DeFi


Learn

What Are Liquidity Pools?

The term refers to a collection of tokens or digital assets locked in a smart contract that provide essential liquidity to decentralized exchanges.

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Learn

Cosa sono i pool di liquidità?

Il termine si riferisce a una raccolta di token o risorse digitali bloccati in un contratto intelligente che fornisce liquidità essenziale agli scambi decentralizzati.

Liquidity Pool (Unsplash)

Finance

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

The funds will go toward treasury diversification for the forthcoming Euler DAO.

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Layer 2

Cell Protocol Wants to 'Democratize' Liquidity in DeFi

The team, finalists during Web 3 Pitch Fest, wants to expand the network "horizontally and vertically" across exchanges and blockchains.

To preserve the anonymity of some of its founding members, Cell Protocol is using non-fungible tokens. (Cell Protocol, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Exchanges descentralizados superan a contrapartes centralizadas en flujos on-chain, según Chainalysis

Con estos datos se plantea el cuestionamiento sobre la regulación de los DEX.

Michael Gronager, CEO de Chainalysis. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

CoinDesk Confidential: Robin Schmidt

The head of video and multimedia at media company The Defiant answers our questionnaire ahead of Consensus 2022.

(Robin Schmidt, modified by Melody Wang and Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Finance

Beanstalk Stablecoin Protocol 'Barn Raise' Aims to Restore $77M in Lost Funds

Beanstalk was hit by a $182 million flash-loan attack in April.

(Sean Stratton/Unsplash)

Policy

DeFi 'Casino' May Need New Global Regulator, German Central Banker Says

Joachim Wuermeling called for immediate discussions on how to treat DeFi as the Financial Stability Board prepares a rule book for the crypto sector.

Debate rages on how to regulate decentralized finance. (Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)

Videos

DeFi Ledgers Can Help Regulators Oversee Sector: BIS Official

A new Bank for International Settlements (BIS) working paper makes a case for “embedded supervision” that argues regulatory oversight can be built into seemingly untamable decentralized finance (DeFi) systems. “The Hash” team discusses the feasibility of such supervision and regulating open finance.

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Policy

DeFi Ledgers Can Help Regulators Oversee Sector, BIS Official Says

A new BIS working paper makes a case for "embedded supervision" that argues regulatory oversight can be built into seemingly untamable decentralized finance systems.

Raphael Auer, head of the BIS Innovation Hub's Eurosystem Centre, argues that "embedded supervision" can change the game for DeFi regulation. (BIS)