Decentralized Finance


Policy

DeFi Could Be Forced to Incorporate and Certify, French Central Bank Says

Regulators are seeking to extend EU laws to cover decentralized structures in finance.

French regulators are considering how to treat decentralized finance. (Alexander Kagan/Unsplash)

Videos

Diving Into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance

Decentralized Finance, also known as DeFi, effectively lets people be their own bank by replacing traditional institutions with trustless, transparent, and immutable code in the form of smart contracts.

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Tech

Arbitrum Airdrop Shows Interest in DeFi, Researcher Says

DappRadar's Pedro Herrera says decentralized finance may be benefiting from the troubles at traditional banks and regulators' actions against centralized exchanges.

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Markets

Blockchain-Based Debt Protocol Obligate Records First Bond Issuance on Polygon Network

Swiss commodities trading firm Muff Trading AG issued corporate bonds using Obligate’s decentralized finance platform, which is set to open to the public on March 27.

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Markets

Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama

The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Maverick Unveils UniSwap Rival Decentralized Exchange on Ethereum

Maverick Protocol said its automated market maker algorithm offers investors more customization and the potential to earn greater profits than on top decentralized exchange UniSwap.

Maverick is entering an increasingly competitive market of decentralized exchanges. (Maverick Protocol)

Finance

DeFi Trading Platform Aurox Seeking Funding at $75M Valuation

The DeFi-focused software developer firm is seeking to raise up to $1 million in a crowdfunding campaign on tZERO.

The price of ether has risen 16% in the past week. (Getty Images)

Tech

DeFi Protocol Platypus to Repay at Least 63% of User Funds After $9M Hack

The Avalanche-based protocol worked with crypto exchange Binance to identify the exploiter responsible for last week's attack.

The exploit of Platypus Finance is the latest example of crypto's rampant problem with hackers. (Meg Jerrard/Unsplash)

Markets

USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack

The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Clearpool Chooses Polygon Network for Its Institutional Lending Platform

Clearpool also opened the onboarding and whitelisting process for institutional borrowers and lenders to its Prime platform.

Clearpool Prime is set be released in the first quarter of the year. (Clearpool)