DeFi


Finance

Solana DeFi Sees Almost $700M in Value Wiped Out on FTX Fallout

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was a prominent backer of the network.

Solana Hacker House en Miami, abril del 2022. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Lender BlockFi Updates Users on Platform, FTX Exposure

The company denied rumors that a majority of its assets are custodied at collapsed crypto exchange FTX.

Zac Prince, CEO de BlockFi, en Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk)

Opinion

FTX Showed the Problems of Centralized Finance, and Proved the Need for DeFi

The meltdown of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto trading empire could not, and would not, have happened to a decentralized and transparent protocol.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

FTX mostró los problemas de las Finanzas centralizadas y demostró la necesidad de DeFi

El colapso del imperio de comercio de Cripto de Sam Bankman-Fried no podría haber sucedido, y no habría ocurrido, con un protocolo descentralizado y transparente.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

FTX ha mostrato i problemi della Finanza centralizzata e ha dimostrato la necessità della DeFi

Il crollo dell'impero del trading Cripto di Sam Bankman-Fried non poteva e non sarebbe avvenuto con un protocollo decentralizzato e trasparente.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Tech

DeFi Exchange Platform dYdX Places Solana in 'Close Only' Mode

The move comes after Solana has plummeted 40% in 24 hours due to its link with the beleaguered Sam Bankman-Fried empire.

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Markets

Liquidity Crunch Spreads to Crypto Lending as Institutional Borrowers Max Out Credit Pools

Multiple crypto investment firms received a “warning” label on lending protocol Clearpool for draining almost the maximum amount of credit from their credit pools.

Several crypto investment firms drained almost all of their available credit from their credit pools on Clearpool. (Clearpool)

Finance

Wintermute-Backed DEX Bebop Launches on Polygon

Bebop, which is incubated by crypto market-maker Wintermute, first launched on the Ethereum blockchain this past June.

Evgeny Gaevoy, Wintermute CEO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Opinion

Money Crypto Versus Tech Crypto

How the two faces of the ecosystem impact the regulatory discussion.

(Pablo García Saldaña/Unsplash)

Opinion

Crypto monétaire contre Crypto technologique

Comment les deux faces de l’écosystème influencent le débat réglementaire.

(Pablo García Saldaña/Unsplash)