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PortuguêsStatistics show that the decentralized finance (defi) economy has grown massively this year as the total value locked (TVL) in defi recently surpassed $4 billion. Between dex platforms, derivatives, stablecoins,…
Continue ReadingThe COVID-19 pandemic has certainly accelerated the digitalization of economies across the globe, opening up discussions on the future of digital financial services and whether our economy should advocate for…
Continue ReadingThe DeFi craze may have finally gone too far, leading investors into disaster as some top industry analysts had forewarned. Ampleforth, an altcoin that recently flash pumped by over 700,000%,…
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Continue ReadingWhile Bitcoin was trading sideways, small-cap altcoins, decentralized oracles, and DeFi tokens were the stand out crypto market performers for several months. However, as the first-ever cryptocurrency and Ethereum began…
Continue ReadingEach week, it feels as if another DeFi project becomes the talk of the crypto market with buzz surrounding the astronomical gains these assets keep bringing investors. It’s got investors…
Continue ReadingOKCoin fired up its own price oracle for the DeFi space with data traceable back to its origin, offering verified accuracy. “OKCoin has launched OKCoin Oracle, a signed price feed…
Continue ReadingRichard Ma, the CEO and co-founder of the blockchain security startup Quantstamp, explained that decentralized finance has the potential to change our financial ecosystem but security remains a huge challenge.…
Continue ReadingKyber Network just put a protocol upgrade into operation on its mainnet in tandem with its decentralized autonomous organization, or DAO. Kyber fired up its Katalyst Protocol Upgrade as well as…
Continue ReadingJustin Sun, the founder of blockchain protocol Tron, recently took to Twitter to announce his company’s foray into the decentralized finance space that will work in areas of decentralized loans…
Continue ReadingIt’s been hard for some to say that crypto is in a bull market. Despite Bitcoin rallying by over 150% from March’s $3,700 lows, it remains below crucial resistance levels…
Continue ReadingCrypto 101: How to Send and Receive Bitcoin Cash Via the Bitcoin.com Wallet During the last few months in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and faltering global economy, many…
Continue ReadingDecentralized finance has become the talk of the cryptocurrency market in 2020. The most recent buzz phrase surrounded in hype is “yield-farming,” and at the center of it, a DeFi…
Continue ReadingJune trading volume on decentralized exchanges set a record high of $1.52 billion, up 70% from May, according to data from Dune Analytics. This double-digit percentage growth is simply “the…
Continue ReadingWilshire Phoenix Files Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Trust to Challenge Grayscale’s $3.4 Billion Dominance Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a publicly-traded trust called Bitcoin Commodity Trust (BCT) – putting the firm…
Continue ReadingDecentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Compound saw its governance token, COMP, skyrocket in price when it launched last week. Now, decentralized options marketplace Opyn has launched put options on COMP that…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency exchange FTX has launched eight unique index futures and volatility markets in less than 12 months. But enticing sophisticated traders to use these novel products has proved challenging. At…
Continue ReadingIt’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric. Analysts say the…
Continue ReadingDecentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi, has grabbed the attention of mainstream financial and technology audiences alike. While the sector has been applauded for bringing about innovative digital finance…
Continue ReadingDecentralized finance has rapidly become Ethereum’s “killer use case,” many analysts have recently said. DeFi, as the sub-sector is now known as, contains nearly $1 billion worth of locked value,…
Continue ReadingDecentralized lending and borrowing platform Celsius Network has crossed $1 billion in total cryptocurrency deposits since its launch in 2018. The platform claims that it returns 80% of its total…
Continue ReadingBlockchains reached a feverish level of hype following the ICO mania of 2017. Peddled as the panacea to the world’s ills, many of such promises ill-intentioned, initial coin offerings raised…
Continue ReadingThe future of finance is decentralized. Striving to facilitate that prognosis, decentralized finance — or DeFi — is quickly shaping into an alluring prospect for investors and companies alike. Looking…
Continue ReadingNeobanking service provider Bitwala on Thursday introduced a new account that offers its 80,000 European customers passive bitcoin (BTC) income. The Bitwala Interest Account allows users to earn up to…
Continue ReadingThis week filmmaker Torsten Hoffmann launched the cryptocurrency-infused documentary “Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet.” Cryptopia discusses the powerful economy and flourishing ideas that stemmed from Satoshi’s…
Continue ReadingThe General Protocols startup is developing its Decentralized Finance (DeFi) vision on Bitcoin Cash after raising more than $1 million in a seed funding round. This round of funding allows…
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