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IMF Chief Economist Says ‘Regulation Is Absolutely Important’ for Crypto Sector
19.12.2021
The chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that regulation is “absolutely important” for the crypto sector. She added that banning cryptocurrencies, like what India could be considering doing, would pose practical challenges given their decentralized nature....
Kraken Ventures Raises $65 Million to Invest in Web3, Defi, Blockchain Startups and Protocols
18.12.2021
The independent investment fund led by Kraken alumni that’s focused on early-stage companies and protocols, Kraken Ventures, announced the successful closing of its first fund at $65 million. Presently, the fund holds positions in platforms like Hashflow, Pstake, Acala, Blockdaemon...
African Startup Raises $6 Million From Pre-Series A Funding Round
18.12.2021
Africa Blockchain Lab recently said it has raised $6 million from a pre-Series A investment round and will use the capital to fund the launch of a crypto wallet. Driving Adoption of Cryptocurrencies An African crypto startup, Africa Blockchain Lab, recently confirmed it has received $6 million from...
Cornell Professor of Economics: Defi Promise Is Real but Bitcoin May Not Last Much Longer
18.12.2021
A Cornell University economics professor says that the promise of decentralized finance (defi) using blockchain technology is real but bitcoin may not last that much longer. Nonetheless, he admitted bitcoin “has really set off a revolution that ultimately might benefit all of us either...
Value Locked in Defi Continues to Slide, ETH Defi Dominates by 65%, Solana Transactions Reign
17.12.2021
The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance has slid 15.63% since the metric’s all-time high of $275 billion sixteen days ago on December 1. Since the end of the first week of December, the TVL is down 7.19% lower with a number of protocols seeing seven-day losses in terms of TVL....
YFI price gains 46% in just four days after Yearn Finance's $7.5M buyback
17.12.2021
Its "decentralized" Treasury has more than $45 million and would pursue similar YFI buybacks in the future
US Senator Says Defi Is the Most Dangerous Part of Crypto – Urges Regulators to Clamp Down Before It’s Too Late
16.12.2021
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has called on regulators to clamp down on decentralized finance (defi) and stablecoins “before it’s too late.” She said: “Defi is the most dangerous part of the crypto world … it’s where the scammers, the cheats, and...
Bank of Russia Wants to Ban Mutual Funds From Investing in Cryptocurrency
15.12.2021
Russia’s central bank intends to prohibit mutual funds from acquiring crypto assets or related financial instruments. The proposal, which is in line with its hard line stance on decentralized digital money, comes after the regulator urged stock exchanges to avoid trading securities tied...
Hololoot Celebrates an Overwhelmingly Successful Public Sale and Decentralized Listing
14.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. Hololoot is the market-leading AR NFT generator, marketplace and metaverse designed for widespread adoption. Built by AR industry veterans, Hololoot combines the latest developments in 3D modeling with the unique properties of NFTs to produce an app that is simultaneously powerful...
Small Ethereum investors increase exposure as ETH loses $4K level
13.12.2021
The number of Ethereum addresses holding less than 0.01 ETH and 0.1 ETH has been climbing since early November against an ongoing price correction
Assembly announces $100M capital raise, receives praise from IOTA co-founder Dominik Schiener
10.12.2021
“Assembly addresses the limitations of current scaling solutions by using the feeless base layer of IOTA as an immutable trust anchor and as a trustless bridge for feeless interoperability of smart contracts,” said Schiener
Coinbase Launches Defi Yield Earning Service to Over 70 Countries, United States Not Included
10.12.2021
The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has made decentralized finance (defi) more accessible by giving Coinbase customers from over 70 countries access to earning yield on the stablecoin DAI. Coinbase claims the process is simple with “no fees, lockups, or set-up...
Ross Ulbricht NFT Collection Raises Over $6 Million in Ethereum, Free Ross DAO Wins Auction
10.12.2021
The Ross Ulbricht Genesis non-fungible token (NFT) collection auction has come to an end and the auction winner was the “Free Ross DAO,” backed by the Pleasrdao project. The NFT collection raised 1,446 ether or $6.27 million at the time of settlement. Free Ross Decentralized...
Binance Investment Director Ken Li Talks About Investing in Web3, Gaming and More Exciting Trends
9.12.2021
Binance Labs is a chain-agnostic investor and incubator focused on supporting the global blockchain ecosystem and decentralized web. Their portfolio includes 1inch, Audius, Axie Infinity, Chiliz, Elrond, Injective, Matic / Polygon, Sandbox and Terra. Ken Li is an Investment Director at Binance...
3 reasons why DeFiChain (DFI) price has gained 60% in December
8.12.2021
In the last two weeks, DFI price bounced off its swing low and a number of data points suggest the project’s fundamentals will continue to improve
NFT partnerships and protocol integrations boost Tezos, WAX and Aleph.im
8.12.2021
A slew of new NFT-related partnerships and integrations with DeFi platforms sparked a rally in XTZ, WAXP and ALEPH
Decentralized dYdX Went Down Due to Reliance on Centralized Cloud Services
8.12.2021
Decentralized exchange (DEX) dYdX was down for 9 hours Monday afternoon to Tuesday morning, due to a major outage that hit Amazon's cloud-service network Amazon Web Services (AWS), once again stirring up debates about decentralization.
Some commenters have questioned whether a decentralized...
Bank for International Settlements States True Decentralized Finance Is an ‘Illusion’
8.12.2021
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a finance organization comprised of several central banks, has stated that while the objective of decentralized finance is to move control of financial tools away from current financial institutions, it just provides an ‘illusion’ of doing...
GoCrypto Reveals a Protocol That Revolutionizes Digital Payments
7.12.2021
PRESS RELEASE. LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA: The GoCrypto project always strives to bring crypto payments into the mainstream. The upgraded solution dubbed GoCrypto 2.0 enables true decentralized payments where the merchant can accept virtually any currency and receive the settlement in its desired crypto...
Bank of International Settlement calls the rise of decentralized finance 'an illusion' in latest quarterly review
6.12.2021
Even though the total value locked in DeFi protocols has eclipsed $246 billion, it was not enough to please the BIS