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.
Former DragonFly Managing Partner Joins Huobi To Help “Tens of Millions” DeFi Investment
Alex Pack from DragonFly will Join Huobi to help invest tens of millions of dollars in decentralized finance, as the firm behind the top centralized exchange pushes forward its ambition in both DeFi and the market in the West.
Hayden Adams-King of the DeFi Degens: Most Influential 2020
After Hayden Adams was laid off from his junior engineering position at Siemens and living at home with his parents for a stint, a career opportunity came knocking at Adams' door and Uniswap, the permissionless token exchange built on the Ethereum blockchain, was born.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Pushes Past $19.2K; Ether at 3% of BTC Price
Bitcoin is making gains after a strong volume weekend while ether’s percentage of BTC price shows it may have room to climb.
Mergers Position Yearn Finance as the Amazon of DeFi
Yearn Finance looks like it could assemble the Amazon of DeFi. If it does it, it will get there like everything else in crypto: way faster.
CEO of DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Hacked for $8M in NXM Tokens
Nexus Mutual's CEO, Hugh Karp, lost the tokens after an attacker gained remote access to his computer.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holding at $18K; Active Ethereum Addresses up 140% in 2020
Bitcoin’s price dipped below $18,000 for the third straight day while an increase in active Ethereum addresses is fundamentally positive.
DeFi Game Aavegotchi Preps for Jan. 4 Mainnet Launch With NFT Auctions
Aavegotchi – a retro, Tamagotchi-inspired game that came to life at the end of DeFi Summer – is launching in full on Jan. 4.
This One Graph Shows Ether Going From CeFi to DeFi: Glassnode
Data indicates DeFi could take a huge bite out of CeFi when it comes to the ether cryptocurrency.
Multicoin Capital Leads $1.15M Seed Round for DeFi Protocol Swivel Finance
The decentralized protocol says its offerings of fixed-rate lending and interest-rate derivatives will place it in a unique position in Defi.
RAC on DeFi and Yield Farming- 'These Days It Feels Like a Full-Time Job'
RAC, the Grammy award winning artist and part-time yield farmer says that “these days it feels more like a full-time job.” RAC joins CoinDesk senior narkets reporter Daniel Cawrey to discuss a day in the life of a musician turned yield farmer during lockdowns, the end of DeFi and the future of NFTs.