These 3 Trends Are Driving Crypto Market Growth Now
The latest CoinDesk Quarterly Review looks at some of the main drivers of crypto market evolution including DeF, derivatives and stablecoins.
MetaMask Gets Into the Decentralized Exchange Aggregation Business With Token Swaps
MetaMask announced a new feature Tuesday: token swaps directly within the popular Ethereum browser extension and mobile application.
First Mover: Bitcoiners May Not Care if Dollar Keeps Its Reserve Status
What if the dollar keeps its reserve status? PLUS: FCA ban, McAfee arrest, commercial real-estate wipeout.
First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk
Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance.
Open Interest in CME Bitcoin Futures Slides as Market Sapped by Surging DeFi
Institutional interest in bitcoin futures has plummeted as the DeFi explosion made carry trades less attractive, said Bequant's Denis Vinokourov.
Meet the Yield Farmers Plowing Cryptocurrency's Riskiest Trend
Yield farming could result in promising developments in the DeFi ecosystem. Nonetheless, each yield farmer told CoinDesk the same thing: This stuff is really, really risky.
CEXs vs. DEXs: The Future Battle Lines
The future will see DEXs challenge centralized exchanges by finally separating custody and exchange, says the co-founder of IDEX.
'Good Reason to Worry': What the BitMEX Indictment Means for DeFi and Bitcoin, Feat. Stephen Palley and Preston Byrne
Crypto legal experts join NLW to discuss the U.S. government’s case against BitMEX and its implications for the broader ecosystem.
Bitcoin News Roundup for Oct. 2, 2020
With Pres. Trump testing positive and a systemically important exchange in the crosshairs, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup!
DeFi Degens Hit Hard by Eminence Exploit Will Be Partially Compensated
DeFi traders piled into a token that was still in testing. After an exploit sent Eminence to zero, affected users are receiving restitution.
