DeFi

DeFi

A16z Leads $12M Investment in DeFi-Native Crypto Tracing Firm Nansen

“We’re not basing our company on some KYC’d version of DeFi coming out in the future,” said Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik.

Business  ·  29 June 2021
Ether

Ethereum Gas Fees at 6-Month Low as Market Cools, Layer 2 Solutions Ease Congestion

Ethereum gas fees have abated with decreasing network congestion. Also, there's Flashbots.

Markets  ·  28 June 2021
DeFi

DeFi Insurance Upstart Risk Harbor Goes Live With $3.25M in Seed Funding

Risk Harbor uses on-chain rules and smart contracts to automate payouts for insurance claims.

Tech  ·  24 June 2021
Bitcoin

Huobi’s Tighter Derivatives Rules Leave Chinese Traders Scrambling for Alternatives

Binance may gain customers because of Huobi's new restrictions.

Business  ·  23 June 2021
DeFi

DeFi Is the Next Frontier of High-Frequency Trading

The world of high frequency trading is characterized by heavy competition and short-term opportunities. Could DeFi be a new way to get ahead?

Markets  ·  23 June 2021
DeFi

Huobi Investment Arm Backs Beyond Finance With Strategic Investment

Huobi will advise Beyond Finance on creating a decentralized "synthetic-asset" platform.

News  ·  23 June 2021
DeFi

Wirex Eyes Mainstream DeFi With Fireblocks Integration

Now your mum can start providing liquidity to Uniswap, said Wirex CEO Pavel Matveev.

Business  ·  23 June 2021
DeFi

DeFi Network Karura Wins First Auction Slot on Kusama

More than 15,000 network stakeholders locked up KSM in favor of Karura being added.

News  ·  22 June 2021
DeFi

Solana-Based Pyth Network Adds Institutional Crypto Exchange LMAX as Data Provider

LMAX will provide foreign exchange and crypto trading data.

Business  ·  22 June 2021
DeFi

Grayscale Brings 13 More Tokens With DeFi Focus Under Consideration

The 13 include 1inch, Bancor, Curve, Polygon and 0x.

Business  ·  18 June 2021
DeFi

The Supercycle: How Crypto Could Shape the Decade Ahead

The supercycle thesis is the bold but vague idea that crypto is on the verge of mass adoption. Here's how it works and what it means.

People  ·  17 June 2021
Governance

Curve DAO Contemplates Its Intellectual Property

A governance proposal to protect a DeFi project's IP prompts questions about a DAO's fiduciary duty and the open source ethos.

People  ·  17 June 2021
DeFi

In Token Crash Postmortem, Iron Finance Says It Suffered Crypto’s ‘First Large-Scale Bank Run’

In the wake of the crash, billionaire Mark Cuban is now calling for regulation of stablecoins.

Markets  ·  17 June 2021
DeFi

Iron Finance’s Titan Token Falls to Near Zero in DeFi Panic Selling

"What happened is just the worst thing that could possibly happen considering their tokenomics," said Iron Finance investor Fred Schebesta.

News  ·  17 June 2021
DeFi

Polychain, Pantera Back $14M Funding Round for DeFi Derivatives Platform SynFutures

Bybit, Wintermute, CMS, Kronos and IOSG Ventures also kicked in.

News  ·  17 June 2021