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.


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Colombian Government Implementing New Anti-Money Laundering Laws With Local Crypto Exchanges

Colombia is ready to embrace DeFi as an opportunity for its people. This does not mean the country is going against financial institutions. Colombia’s Presidential Adviser Jehudi Castro Sierra says, “they need to reinvent themselves, or someone will do it for them.”

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Mercati

Resumo do mercado: Bitcoin estável em US$ 37 mil enquanto investidores se envolvem com touros e ursos

Notícias positivas de El Salvador T conseguiram superar completamente as notícias negativas da China.

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Finanza

Cronje da Yearn apoia rodada de financiamento de US$ 10 milhões para o Instadapp da DeFi

A startup sediada na Índia usará o financiamento para continuar desenvolvendo uma camada de “middleware” para o ecossistema DeFi.

Instadapp co-founders Sowmay Jain and Samyak Jain in a photo from 2019.

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Domino Effect of El Salvador’s Currency Law

Edan Yago, the co-founder of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Sovryn with business interests in Latin America, explores the domino effect of El Salvador's bitcoin adoption on other countries. Plus, reaction to U.S. lawmakers' concerns of bitcoin's volatility.

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Mercati

DeFi Network Karura levanta US$ 100 milhões antes do leilão de parachain de Kusama

O dinheiro veio de um "empréstimo coletivo" e incluiu mais de 8.500 Colaboradores.

Karura raises $100 million in funding.

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Dapper Labs Unveils Flow-Native Stablecoin, 'FUSD', With Other ERC-20-Like Tokens to Follow

Dapper Labs, the creator behind the Flow blockchain and NBA Top Shot, announced Thursday it would launch a Flow-native stablecoin called FUSD. This is the first token on Flow that exists similar to how ERC-20-like tokens exist on Ethereum. "The Hash" team explores the new development and what it means for the DeFi space.

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Tecnologie

Pantera e Arrington apoiam rodada de US$ 5,8 milhões para a Stablecoin DeFi Cross-Chain da Unbound

O token UND do projeto interage com AMMs como Uniswap e PancakeSwap.

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Will a Digital Dollar Solve the Crypto Ransomware Problem?

Responding to recent high-profile ransomware attacks on major food and oil companies, U.S. lawmakers are amping up their criticism of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Dave Jevans of CipherTrace, which tracks crypto crime and anti-money laundering trends, discusses the potential solutions to cyberattacks and whether having a digital dollar is one of them.

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