Flash Loans – Collateral swaps and DeFi lending Explained
Flash loans are a modern kind of uncollateralized lending available from DeFi platforms such as Aave and dYdX. Flash loans are used by DeFi dealers...
The Oasis Foundation has announced the launch of the Tidal DeFi insurance platform.
A renewed emphasis on DeFi may push traffic to the Oasis Network. The Oasis Foundation, an offshoot of Oasis Network developers Oasis Labs, revealed in...
How AAVE, COMP, and MKR aided DeFi’s turnaround
The altcoin market recovered quickly, and in the case of DeFi's top coins, it recovered even faster. The market capitalisation is still over $2 trillion,...
Should investors expect double-digit returns on coins such as CRV, MATIC, and YFI?
DeFi coins, CRV, MATIC, and YFI are all riding the new altcoin rally surge. CRV, which is just a year old, now supports low-cost stablecoin...
Is now the time to spend in COMP?
DeFi's success may have dwindled marginally in comparison to the DeFi Summer in 2020. However, this does not mean that the room isn't crowded with...
Kyber Network also offers spike pricing for DeFi token swaps in the form of Uber.
On the latest DMM, dynamic fees would increase capital performance. Exchange that is decentralised In what it says is a global first, Kyber has introduced...
DeFi is currently the equivalent of a top 40 U.S. bank, having surpassed $100 billion TVL.
It'll be a long journey to the top, but some ecosystem players say we'll get there finally. According to DeFiLlama, a decentralised finance ecosystem tracker,...
Why DeFi must strike a delicate balance in regards to FATF guidelines
In March, the Financial Action Task Force [FATF] issued draught recommendations on the risk-based approach to virtual properties. This recently drafted guideline emphasises the importance...
Shopify’s CEO considering merging the e-commerce giant into the DeFi ecosystem.
The CEO of Shopify seems to have got the crypto bug, which may be a blessing for adoption. The CEO of an e-commerce behemoth is...
Here are a few stuff you should be aware of regarding Ethereum and DeFi’s friendship.
Ethereum's price has been rising in recent days, with the altcoin momentarily reaching the $2,000 threshold before slipping down below it. Although ETH has risen...
Platforms for DeFi Polygon sidechain integrations are announced by Zapper and Aave.
The former Ethereum rival will be integrated by two DeFi heavyweights. Layer-two sidechain Polygon could be emerging as a contender after scoring two major wins...
Returns on DeFi ETFs vs. SUSHI, UNI, COMP, and AAVE compared
Based on their YTD price activity, the following DeFi tokens – SUSHI, AAVE, UNI, COMP, and MKR – are poised for double-digit growth in the...
How PancakeSwap seeks to challenge Uniswap’s DeFi domination.
PancakeSwap has emerged as one of the top DeFi sites, and its integration with Binance Smart Chain makes it a liquidity magnet in comparison to...
What UNISWAP’s price has in stock for this weekend
UNI was trading at $28.46, ranking in the top ten cryptocurrencies; the price of this alt has increased by 9 percent in the last 24...
Are emerging markets losing out on DeFi because of high gas prices?
The traffic rankings for the highest DeFi protocols by TVL was dominated by developed economies, with the United States and the United Kingdom leading the...
Why Defi tokens, AAVE, SUSHI, UNI deserve your undivided attention in the current market cycle
The altcoin season has been a cliche, and DeFi tokens have rallied to the point of leading the most recent alt season. Several times during...
SelfKey (KEY) has increased by 450 percent following DeFi pivot and data storage enhancements.
The introduction of new identity management platforms, as well as a shift towards DeFi, tend to have resulted in a 450 percent increase in the...
How Uniswap’s significance will be felt in the coming months
Uniswap, which has gained nearly 10% in the last 24 hours, has been selling rangebound for the last two weeks before smashing through the current...
Why now calls for concentrate on large-cap altcoins such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Polkadot, and Chainlink
Bitcoin is rallying, and as the price rises, there is more selling pressure on the token, which will most likely spark the next price correction....
Why ‘DeFi and Bitcoin cannot coexist’
As of March 19, the cumulative amount trapped in DeFi had reached $44 billion, having more than doubled since the beginning of the year. However,...
