dForce, a Chinese decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that is backed by Multicoin Capital, has reportedly been exploited. According to a popular DeFi monitoring resource, the total value locked (in USD) in dForce, was reduced from around $25 million to almost nothing in a matter of hours. DeFi Lending Protocol Exploited A well-known DeFi protocol, dForce...Read More
Coinbase Custody is launching support for Compound Governance, further enabling the decentralized finance ecosystem. By Bryce Ferguson, Product Manager, Coinbase Custody In tandem with Compound’s launch of its governance protocols, today Coinbase Custody is announcing support for Compound Governance, the related COMP token, and cTokens (cETH, cZRX, cUSDC, cBAT, cDAI). Coinbase Custody is currently the only...Read More
There are many different things worth exploring during this coronavirus crisis. It would appear that DeFi is an interesting aspect in this regard, both for regular consumers as well as businesses. The decentralized finance industry, or DeFi, has attracted a lot of attention. DeFi Offers Alternative Solutions It is primarily of interest to existing cryptocurrency...Read More
The Maker Foundation is being sued in a class-action lawsuit for $28 million over the March 12 event that caused over $2 million in liquidations. The lawsuit alleges that the team behind the Makerdao project did not explain the extreme risk of loss to investors. Also read: ETH Price Strains Defi Collateral Loans as ‘Black...Read More
In summary: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has blossomed in the last year as more projects utilize the Ethereum blockchain due to its smart-contract capabilities. Currently, there is over 2.7 Million ETH locked up in DeFi DApps. Maker DAO transactions take up 49.36% of the ETH locked up in DeFi platforms. Can Tron (TRX) exceed this with...Read More
In brief: The team at Tron had been working on a DeFi platform known as Djed. The Mainnet was launched today, April 4th. The DApp has been rebranded to JUST. Decentralized Finance, or simply DeFi, has been one of 2020’s highly anticipated use cases of cryptocurrencies and blockchain. As the name suggests, DeFi plans to...Read More
The space of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) took a serious hit in the past week as decentralized lending protocol went through two subsequent attacks. The compromised funds amount to a little less than $1 million. The First Attack On bZx – February 14th The first attack happened on block 9484588, timestamped February 15th, according to the...Read More
According to a popular Decentralized Finance (DeFi) monitoring resource, the value that’s already locked in the space totals over $1 billion. Interestingly enough, almost 60% of the market is currently overtaken by the Maker project. The majority of the money is also locked in lending solutions. Value Locked In DeFi Upwards Of $1 Billion According...Read More
As decentralized finance gains steam how much of it will depend on Ethereum? Well, it depends on how long Ethereum 2.0 takes to launch. DeFi’s Dominance The number two blockchain hosts the largest number of developers, and thus reports the most activity, according to data from August 2019. Of this activity, “smart contracts, infrastructure, and...Read More
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for bad news in crypto, with Youtube’s removal of hundreds of videos, Google Play’s removal of Metamask, and now Coinbase mobile wallet users facing an announcement their app is losing its dapp browser, reportedly due to restrictive policy requirements from Apple. Some are calling the announcement “the last...Read More
Following the consensus reached at the G20 leaders’ summit on the importance of discussing better governance for the decentralized financial ecosystem, Japan’s top financial regulator is hosting a global blockchain conference to discuss the subject. The regulator is welcoming stakeholders from around the world to participate, including other regulators, open-source software developers, university researchers, and...Read More
The Ethereum platform is streets ahead of its competition in terms of dApps and developers according to recent research. Ethereum User Base Growing A recent industry review from DappRadar paints a rosier picture for the Ethereum ecosystem than its current bearish price reflects. The decentralized application metrics firm released its first end of year industry...Read More
In an industry built around digital scarcity, opinions are in plentiful supply. Everyone’s got one, and they’d love to share it with the rest of the cryptosphere. As the decade draws to a close and another prepares to launch, it’s the perfect time to consider what 2020 has in store. Here’s what thought leaders, professionals,...Read More
Ethereum has just slumped to a nine month low, wiping out virtually all gains it has made this year. The move has been part of a market wide decline catalyzed by Bitcoin’s drop below $7k. Many are not convinced that ETH prices will recover at any time soon, and here is why.Ethereum Bears Gaining StrengthThere...Read More
Fundamentally, Ethereum has had a solid year with growth on many fronts. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for price which has now returned to crypto winter levels. All cryptocurrencies, with the possible exception of one or two, are bearish at the moment but Ethereum is likely to bounce back stronger next year.Ethereum Fundamentals Still...Read More
If you’ve perused Crypto Twitter at all over the past few months, you’ve likely heard the term “decentralized finance” or “DeFi” tossed around in relation to Ethereum, the second-largest blockchain by the market capitalization of its cryptocurrency.While some see it as a joke, a tokenized home — yes, an entire property — was purported to...Read More
The primary pull of decentralized crypto assets is financial freedom from the flawed banking system. Bitcoin is one step but without greater adoption it is still just a speculative vehicle. DeFi and decentralized protocols based on banking are another and they’re gaining traction fast.Crypto Exchanges too CentralizedMany envisaged 2019 being the year of the DEX....Read More
The future of finance is evolving and Ethereum based DeFi is at the forefront of it. This year has seen explosive growth in decentralized finance despite bearish crypto asset performance. 2020 is set to be even bigger with bold predictions of where DeFi will go next.2020 Could Be Huge for DeFiDecentralized finance has literally exploded...Read More
It has been another miserable week for Ethereum as prices continue to erode. Further declines today have left the world’s second largest crypto asset in danger of hitting a nine month low. Decentralized finance (DeFi) markets are in an opposing trend with continued growth in the sector.Ethereum Hits $140Ethereum is still deep in a two...Read More
Lending and borrowing crypto, a subset of DeFi applications, has quickly boomed into an almost billion-dollar industry. But does it pose a threat to Proof of Stake networks? The DeFi landscape includes lending protocols, security tokens, derivatives, and exchanges, and threatens to usurp traditional financial models into trustless protocols that leverage decentralized networks. The Rise...Read More
Chainlink, a service that provides tamper-proof I/O for smart contracts, recently published its ‘Mixicles’ white paper. According to Chainlink, Mixicles are DeFi instruments embedded with oracles, which mediate between data both on and off the blockchain, and include mixers for the promotion of financial instruments’ privacy. We’re thrilled to release our work on Mixicles, a...Read More
The prospect of institutional investors makes the crypto industry go all tingly inside. Deep order books and market liquidity mean many centralized exchanges have expanded their offerings to cater to the needs and requirements of professional investors – but TROY Trade, the ‘first’ prime broker in the industry, aims to leverage decentralized exchanges for the...Read More
Set Protocol, an Ethereum DeFi project, has announced that it will be deploying their own 50 day moving average strategy. It is designed to rebalance when the price crosses the 50 SMA technical indicator, and it does so automatically. The strategy involves selling into the USDC stablecoin during an economic downturn and ETH buyback during...Read More
Singapore-based Huobi is expanding its presence in decentralized finance (DeFi). The crypto exchange announced support for two autonomous loan making vehicles, the infamous MakerDao and a similarly open-sourced Compound protocol, according to an August 19 statement. Both ethereum-based protocols serve as “market-makers” by allowing borrowers to take out liquid loans against a pool of assets....Read More
