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A new DeFi project could let smart contracts buy physical goods
2.11.2020
But the solution isn't exactly easy to grasp
Tron's JustLink Said to be a Chainlink 'Copy-Paste'; Tron Mainnet Attacked
2.11.2020
Following the launch of JustLink as an "oracle answer for Chainlink on Tron," some are thinking it's more than just an answer - accusing the team behind the network and the project's founder Justin Sun of another blatant copy-paste. Meanwhile, the network's mainnet suffered an attempted...
Opium Raises $3.3M to Make Exotic Crypto Derivatives Available to All
2.11.2020
Opium has closed a $3.25 million funding round for its BYOD (build your own derivative) platform
Uncollaterized Power: A Makerdao Governance Vote Was Swayed by a Defi Flash Loan
2.11.2020
The Makerdao and the stablecoin DAI has been a popular project in the decentralized finance (defi) space and it’s also had its share of problems. This week the project called Bprotocol leveraged a defi flash loan in order to sway a Makerdao governance vote. The development team behind...
Uniswap Proposal to Airdrop More UNI Falls Short in Governance Vote
1.11.2020
The votes were staggeringly in favor, but a quorum was not reached, and Uniswap’s second-ever governance proposal has been defeated
Report: Token Listings Have Short Term Positive Influence on Price, M&A Have Better Impact in the Long Term
1.11.2020
A study by Etoro and The Tie find listing and partnership announcements as significant developments (Sigdev) that have an immediate, large, and positive influence on token price. This influence, which peaks within the first 24 hours, usually wears off after a week, according to the study report....
Yield Trust DeFi Protocol with Anti-Manipulation and Unique Trust Score Feature – Presale Now Live
31.10.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Yield Trust Team from Stockholm, Sweden is ready to launch their new DeFi protocol for public access, providing users exciting and unique technologies to finally beat market manipulation and reduce market affection by the whales. The protocol is going to grow all around starting it’s...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $13.6K as DeFi Total Value Locked Dips Below $11B
30.10.2020
Bitcoin’s price hit $13,600 before retrenching while some investors pulled crypto out of DeFi
Maker DAO Members Voting on a Safeguard Against BProtocol Flash Loan-Type Attack
30.10.2020
The Maker DAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting
Crypto ‘fear index’ can now be used to peek into the future
30.10.2020
Option traders seem to be quite fearful in October
Crypto Lending Boom, JustLink vs. Chainlink, USD 1m DeFi Bounty + More News
30.10.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Full-service crypto prime broker Genesis said that its lending business added over USD 5.2bn in new originations in...
Tim Draper seeks to ‘DeFi‘ the venture capital business with Bitcoin
30.10.2020
Tim Draper remains bullish on DeFi and Bitcoin but thinks regulation has not caught up with the technology
Report: Governance remains highly centralized on many DeFi projects
30.10.2020
Top holders control vast amounts of supply
ETH Gobbles Up Larger Share of Genesis Loan Book as Trading Firms Feast on DeFi Summer
30.10.2020
Genesis Trading saw the share of bitcoin in its loan portfolio drop – mainly due to demand for liquidity mining on DeFi protocols
Wrapped Bitcoin is now Ethereum's 6th Largest Token
30.10.2020
With a market cap now over $1.5 billion, Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) makes up 80% of the total BTC held on Ethereum
Uniswap’s $40M Governance Vote Closes on Halloween and Some UNI Holders Fear for Price
29.10.2020
Should users who interacted with Uniswap through a third-party interface be entitled to the free UNI tokens other users received on Sept. 17?
Declining DEX volumes reflect DeFi investors shift to Bitcoin — Data shows
29.10.2020
Steadily declining DEX trading volumes and disintegrating DeFi token prices suggest investors have shifted their focus back to Bitcoin
Harvest Finance Boosts Bounty to $1M for Information Leading to Return of Exploited Funds
29.10.2020
Harvest Finance is offering $1 million for information leading to the return of funds from Monday's $24 million exploit
Maker community scrambles to fix long-standing vulnerability to flash loans
29.10.2020
A relatively benign attack highlighted the potential threat of flash loans
‘Flash Loans’ Have Made Their Way to Manipulating Protocol Elections
29.10.2020
BProtocol used a flash loan to speed up election results on MakerDAO. The DeFi platform is now weighing changes to its voting process