may be soon on the horizon for Ethereum
How Market Volatility Is Shining a Light on DeFi’s Structural Vulnerabilities
28.3.2020
How DeFi’s infrastructure development could help the crypto market in the times of crisis?