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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.
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.
Curv Partners With MetaMask to Help Institutions Custody DeFi Assets
Curv is teaming up with MetaMask to allow institutions to invest in DeFi protocols while having institutional-grade custody options.
YIELD Raises $4.9M in Bid to Simplify DeFi
YIELD sets out to simplify the process of investing in DeFi products.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Recovers to $18.2K While Market Dynamics Juice DeFi Total Locked
Bitcoin fell below $18,000 Wednesday while DeFi closing in on $15 billion locked may have more to do with price than actual cryptocurrency parked there.
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.
Andre Cronje: DeFi Expressionist
Andre Cronje founded the platform that kick-started 2020's DeFi summer that made thousands rich. It almost broke him.
Huobi's HUSD Stablecoin to Run on Nervos Blockchain
China's Nervos picks Huobi's HUSD as the first available stablecoin on its blockchain amid a DeFi boom in China.
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 markets 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.
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.