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.


Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin NEAR de US$ 56 mil, luta com atividade estável em bolsas

Em 21 de março, havia menos de 2,44 milhões de BTC disponíveis nas bolsas, a menor quantidade desde agosto de 2018.

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Videos

What’s a ‘Poisoned’ Sandwich Trade on a Decentralized Exchange?

Experienced DeFi traders have been serving newbies a tainted lunch. Automated “sandwich bots” help traders manipulate prices on decentralized exchanges to siphon profits from less-experienced users. CoinDesk tech reporter Will Foxley breaks down how one DeFi trader took revenge on a mining pool by tricking its sandwich bot into purchasing fake tokens for real ETH.

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Financial Watchdog Group Updates Guidance Affecting DeFi, NFTs

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global financial watchdog organization, has updated its guidance on crypto assets to be more inclusive of recent market changes, including the NFT boom and growing interest in decentralized finance. Siân Jones of XReg Consulting weighs in on what the updated guidance means for crypto regulation.

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Tech

Bad Sandwich: Trader DeFi 'envenena' mineradores de ponta para lucro de US$ 250 mil

Um trader DeFi enganou o bot sanduíche da Ethermine para comprar tokens "Salmonella" e "Listeria" por cerca de 130 ETH.

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Finance

Plataforma de cooperativa de crédito DeFi Xend Finanças entra em operação primeiro na África

Xend é o primeiro protocolo DeFi a ser lançado no continente africano usando a Binance Smart Chain.

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Policy

Órgãos de fiscalização financeira têm DeFi em vista e alteram a redação em torno dos NFTs

A orientação do GAFI faz uma mudança cuidadosa na terminologia, o que parece ser um aceno na direção dos NFTs.

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Videos

Bank of America Says DeFi Potentially ‘More Disruptive’ Than Bitcoin

In a new report titled “Bitcoin’s Dirty Little Secrets,” Bank of America had a lot to say about bitcoin. Decentralized finance’s potential to overshadow bitcoin, the uses of Ethereum and the future of CBDCs were all also covered in BoA’s report. “The Hash” panel has a lot of unpacking to do.

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Will Bitcoin Be the Currency of the World? Scaramucci: 'It's Quite Possible'

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of Skybridge Capital and former White House communications director, discusses bitcoin, DeFi, NFTs and all things crypto. When asked about a BTC price prediction, he said, "I'm sticking with $100,000 because if I tell people what I really think ... they're gonna think that I'm nuts." But when asked about a much higher price point, he didn't rule that out.

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Tech

Protocolo Tau estreia Hashrate Token Staking para Bitcoin Rewards

O token de hashrate do projeto, BTCST, agora pode ser apostado para obter recompensas em Bitcoin ou um equivalente sintético.

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Markets

Bank of America vê DeFi 'potencialmente mais disruptivo que Bitcoin'

"Não há nenhuma boa razão para possuir BTC , a menos que você veja os preços subindo", diz o banco, mas ele está intrigado com as Finanças descentralizadas.

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