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Argentina Approves IMF Debt Deal Discouraging Crypto Use

Argentina’s Senate has approved a $45 billion debt deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that includes a provision about discouraging the use of cryptocurrency in the country.

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Tech

Parallel Finance Launches DeFi ‘Super App’ for Polkadot Crypto Ecosystem

The lending protocol, with $500 million in TVL, is making a play for market dominance.

An installation by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, after whom Polkadot's canary network is named. (Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)

Finance

Ultiverse to Expand Metaverse Offerings in BNB Chain Ecosystem With $4.5M Raise

The round was co-led by Binance Labs and DeFiance, a Three Arrows Capital platform fund.

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Finance

Katie Haun’s New Fund Joins $10M Round for Polkadot Lending Protocol Moonwell

The project will enable users to take out over-collateralized loans on Polkadot’s EVM-compatible Moonbeam parachain.

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Compound Labs Founder on Bridging the Gap Between DeFi and Traditional Finance

Robert Leshner, Compound Labs founder, joins “First Mover” to discuss how decentralized finance (DeFi) and traditional financial systems can work together. Leshner explains the ability of institutions to facilitate widespread adoption of DeFi technology and how Compound Labs' "Treasury" project attracts financial institutions. Plus, a conversation on the prospects of a digital dollar in the U.S.

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Understanding the Technology Behind Decentralized Exchanges

A deeper dive into liquidity pools, automated market makers, yield farming and other aspects of DEXs. This is the third part of a continuing series on understanding DeFi.

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Tech

Comprender la Tecnología detrás de los intercambios descentralizados

Una inmersión más profunda en los fondos de liquidez, los creadores de mercado automatizados, la agricultura de rendimiento y otros aspectos de los DEX. Esta es la tercera parte de una serie continua sobre cómo comprender DeFi.

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Finance

Por qué los exchanges descentralizados son importantes en la economía cripto

También conocidos como DEXs, ofrecen algunos beneficios significativos e innovaciones para el trading de criptomonedas en comparación con los centralizados.

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Crypto Industry Under Scrutiny Amid Russian Sanctions

Amid growing concern that Russia could leverage crypto during its war with Ukraine, Rebecca Rettig, general counsel of the Aave Companies, discusses her take on whether cryptocurrencies could pose as a route for sanction evasion. Plus, insights into the state of DeFi, crypto adoption in Ukraine, and the EU’s new crypto regulatory framework.

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DeFi Protocol Euler Hires Fmr NY Fed Staffer as COO

Permissionless crypto lending protocol Euler Finance announces its new COO – a New York Federal Reserve veteran Brandon Neal. “The Hash” co-host Zack Seward says this move highlights the growing momentum of institutional DeFi, and that “sometimes, boring is good.” The team unpacks what this hiring means for the industry at large.

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