DeFi

As the last quarter kicked off, the crypto market recovered from the September losses with the total market capitalization of the space hitting a handsome $2.32 trillion at the time of writing. The DeFi space seemed to be blooming too, with the Total Value Locked this week surging by 14%, surpassing the $160 billion markContinue reading “Besides decent network growth how are Avalanche, Curve faring price-wise”

DeFi has quite evidently evolved since its inception. Launched to fundamentally alter the global financial economy, this comparatively novel system exposes users to a host of fin-tech related products and services. With billions of dollars flowing into the space on a daily basis, the traditional, tightly-controlled, opaque system has gradually started losing its exclusivity amongContinue reading “Is SushiSwap REALLY performing better than Uniswap on these fronts”

The last few months have seen the exponential growth of not just Bitcoin, but also the Lightning Network (LN). In fact, over the said timeframe, it has seen a significant expansion of both its payment channels and locked BTC, further signaling the increasing significance of the technology. Lightning Network is a layer-2 scaling solution builtContinue reading “Bitcoin Lightning Network: Why ‘apples to oranges’ comparisons don’t do it any good”

In the middle of an appreciating market since the beginning of the month, Fantom has made a dent in the DeFi and spot space. In doing so, it has even left behind the likes of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The last 7 days have turned out so well for investors that even the most unaware peopleContinue reading “Identifying the A to Z of how and why Fantom has done so well”

Diana Pires, Crypto.com’s Senior Vice President of Institutional Sales, was recently one of the speakers at Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit. In a view that might be contrary to those aired by some in the community, she said, the “overarching demand in the crypto-sector is regulations.” In fact, while speaking about bridging gaps between retail andContinue reading “Why ‘the overarching demand’ isn’t as easy as it sounds for DeFi”

The SEC is usually seen as an unhelpful regulator, or an obstacle to growing crypto innovation in America. However, are there cases where crypto and DeFi regulation by the SEC could be a good thing? During the Unchained podcast, host Laura Shin spoke to Greg Xethalis, chief compliance officer at Multicoin Capital, and Collins Belton,Continue reading “SEC and stablecoins: Two experts weigh in on regulations”

Most DeFi tokens have been performing inconsistently of late. The China crackdown FUD did impact the broader DeFi market to some extent, but it failed to send these tokens into their ‘summer’ mode. However, their recovery over the past week has been notable. The likes of Uniswap, Curve Finance, and SushiSwap have individually appreciated byContinue reading “Aave may be on a slippery slope, but here’s why there’s hope for recovery”

Rune Christensen, the Founder of DeFi protocol MakerDAO, recently published a lengthy blog post highlighting steps the platform could take in order to address climate change concerns. The post, titled “The Case for Clean Money,” argued that the protocol should ensure that its collateral comprises “sustainable and climate-aligned assets that consider the long-term impacts ofContinue reading “MakerDAO exec wants to circle back to Ethereum to address climate change”

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space, which is dominated by Ethereum, had a rather rough month as the market fluctuated immensely. For a while, there was some bearish sentiment observable across the board. However, that is now changing for good as it seems like losses have been repaired owing to these 2 reasons. Ethereum to theContinue reading “Ethereum may have come to DeFi’s rescue, but here’s the whole story”