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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.
First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Stalls as 'DeFi Summer' Proves Endless
This year's explosion in decentralized finance, or DeFi, highlighted just how much innovation was happening in digital-asset markets, beyond bitcoin.
Warp Finance Suffers Possible $8M Flash Loan Attack
The scheme has become common in the fast-growing DeFi sector.
Compound's New Blockchain Readies DeFi for Central Bank Digital Currencies
"We want to announce the designs for a blockchain that can scale Compound over the next century," Compound founder Robert Leshner told CoinDesk.
CFTC's Latest Crypto Primer Highlights DeFi, Governance
Decentralized finance and crypto governance are among a growing list of topics the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is watching in the digital asset space, it said in a new primer.
DeFi Startup Brings Corporate Lending Terms to Miners, Traders and Market Makers
Maple Finance is a new firm out of Australia releasing a token-governed platform for institutional lending.
OKCoin Debuts CeFi-DeFi Mashup With Portal for Stablecoin Deposits
OKCoin is allowing users to invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications through its site without paying gas fees.
Foxconn's Jack Lee Join 8-Figure Round for 'Open Finance' Project Findora
The round, said to be in the in the "tens of millions," was led by cryptocurrency venture capital firm Polychain Capital.
DeFi on Bitcoin Gets a Boost as Sovryn Launches on RSK Sidechain
Sovryn is launching a lending and derivatives market on the RSK Bitcoin sidechain in a bid to promote DeFi on Bitcoin.
Secret Network Launches Bridge to Bring Transactional Privacy to Ethereum
The bridge will also give users access to Secret DeFi, privacy-preserving decentralized finance apps built on the Secret Network.
How Israeli VCs Are Doubling Down on DeFi Startups
The three co-founders of Collider Ventures agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020.
