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Multiple Tokens See Rally Amid Looming ‘Alt Season’
12.1.2021
Bitcoin and ether may be pulling back from their all-time highs but alternative cryptos are starting to see action
Synthetix (SNX), Compound (COMP) and Maker (MKR) soar as Bitcoin stabilizes
12.1.2021
Synthetix, Maker, and Compound surge as the DeFi market rallies strongly after Bitcoin price recovers
The Smart Way to Talk About DeFi’s $22B
8.1.2021
"TVL isn't the best indicator when ETH and all other crypto is green for weeks," one observer said of DeFi's recent growth
2020’s DeFi craze: The best, worst and fishiest projects in crypto
23.12.2020
DeFi, like crypto as a whole, features brilliant and questionable projects in equal measure
DeFi community raises centralization concerns over Compound Chain
18.12.2020
Ethereum proponents and DeFi enthusiasts alike have panned plans by Compound Finance to launch its own blockchain in 2021
Compound refused to compensate victims of unfair liquidation — Here's why
16.12.2020
Compound governance refused to compensate COMP farmers right now, but the proposal may come back
Compound Finance founder says that CeFi will embrace DeFi
16.12.2020
Speaking at a DeFi summit, Compound Finance founder Robert Leshner is confident that CeFi will embrace DeFi
Clever DeFi Launches 888 Cycle Challenge
11.12.2020
PRESS RELEASE. Decentralized finance protocol CLEVER (CLVA) launches its latest program called “Will you take the 888 cycle challenge’’. The program offers a guaranteed interest model that enables users to earn compound interest paid fortnightly to all CLVA token holders. This...
Compound (COMP) token outperforms the market as DeFi TVL rises to $14.4B
8.12.2020
Crypto prices are down across the board but a surge in DeFi sector growth appears to be pushing Compound’s COMP token higher
DeFi and NFT tokens rally higher as Bitcoin price drops below $19,000
8.12.2020
Bitcoin price is correcting and most of the crypto market is red, but strong fundamental factors are pushing select DeFi and NFT tokens higher
$10.8M Stolen, Developers Implicated in Alleged Smart Contract ‘Rug Pull’
2.12.2020
Rogue developers seem to have rug-pulled their own project, Compounder Finance, netting some $10.8 million in funds from the project’s investors
$100 Million Liquidated on Defi Protocol Compound Following Oracle Exploit
27.11.2020
Lenders on decentralized finance (defi) protocol Compound on Thursday got liquidated for a massive $103 million, according to analytics provider Loanscan. This happened after what appears to be an oracle exploit on the Dai stablecoin. An apparent error or malicious attack to the Dai-dollar-peg data...
Compound liquidator makes $4M as oracles post inflated Dai price
26.11.2020
DAI reached a price of $1.3 on Uniswap and Coinbase, the two exchanges used by Compound's oracles
Exploits and Flash Loans Are Just the Beginning, Defi Economy Is Less Private Than People Think
22.11.2020
Decentralized finance otherwise known as defi has climbed significantly in value this year, as the total value locked (TVL) in defi today is over $14 billion. Meanwhile, numerous defi platforms are getting attacked with flash loans and there are so many new defi projects, it’s hard to keep...
DeFi the odds: Total user numbers up 55% in just six weeks
13.11.2020
Decentralized finance users steadily increased by 40% during October, despite many DeFi tokens posting heavy losses for the month
Combining Ampleforth, Compound and YAM functionalities into a new token!
12.11.2020
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It’s been 8 days since the VELO token (VLO) came out on Nov 4th. The token was allegedly released by Super Mises, the superhero version of Ludwig von Mises, one of the most well-known Austrian Economists...
Buggy Code in This Compound Finance Fork Just Froze $1M in Ethereum Tokens
5.11.2020
Some $1 million in Ethereum tokens is locked in a new DeFi app after its developers made changes to the protocol’s contracts
$100 Million Accelerator Fund from Binance Now Supports PARSIQ, a Reverse-Oracle Blockchain Platform
3.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. PARSIQ is a working platform that makes blockchain events consumable and blockchain data actionable. It allows users—both individuals, companies, enterprises—to monitor any events across different blockchains in real-time and at scale and connect those events to...
Major Defi Token Prices Plunge, as Money Moves Back Into Bitcoin
2.11.2020
Major decentralized finance (defi) projects fell sharply in October, with token prices tumbling by between 30% and 56%, as money appears to be moving away from the overhyped space and back into bitcoin. According to Coingecko data, Andre Cronje’s Yearn Finance (YFI) fell fastest, crashing...
Kraken CEO: ‘Defi Scams’ Must Take Their Losses as Way to ‘Enlightenment’
29.10.2020
Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the world’s fourth-largest crypto exchange Kraken, has criticized decentralized finance (defi) projects, accusing them of being “scams” that enter the market too quickly, unprepared. In a charged Oct. 26 tweet, Powell said...