DeFi


Finance

Uniswap Labs Acquires NFT Startup Genie

The company behind Ethereum's popular DeFi trading hub plans to support the buying and selling of NFTs.

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Finance

DeFi Moves Into Real Estate With Tower Fund and Teller Protocol Partnership

The timing for fully transparent DeFi opportunities couldn’t be better, according to Teller CEO Ryan Berkun.

Teller Protocol hopes to bring DeFi to commercial real estate projects such as multifamily buildings. (Dan Reynolds Photography/Getty Images)

Tech

Solend Says Investor at Center of Solana DeFi Controversy Started to Move Funds

The lending platform said that may avert the risk of contagion in case of a liquidation.

Binance Labs recauda $500M para invertir en Web 3 y blockchain. (Giorgio Trovato/Unplash)

Finance

Celsius Network Pauses AMAs, With Customers Left in the Dark Over Withdrawals

Celsius has not yet provided an update on the status of withdrawals from its platform as regulators investigate.

Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Babel Finance Reaches Debt Agreement With Counterparties After Withdrawal Freeze

The company will continue to communicate with shareholders as it looks to obtain liquidity support.

Flex Yang, co-founder of Babel Finance

Finance

DeFi Protocol Solend Passes Governance Vote to Reverse ‘Emergency Powers’

An emergency governance vote has been passed as Solend plans to take less drastic measures on the liquidation of a large Solana borrower.

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Finance

Solend’s Whale Liquidation Crisis Prompts Second Vote to Reverse ‘Emergency Powers’

The Solana-based borrowing and lending service is going back to the ballot box.

(Danny Nelson for CoinDesk)

Tech

Solana DeFi Platform Votes to Control Whale Account in Bid to Avoid Liquidation 'Chaos'

Solend users voted to "grant emergency power to Solend Labs to temporarily take over the whale's account."

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

Videos

Katie Haun’s New Fund Leads $32M Round in Lending Protocol Euler

Euler XYZ CEO Michael Bentley discusses the recent $32 million raise in a funding round led by former A16z executive Katie Haun’s Haun Ventures. Plus, Bentley shares his thoughts on the current state of DeFi as several major lenders are facing concerns over liquidity.

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Tech

Finanças inverso do protocolo DeFi explorado por US$ 1,2 milhão

Os invasores usaram um ataque de empréstimo instantâneo para drenar o equipamento de protocolo de código aberto de Bitcoin e Tether.

Inverse Finance developers paused borrowing functions for users and said they were investigating the incident. (Shutterstock)