DeFi


Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $18.8K as Total Crypto Locked in DeFi Passes $14B

Bitcoin is testing $19,000 as DeFi hits another milestone in total crypto locked.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hangs Around $18K While Ether Locked in DeFi Declines

Bitcoin’s price pulled off the bull road for a rest stop Thursday while ether holders pull out of DeFi.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Open Finance Is Better Than Broken Finance

Traditional financial services fail to meet the core needs of a global economy. DeFi is not perfect but it's for everyone.

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Finance

DEX Aggregator Rebrands to Slingshot After Raising $3.1M From Coinbase Ventures, Others

Slingshot exists in an increasingly crowded field of DEX aggregators including 1inch, ParaSwap, Matcha and even MetaMask.

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Tech

DeFi Exploits Can’t Be Pinned on Flash Loans, Industry Leaders Say

DeFi’s novel flash loan products aren't to blame for the recent string of exploits, industry leaders say.

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Finance

Ethereum Classic Gets DeFi Treatment With Wrapped ETC

Ethereum Classic wants to play in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space of the blockchain from which it contentiously split in 2016.

James Wo, founder and chairman of ETC Labs

Markets

Origin Protocol Loses $7M in Latest DeFi Attack

Stablecoin project Origin Dollar (OUSD) sustained a re-entrancy attack at 00:47 UTC Tuesday resulting in a loss of funds worth $7 million.

OUSD suffered a flash loan attack.

Tech

DeFi Project Akropolis Drained of $2M in DAI

Decentralized finance platform Akropolis’ yCurve pools have been drained resulting in the loss of $2 million.

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Finance

Why DeFi Needs to Branch Out From Ethereum

For its long-term viability, decentralized finance cannot be defined by a single blockchain network.

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Finance

DeFi Dashboard Zapper Snags New Funding From Delphi and Coinbase Ventures

Zapper announced Thursday an extension of its seed investment round with new backing from Delphi Digital and Coinbase.

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