February 22, 2020 Are the BZx Flash Loan Attacks Signaling the End of DeFi? Following two significant attacks on lending protocol bZx, what are the potential ramifications for the DeFi sector? Earlier this week, the decentralized lending protocol bZx was exploited in back-to-back “flash loan” attacks.…
February 18, 2020 Meet the Network Investor: A Venture Capitalist Who Invests in DeFi Michael Anderson from Framework Ventures sat down with Cointelegraph to discuss how investing in crypto is different from traditional companies, and why DeFi is his focus. As initial coin offerings and their derivatives continue to fade, venture investment in the space has steadily picked up pace.…
February 17, 2020 Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Drops the Hammer on DeFi, Calls It ‘Theatre’, ‘Semi-Centralized’ and ‘The Worst of Both Worlds’ DeFi or decentralized finance is one of the hottest buzzwords in crypto. The term refers to platforms that can automate traditional financial services such as borrowing and lending, margin trading and insurance.…
February 17, 2020 Vitalik Buterin Shares His Views on Ethereum 2.0 and DeFi at ETHDenver 2020 Coinspeaker Vitalik Buterin Shares His Views on Ethereum 2.0 and DeFi at ETHDenver 2020Last week, the largest hackathon for Ethereum and other blockchain protocol enthusiasts ETHDenver 2020 took place in Colorado.…
February 16, 2020 DeFi Begins to Move From a Sub-niche Market to Mainstream Finance With the total value locked in the DeFi market crossing $1 billion, industry stakeholders look toward greater global adoption. In one year, the total value of Ether (ETH) locked in DeFi markets has increased from $317 million to over $1 billion.…
February 14, 2020 Five Signs That Ethereum Is Having Its Moment Right Now Ether has more than doubled in value so far this year. Here are five signs from this week alone that suggest it might finally be Ethereum’s time to shine. Ether (ETH) has more than doubled in value so far this year, with strong fundamentals and increasing numbers of projects being built on the network.…
February 13, 2020 Millions of Online Retailers Can Now Accept DAI on Coinbase Commerce Millions of Coinbase Commerce merchants can accept stablecoin Dai as payment method. Coinbase Commerce, a platform that supports cryptocurrency payments for internet retailers, has added MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin as a supported payment method this week. This…
February 13, 2020 The Four Phases of Decentralized Finance Decentralized finance, commonly referred to as DeFi, has changed dramatically in a short time span, and more changes are to come this year. Newcomers to decentralized finance, or DeFi, would be hard-pressed to believe how much the industry has grown, changed and matured in just over a year.…
February 10, 2020 Ethereum Classic Jumps Into DeFi With Fantom Partnership, But Only as Collateral Ethereum Classic Labs and Fantom Foundation are joining forces to promote decentralized finance, using Fantom’s ecosystem for the base and ETC as collateral. ETC Labs and Fantom Foundation are collaborating to bring decentralized finance (DeFi) to Fantom’s ecosystem, a Feb.…
February 7, 2020 Bitcoin DeFi Looms Closer as RSK Launches Ethereum Bridge RSK is launching a bridge into Ethereum that lets its users directly access a Bitcoin-pegged token, which could lead to its use as collateral for DeFi. The RSK project announced the creation of Token Bridge, an interoperability protocol between the Bitcoin-pegged sidechain and Ethereum, on Feb.…
February 7, 2020 Value Locked in Crypto DeFi Markets Hits $1 Billion Milestone With Ether breaking through the $200 mark yesterday, a bullish $1 billion in value is now locked in the DeFi markets. With Ether (ETH) breaking through the $200 mark yesterday, $1 billion in value is now locked in the DeFi markets. Total…
February 3, 2020 What Does the DeFi Hold for Crypto in 2020? Coinspeaker What Does the DeFi Hold for Crypto in 2020?“DeFi” might sound a little mysterious, but there is no reason to feel overwhelmed.…
