Decentralized Finance

Bitcoin

First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears

Bitcoin balances on exchanges hit 2-year low, seen as a bullish sign that traders are holding for the long term, or tokenizing for use in DeFi.

Markets  ·  28 September 2020
DeFi

DeFi’s Good, Bad and Ugly

Have we forgotten the ICO craze and how long it took to revitalize the crypto industry's image?

Markets  ·  8 September 2020
DeFi

Aave’s LEND Token Jumps 23% on Plan for Liquidity Mining

Aave’s LEND token is the day's top performer among cryptocurrencies with at least $100 million market capitalization.

Markets  ·  30 July 2020
Decentralized Exchanges

Decentralized Exchange Volumes Up 70% in June, Pass $1.5B

June trading volume on decentralized exchanges set a record high of $1.52 billion, up 70% from May.

Markets  ·  1 July 2020
DeFi

DeFi Platform Opyn Launches Put Options on Compound Token

Decentralized options marketplace Opyn has launched put options on COMP that will provide a safety net of sorts should COMP’s fortunes take a turn for the worse.

Markets  ·  26 June 2020
FTX

FTX Is Building Lots of Sophisticated Markets Few Traders Use

FTX has launched eight unique index futures and volatility markets in less than 12 months. But few traders use these markets.

Markets  ·  24 June 2020
DeFi

Ethereum Logged Its Busiest Week on Record

It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric.

Markets  ·  16 June 2020
MakerDAO

Why DeFi’s Billion-Dollar Milestone Matters

The DeFi market hitting $1 billion in locked crypto is something even the most fervent ethereum skeptics would have a tough time dismissing as meaningless.

Markets  ·  7 February 2020
DeFi

ConsenSys Announces Codefi Project to Boost DeFi Adoption

ConsenSys is doubling down on the DeFi ecosystem with a new product suite called Codefi.

Markets  ·  15 September 2019
Huobi

Huobi to Target Decentralized Finance With New Public Blockchain

Huobi Group is building a "regulator-friendly" public blockchain specifically designed for use cases within decentralized finance.

Tech  ·  2 July 2019
Exchanges

How MakerDAO Works: A Video Explainer

The most popular decentralized finance application on ethereum, MakerDAO, was built to keep a stablecoin's price stable. Under the hood, it's quite complex, featuring two separate tokens, a lending system and even a voting process. Here's how it works

Tech  ·  30 May 2019
Venture Capital

Bain Capital and Ripple’s Xpring Invest in DeFi Founder’s ‘Scout Fund’

With a million dollars from Bain Capital and Ripple's VC arm, Robert Leshner is making small bets on early-stage crypto entrepreneurs.

Markets  ·  10 April 2019
Ethereum

Decentralized Finance Emerges as Banner Topic at Ethereum Denver Conference

ETHDenver kicked off with an address by Aave CEO Stani Kulechov about a hot new wave of decentralized finance applications.

Tech  ·  15 February 2019