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Finance

Aave Acquires NFT Mobile Game Sonar for Lens Social Media Integration

With the acquisition, Lens Protocol will be integrated into a game app which claims to have 20,000 active users per month.

Sonar "moji" NFTs on OpenSea. (OpenSea)

Markets

CME Group Teaming With CF Benchmarks for 3 New DeFi Rates and Indices

Pricing will initially come from a group of six crypto exchanges.

The CME Group logo (Shutterstock)

Finance

Aave Supporters Say Lending Freeze Will Help Transition the Network

Community members voted Monday to freeze 17 assets in the Ethereum liquidity pool to lower risk within the DeFi protocol ahead of upgrading the network to its third version.

Ghost (Unsplash)

Markets

Mango Exploiter's Funds Get Liquidated After Roiling Aave Using $20M of Borrowed Curve Tokens

A trader identified as Avraham Eisenberg, who became infamous for his “very profitable trading strategy” of exploiting $114 million from Mango Markets, borrowed tens of millions of Curve DAO tokens and sent them to an exchange – but his position appears to have gotten liquidated.

Racha perdedora. (Jhorrocks)

Markets

DeFi Protocols Are Winning Users as Centralized Crypto Exchanges Suffer Ether Outflows

In the wake of the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange, crypto traders are increasingly turning toward decentralized-finance (DeFi) protocols – as Ethereum tokens flow off big centralized crypto exchanges like Binance and OKX.

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Finance

Aave Community Members Vote to Deploy on zkSync v2 Testnet

The decision will let developers evaluate whether to fully deploy its decentralized exchange on the layer 2 scaling platform that speeds up Ethereum transactions.

Ghost (Unsplash)

Markets

Robinhood's Crypto Customers Can Now Trade Aave and Tezos

The popular trading app now offers 19 crypto assets.

Trading app Robinhood has added Solana, Pepe, Cardano and XRP to the list of cryptocurrencies available to trade on its platform. (Unsplash)

Finance

Co-Founder of Failed Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Starts DeFi Protocol UwU Lend

The new platform released by Michael Patryn has already secured $57.5 million in total value locked.

Long-term holders spend BTC. (Unsplash)

Opinion

Why DeFi Protocols Are Limiting ETH Borrowing Ahead of Ethereum’s Merge

Aave and Compound voted for precautionary measures to prevent airdrop hoarders from sucking up their liquidity.

(Possessed Photography/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

DeFi vs CeFi Lending: Before Choosing, Understand the Challenges and Risks

CeFi simplifies DeFi user experience for investors, but comes with many risks.

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