MakerDAO

MakerDAO Moves to Full Decentralization; Maker Foundation to Close in ‘Months’

The move by the protocol’s home office has been long expected.

Tech  ·  20 July 2021

MakerDAO on Collision Course With Banking Regulators

As MakerDAO rolls out real estate loans, banking regulators are unlikely to ignore DeFi banks, our columnist says.

Business  ·  10 May 2021
MakerDAO

Maker Price Passes $4K for First Time, as MakerDAO Brings Real Estate to DeFi

"Real world" assets have entered DeFi, as the Maker protocol reportedly just minted $38,000 of dai stablecoins to finance a mortgage loan.

Markets  ·  21 April 2021
Exchanges

Bullish Sign for Crypto? USDC and Dai Balances on Exchanges Hit Record Highs

Buying in these stablecoins may foretell where the crypto market is going.

Markets  ·  2 February 2021
MakerDAO

Maker’s MKR Token Surges to 2-Year High on DeFi Growth

Maker's MKR token surged to its highest level in more than two years.

Markets  ·  6 January 2021
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Loans Can Be Gamed to Hold Out Funds From Liquidation, Startup Finds

A loophole in MakerDAO’s collateralized debt market enables positions to be closed far more leniently than intended due to an oversight in the auction process.

Tech  ·  16 November 2020
MakerDAO

MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin Breaks $1B Market Cap

The stablecoin dai (DAI) broke a market capitalization of $1 billion on Wednesday, a major milestone for the DeFi pioneer.

Tech  ·  11 November 2020
Governance

MakerDAO Members Voting on a Safeguard Against BProtocol Flash Loan-Type Attack

The MakerDAO community is voting on a proposal to harden the protocol's governance structure against flash loan voting.

Tech  ·  30 October 2020
Governance

‘Flash Loans’ Have Made Their Way to Manipulating Protocol Elections

BProtocol used a flash loan to speed up election results on MakerDAO. The DeFi platform is now weighing changes to its voting process.

Tech  ·  29 October 2020
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Adds Chainlink, Compound, Loopring as Collateral Options

MakerDAO has voted to add support for a trio of new tokens for the decentralized finance (DeFi) loans that generate DAI stablecoins.

Tech  ·  30 September 2020
CoinFlash

$28M MakerDAO ‘Black Thursday’ Lawsuit Moves to Arbitration

The class-action alleged the Maker Foundation and others knowingly misrepresented the risks of investment in MakerDAO.

Policy & regulation  ·  29 September 2020
MakerDAO

MakerDAO Users Hosed by March Flash Crash Won’t Get MKR Payouts, Say MKR Whales

After initially voting to do so, the Maker community will not compensate investors who lost big on the lending platform during "Black Thursday's" price rout.

Tech  ·  23 September 2020
Governance

Forthcoming Yield Farming Project Dispenses With Governance

Everyone may be talking about governance on Ethereum, but the yet-to-launch DeFi project Liquity is taking a contrarian view: zero governance.

Tech  ·  25 August 2020
CoinFlash

Huobi Launches Consortium of DeFi Providers and Platforms With MakerDAO, Compound

Huobi has launched a new consortium with MakerDAO and Compound to promote decentralized finance.

News  ·  17 August 2020
Governance

Crypto VC Firm Assesses the ‘State of Blockchain Governance’

Greenfield One, an early-stage venture capital firm, just published a comprehensive new resource on the topic of blockchain governance.

Tech  ·  13 August 2020