DeFi


Finance

VC Firm Pantera's 2023 Crypto Forecast Says the Future Is DeFi

The crypto-focused venture capital firm is focused on transaction fees, liquidity and usability.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk)

Tech

MakerDAO Approves Deployment of $100M USDC on DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance

The decision opens the way for MakerDAO to earn an estimated 2% annual yield on USDC stablecoin deposits.

(Cleveland Trust Co/Modified by CoinDesk)

Tech

Uniswap Poll Shows 80% Support Decentralized Crypto Exchange's Move to BNB Chain

More than 20 million UNI were staked by community members to cast their votes.

(Unsplash, modificado por CoinDesk)

Tech

Fantom Blockchain to Fund Ecosystem Projects Using Portion of Burnt FTM Fees

The fund is aimed at empowering builders on Fantom by offering a decentralized avenue for funding projects, ideas and creations through a community-driven decision process.

Fantom will invest in projects using a portion of burn fees. (Shutterstock)

Tech

Cross-Chain Bridge Protocol Stargate Partners With Metis for More Efficient Interoperability

The move will be the first expansion for Stargate beyond LayerZero technology.

Puente. (Aleksandr Barsukov/Unsplash)

Markets

Avalanche DEX Trader Joe Plans to Make its Tokens More Valuable for Users

The platform aims to expand to Arbitrum and BNB Chain in the coming weeks and is changing part of how its tokens are rewarded and distributed.

Trader Joe is making changes to its tokenomics. (Trader Joe)

Markets

MakerDAO Favors Holding GUSD Stablecoin as Part of Reserve in Early Voting

MakerDAO voters so far prefer keeping the $500 million Gemini USD stablecoin ceiling in Maker’s DAI stablecoin reserve over decreasing its role or phasing it out.

Tyler Winklevoss y Cameron Winklevoss, cofundadores de Gemini. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Finance

DeFi-Focused Startup Blue Comes Out of Stealth With $3.2M Raise

The firm offers products to help with know-your-customer and money-laundering checks.

Blue's founders, Casper Yonel (right) and Paul Thomas (left) (Blue)

Tech

DeFi Service Frax Finance Gains Momentum Amid Ether Staking Narrative, FXS in Focus

High yields on Curve-related pools have attracted millions of dollars' worth of ether to Frax in the past few weeks.

(Pixabay)

Markets

DeFi Protocol Thena's Total Value Locked Surged to $90M in Its First Week

The BNB Chain-based DeFi protocol offers 9.93% yields for traders that stake stablecoins.

Thena protocol (Thena website)