On July 11, blockchain security firm PeckShield reported that the website of Compound Finance (compound[.]finance) had been compromised. “Do not interact with the website until further notice,” it warned. The incursion was also reported by blockchain sleuth ‘ZachXBT’ on his investigations Telegram channel. The Compound Finance website seems to “potentially be hijacked,” he said before adding,...Read More
Compound Labs has announced the first smart contract deployments for Compound III, which will create a USDC market on Ethereum. The contracts await activation by Compound governance but are now open to review by the community. According to the latest update from Compound’s protocol development log, the deployment brings Compound III “just a governance proposal...Read More
With over $32 billion of total value now locked into DeFi protocols, it is a well-established fact that 2020 has been the year of DeFi and this trajectory is only expected to continue into 2021. Maker accounts for 18% of this TVL and still remains the most actively developed DeFi protocol. However, those numbers are...Read More
Bitcoin trading above the $23000 level quickly caught up with retail traders and became the new norm on spot exchanges. When the price dropped below the ATH, the narrative of buy the dip meant buying above $22000, and this price range was the new dip. However, the cryptocurrency market is fast, and traders may have...Read More
Thanksgiving was an eventful day in terms of the overall market movement, as Bitcoin dropped to $16k levels, witnessing its largest single-day drop since March 12, 2020. Over $1.3 billion was liquidated from exchanges, however, amidst this selloff, DeFi saw its own share of liquidation as DAI prices on Coinbase Pro escalated rapidly, leading to...Read More
The popular decentralized finance tracking resource DeFi Pulse has introduced a new tool to measure risks within the DeFi ecosystem. Developed in collaboration with the digital asset modeling platform Gauntlet, the instrument has already graded two “very safe” DeFi protocols – Aave and Compound. The Launch Of DeFi Pulse Economic Safety Grade The DeFi trend...Read More
Ethereum addresses holding more 1,000 ETH have leaked out to a number last seen almost 2 years ago. In 2017, there were approximately 7,200 addresses holding more than 1,000 ETH, however, this was during thebull run and this metric was hitting new highs. Considering the current situation this might seem like a disconcerting issue on...Read More
Yield farming is a popular topic in the DeFi space for some time now. We know you may have many questions regarding yield farming – What is it? Why is it generating so much buzz? Let’s start with a simple statistic. In 2020, the DeFi space is so far growing at a rate of 150%...Read More
Let’s face it – DeFi is a big deal right now. Unexpectedly so, but it really is. Perhaps, nothing highlights this better than the fact that the Total Value Locked figures for DeFi have soared from just under $700M in January to over $7.8 billion, at the time of writing. It has, simply put, been...Read More
Yield farming has been quite the rage lately, with some going as far as calling it the “rocket fuel” that DeFi needs. The hyperbole is well and good, but the question remains – Is Yield Farming the real deal? Or is it yet another one of those brief fancies that often catches the eye of...Read More
Consider this – Exactly three months ago, the TVL locked in DeFi was well under $1 billion. At the time of writing, the same figure was closing in on $7 billion, with DeFi’s market cap north of $14.5 billion. The differential over the three months is just one of the metrics that tell us how...Read More
If one were to take a survey, chances are that most would agree that the last few weeks and months have been pretty good for the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin, and with it, the rest of the crypto-market, seem to be on the up, with the memories of Black Thursday well behind it. However, that’s not...Read More
DeFi ecosystem has come a long way over the past few months. From a Total Value Locked (TVL) figure of $539.8 million right after the market crash in March, it has recovered extraordinarily well. At the time of writing, the same figures had risen to as high as $4.58 billion. Leaving ETH behind Interestingly, while...Read More
Ethereum-based cryptocurrency lending system, Compound (COMP), is on the verge of touching the $1 billion mark in crypto loans. This comes amidst total USD funds locked in Defi surpassing $2 billion. DeFi’s Most Popular Lending Token Hits the Billion Dollar Mark According to the official Compound website, the total valuation of borrowed crypto assets under...Read More
Bitcoin prices followed stock markets down on Friday, sliding to an intraday low of $9,050; however, the primary cryptocurrency was able to recover in order to reclaim $9,300 over the past day but failed to break resistance there, sliding again to around $9,200 during most of Saturday. BTC/USD, Bitstamp. Source: TradingView The move has kept...Read More
While Bitcoin remains rangebound, to an extent, last week had some very exciting trading days. Towards the beginning of the week, BTC was trading at around $9,200 until last Saturday when it suddenly dropped and touched a low of $8,833, which remains the lowest point for the week. From there, BTC recovered and even made...Read More
Decentralized finance markets have reached their highest ever levels in terms of the total amount of crypto collateral locked in smart contracts across the nascent ecosystem. DeFi: The Quickest Growing Sector in Crypto The recent liquidity farming craze has catalyzed DeFi markets so much that they have now become the quickest growing sector in the...Read More
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its plans to roll out a COMP/USDT Perpetual Contract. This is coming barely two weeks after the COMP governance token was launched by DeFi largest protocol, Compound Finance. Trading COMP With 50x Leverage Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, June 30 at 09:00 AM (UTC), Binance Futures traders will be...Read More
Compound (COMP) could be nearing a local price top, soon after the Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) token recorded a 258% growth in ten days. And while “yield farming” has driven much of that growth, the Compound community has passed through a development proposal that would see incentives taken away from would-farmers. Local COMP Top Incoming?...Read More
The sudden jump of total value locked on the DeFi platform Compound has caused a flippening event in the decentralized finance sector. The TVL on Compound surpassed MakerDao’s as of yesterday, and the gap continues expanding today. Compound Overtakes MakerDAO MakerDAO has been the predominant force for total value locked for years, according to data...Read More
The battle lines have been drawn and the troops assembled. On the one side stands the combined might of the banking cartels, centuries of deeply entrenched financial infrastructure supporting them. And on the other side stands a handful of crypto companies armed with little more than a passionate plea: “Ditch the legacy system and come...Read More
