DeFi

DeFi

Institutional Investors Come to Polygon Amid Rising Ethereum Layer-2 Demand, Blockchain Data Shows

Questions remain about promised scalability improvement from Ethereum 2.0.

Tech  ·  16 June 2021
DeFi

‘Free Money’ Bug Hits DeFi Platform Alchemix

The bug resulted in roughly 2,000 ETH (or $4.8 million at today's prices) being returned to borrowers prematurely.

Tech  ·  16 June 2021
DeFi

Decentralized Credit Protocol Goldfinch Raises $11M in Series A Funding

A16z led the round, which will enable the startup to build a network of lenders and borrowers and ramp up hiring.

News  ·  16 June 2021
DeFi

Kyber Network Announces Polygon Integration and Liquidity Mining Program

The Rainmaker program aims to bring more liquidity to Ethereum and Polygon-based decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystems.

News  ·  16 June 2021
DeFi

Crypto Derivatives Platform dYdX Raises $65M in Paradigm-Led Series C

The San Francisco-based DEX builder has processed $2.2 billion in trades and is now “hugely profitable.”

Business  ·  15 June 2021
DeFi

Umee Raises $6.3M to Connect Cosmos and Ethereum With Cross-Chain DeFi

The project, led by Tendermint’s former strategy lead, secured backing from Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures and others.

Tech  ·  15 June 2021
DeFi

Switzerland’s Sygnum Bank Gets Into DeFi

Custody and trading services for DeFi tokens is the first step, to be followed by a suite of yield-generating products.

Business  ·  15 June 2021
DeFi

DeFi Projects Continue Flocking to Layer 2 Solution Polygon

Polygon’s cheaper transaction costs and faster block time have driven increased adoption by a number of major projects.

Markets  ·  15 June 2021
DeFi

Human Protocol Expands hCaptcha Tool, Launches Wallet to Make AI Smarter

“Proof-of-HUMANity” could also thwart front-running DeFi bots.

Tech  ·  14 June 2021
DeFi

Lending Startup Parallel Finance Raises $2M to Bring More DeFi to Polkadot, Kusama

Pantera and Polychain are backing the project.

Tech  ·  14 June 2021
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Flat at $37K as Investors Tangle With Bulls and Bears

Positive news from El Salvador couldn't completely overcome negative news out of China.

Markets  ·  11 June 2021
DeFi

Yearn’s Cronje Backs $10M Funding Round for DeFi’s Instadapp

The India-based startup will use the funding to continue developing a “middleware” layer for the DeFi ecosystem.

Business  ·  11 June 2021
DeFi

DeFi Network Karura Raises $100M Ahead of Kusama’s Parachain Auction

The money came from a "crowd loan" and included more than 8,500 contributors.

News  ·  10 June 2021
DeFi

Pantera, Arrington Back $5.8M Round for Unbound’s Cross-Chain DeFi Stablecoin

The project's UND token interacts with AMMs like Uniswap and PancakeSwap.

Tech  ·  10 June 2021
DeFi

Solana-Based Oxygen Taps Jump Trading in Bid to Be DeFi’s Top ‘Prime Brokerage’

Oxygen will enter its beta stage in the next two to three months, co-founder Alex Grebnev said.

Business  ·  10 June 2021