What function does YFI play in the revival of DeFi tokens?
According to CoinMarketCap, Yearn Finance was trading near the $36,228 mark at the time of publication. Although the aforementioned price level was 20% below its...
With more ETH movement into DeFi, Ethereum whales refuse to sell.
In four weeks, the number of wallets carrying more than 10,000 ETH has barely decreased. After the commodity reached an all-time high of $2,050 on...
Proportion of BSC DeFi Projects under DNS Hijack Threat, CZ Binance Cautions
CZ Binance alerts that a number of DeFi-related ventures on the Binance Smart Chain, including PancakeSwap and Cream Finance, are under DNS hijacking attacks. PancakeSwap,...
DODO DEX loses $2.1 million to hackers
Decentralized exchange and liquidity provider DODO is in the headlines today after it is revealed to have been hacked a few hours earlier, an exploit...
DeFi Summer 2.0? ‘Gen 2’ tokens of tears in the broader business recession
Decentralized 'Gen2' finance tokens are moving forwards while the wider DeFi sector is gasping for breath. When some of the brand-name decentralised finance (DeFi) tokens...
Oxygen DeFi project get news $40m investment by Alameda
Alameda Research led a $40 million investment round in Oxygen, a DeFi Prime Brokerage Protocol based in Solana. Alameda Research had previously directly invested $50...
Why Peirce thinks that DeFi would provide SEC with a successful regulatory test
The SEC commissioner described the DeFi space as "a work in process" but "alluring." overall. Hester Peirce, U.S. Commissioner. The Securities and Exchange Commission, dubbed...
Why triumvirate possible among Binance Smart Chain, DeFi, Ethereum
The growth of Binance Coin (BNB) has shocked the crypto industry, but has also contributed to the emergence of another prominent blockchain in the ecosystem....
What makes YFI safe option for traders?
Bitcoin may have captured the spotlight on the crypto market because of its ability to move past previous highs one after the other. However, DeFi...
That’s why DeFi’s rise in 2021 isn’t a statistical anomaly
Despite the corrections set in, Bitcoin was valued at just over $47,500 at the time of publishing. Further down the crypto ladder, Ethereum, the world's...
How trading in DOT, LINK, and YFI can boost your crypto worth
Although Bitcoin continues to make headlines in mainstream media, DeFi ventures are now rising steadily in TVL. In the last 12 months alone, DeFi's TVL...
Yearn.Finance restores yDAI vault , DeFi project repays $11M to recent hack victims.
The yearn.Finance team has opened a creator vault with YFI native tokens from the treasury. The team said on Twitter on 9 February that Yearn...
Siam Commercial Bank of Thailand to invest $50M in DeFi startups and digital assets
Earlier today, SCB TenX (SCB 10X), a holding company in the Siam Commercial Bank Group, announced a $50 million allocation to DeFi start-ups and digital...
What is DeFi and How does it work?
Definition DeFi is a short term for decentralised finance for peer-to-peer financial services on public block chains, primarily Ethereum. DeFi (or "decentralised finance") is the...
DeFi-ETP, what to expect with the forthcoming rally
Bitcoin's price broke through the resistance and was trading above $40,000 yesterday and simultaneously Ethereum's hash rate also reached ATH and does this mean that...
DeFi’s market was superbly corrected when Bitcoin receded at $40k, What’s next?
The DeFi market has been hard-corrected as Bitcoin fell below $40,000, but analysts claim recovery is possible. Decentralized finance or the DeFi market has seen...
DMG token crashes 75%, DeFi Money Market closes its doors
DMG token holders take Twitter to grieve when their holdings crash 75 percent. DeFi Money Market, one of the first ventures to put real-world assets...
$11 million worth of DAI lost to v1 yDAI vault exploit at Yearn Finance
DeFi Protocol Year Finance experienced an exploit earlier today, resulting in a $11 million loss in one of its DAI vaults. Following the news of...
DeFi adoption on the rise AAVE hit record high of $520
Open Source DeFi Protocol's Aave Token (AAVE) has hit a new all-time high of $520 with a 45.5 percent rise in price over the last...
Young DeFi sector hits $40 billion market volume
DeFi's market cap hit an all-time high of more than $40 billion earlier today, with TVL reaching $30 billion in DeFi protocols. Despite the $40...
