DeFi

DeFi, short for decentralized finance, represents a shift in the financial sector by leveraging blockchain technology, primarily Ethereum, to eliminate traditional financial intermediaries. It enables various financial applications, from simple transactions to complex contracts, through smart contracts that execute automatically under specific conditions. Key DeFi applications include decentralized exchanges (DEXs), stablecoins, lending platforms, and prediction markets. DeFi offers financial services like loans and interest-earning opportunities without traditional identity verification, relying instead on collateral, usually in cryptocurrency. This innovative sector promises increased accessibility and efficiency but comes with risks, such as market volatility and unregulated projects.


Vídeos

Square to Create New Bitcoin Platform for Decentralized Financial Services

Payments services firm Square will open a new business focused on creating an “open developer platform” to make it easier to provide non-custodial, decentralized financial services, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday in a series of tweets. The division’s “primary focus” would be bitcoin.

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Finanças

Terra atrai US$ 150 milhões para fundo do ecossistema DeFi

O projeto de stablecoin descentralizada está ganhando força rapidamente.

Daniel Shin y Do Kwon, cofundadores de Terra. (Terraform Labs)

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Timothy Massad: Bitcoin ETFs Could Lead to Greater Regulation

Responding to Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s call for SEC to clarify its role on crypto regulations, former CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad suggests that the SEC, despite not having direct authority to regulate crypto exchanges, could approve bitcoin ETFs as a way to “bring some regulatory standards.”

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Mercados

Japão aumenta esforços para regular moeda digital: relatório

A medida é um sinal de crescente preocupação de que novas formas de dinheiro privado possam perturbar o sistema financeiro do Japão.

FSA

Tecnologia

Agregador de Yield Farming DeFi ApeRocket sofre ataque de 'Flash Loan' de US$ 1,26 milhão

Os ataques ocorreram nas redes Binance Smart Chain e Polygon da ApeRocket com poucas horas de diferença na quarta-feira.

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Vídeos

TradeStation Exec: Paradigm Shift in Labor Market Could Have Contributed to ShapeShift’s Shutdown

James Putra, TradeStation Head of Innovation Labs, discusses crypto leader ShapeShift decentralizing its corporate governance as signaling a paradigm shift to mobile labor forces. “The labor markets have fundamentally changed,” Putra said, adding, “[you] can earn a good income and not have to be tied to one central vehicle.”

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Vídeos

Why Is ShapeShift Shutting Down?

Crypto trading pioneer ShapeShift is closing its doors, handing over its legacy to a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) controlled by holders of its FOX token. In the process, it will airdrop $98 million in crypto to decentralized finance (DeFi) investors.

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Finanças

Token FOX sobe 77% no ShapeShift DAO, notícias de airdrop

O token da ShapeShift subiu significativamente com a notícia de que a exchange está se tornando uma organização autônoma descentralizada (DAO).

Erik Voorhees

Finanças

ShapeShift será encerrado e tokens FOX serão lançados por airdrop para se descentralizar e deixar de existir

A ShapeShift enviará 340 milhões de tokens FOX através do DeFi.

Erik Voorhees of ShapeShift

Vídeos

VanEck CEO: SEC Not Likely to Approve Bitcoin ETF This Year

Jan van Eck, CEO of the global investment manager and exchange-traded fund (ETF) pioneer VanEck, discusses the state of bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. Could the SEC approve its first US bitcoin ETF this year? “At the rate of discussions now, I would say no,” van Eck said.

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