Braintrust Raises $18M to Bring DeFi-Thinking to the Gig Economy
Braintrust, a tech talent marketplace that will essentially be owned by the IT freelancers and companies using it, has raised an $18 million strategic growth round.
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.
Fintech Giant Plaid Has a Hidden Passion for DeFi
Fintech enabler Plaid is quietly working with at least two decentralized finance (DeFi) startups.
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.
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.
CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum's DeFi Luminaries Discuss What's Next
MakerDAO's Rune Christensen, Compound's Robert Leshner and Uniswap's Hayden Adams discussed the state of the $3.8 billion DeFi market.
Crypto Custodian Curv Is Helping Institutions Dabble in DeFi With Compound Integration
Custody startup Curv is using Compound, the leading lending protocol in DeFi, to help institutions earn interest on idle crypto.
Kraken Adds 3 DeFi Tokens – COMP, KAVA, KNC
Riding the surge of interest in yield farming, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is listing three tokens from the world of decentralized finance.
Compound Tops $1B in Crypto Loans as DeFi Farmers Keep Digging for Yield
Yield farming continues to push Compound to new heights. On Monday, the lending protocol topped $1 billion in loans issued.
Delta Exchange Predicts $40 Price for COMP Ahead of Governance Token Deluge
One startup has done the math and thinks the true value for Compound's COMP token right now should be more like $40.