Why Crypto crime dipped to 57% last year, DeFi hacks now on the rise
Crypto crime rates are declining amid a huge rise in attacks targeting the DeFi market, says security company CipherTrace. Crimes affecting the virtual currency market...
Development in the DeFi sector moves Reserve Rights, 0x and Kyber Network higher
New features addressing high gas charges and interoperability between DeFi platforms could attract investors' attention to Reserve Rights, 0x, and the Kyber Network in the...
How Identify and Avoid DeFi Scams
The decentralized financial industry is gaining a lot of interest from cryptocurrency users. Unfortunately, multiple DeFi scams and shady ventures need to be taken into...
What is Aave Crypto? (AAVE)
One of DeFi's new cryptocurrencies, Aave is a decentralized lending mechanism that allows users to lend, invest and gain interest on crypto properties, everything without...
How Chainlink allowed STASIS and COTI to bridge CeFi-DeFi
The need for an hour appears to close the gap between conventional finance and the DeFi protocols, and Chainlink's new integrations seem to make it...
Defi boom, rising TVL, and new alliances underpin Ren’s 100-per-cent rally
The DeFi boom and the quest for interoperability ventures recently sent Ren's price and overall value locked into fresh all-time highs. Interoperability amongst blockchains is...
Altcoin bull cycle gets new prediction totally different from 2017’s
Bitcoin is still the primary concern of most buyers, but Layer 2 solutions, governance, and DeFi are shaping up to be the guiding forces of...
Bedrock contributors, shareholders discussion the Year token mint
After a stormy weekend for DeFi's original yield vault, the dust is settled down and the path forwards is paved. What began as a simple...
After Receiving Boost from DeFi Darling Andre Cronje, Crypto Newcomer Erupts
After announcing further integration with the Yearn ecosystem, a decentralised money market project backed by yearn.finance (YFI) developer Andre Cronje is seeing some substantial price...
While Bitcoin’s Growth Tubes, Here are some Double-Digit Profitable Defi Tokens
DeFi tokens are attracting investors as bitcoin's rally fades and new protocols are updated. As the recent price rally in bitcoin and ether cools down,...
DeFi protection policy extends security against centralised exchange breaches.
Nexus Mutual now allows consumers to protect their consolidated sharing accounts. DeFi coverage protocol Nexus Mutual increased the list of consolidated exchanges liable for event...
How the need for fast, scalable, Ethereum alternatives boosted Solana (SOL)trading volume
The DeFi sector is booming again and the need for fast, scalable Ethereum alternatives has taken Solana (SOL) trading volumes to record highs. 2021 got...
$375 million insurance pool opportunity coming to DeFi
Big improvements are coming to DeFi's second-largest protocol and its $375 million insurance pool. In a mostly celebratory group call dedicated in part to commemorating...
CeFi and DeFi will finally meet in 2021 — Let’s hope they hit it off
CeFi and DeFi have a long way to go in order to effectively work together, but their combined efforts will help drive mass crypto adoption....
The largest DeFi Breaches of 2020 that stole over $120 million
The high visibility of DeFi financial ventures has drawn a great deal of attention, including from all manner of scammers. Over the past year, more...
Before Happy Twist, Bug-Ridden DeFi Disaster Collapses
Cover image via stock.adobe.com Peer-to-peer insurance coverage provider Cover became the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to fall victim to hackers, but there is a twist. Earlier...
Five Optimistic DeFi and Ethereum Forecasts 2021
2020 has been a huge year for decentralized finance and the Ethereum network which powers it. Next year could be even bigger according to some...
What is Wrapped Bitcoin?
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) is an Ethereum token intended to represent Bitcoin (BTC) on the Ethereum blockchain. It's not Bitcoin, but rather a separate ERC-20 token...
The Ethereum 2.0 factor: Changing the way DeFi projects operate
Ethereum 2.0 is finally taking form after the beacon chain launch, so how has it affected the DeFi and Dapp ecosystems so far? The end...
DeFi trader scores over $20 million in 1INCH token Christmas airdrop
One serial DeFi user now controls around 11% of 1INCH token supply following the exchange's governance token distribution event. On Christmas day, decentralized exchange aggregator...