Decentralized Finance
Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama
The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.
DeFi Protocol Maverick Unveils UniSwap Rival Decentralized Exchange on Ethereum
Maverick Protocol said its automated market maker algorithm offers investors more customization and the potential to earn greater profits than on top decentralized exchange UniSwap.
DeFi Trading Platform Aurox Seeking Funding at $75M Valuation
The DeFi-focused software developer firm is seeking to raise up to $1 million in a crowdfunding campaign on tZERO.
DeFi Protocol Platypus to Repay at Least 63% of User Funds After $9M Hack
The Avalanche-based protocol worked with crypto exchange Binance to identify the exploiter responsible for last week's attack.
USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack
The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.
DeFi Protocol Clearpool Chooses Polygon Network for Its Institutional Lending Platform
Clearpool also opened the onboarding and whitelisting process for institutional borrowers and lenders to its Prime platform.
Aave Deploys Native Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Testnet
GHO joins an increasingly competitive space as rival DeFi protocols also issue or are moving to release their own protocol-native stablecoins.
Flux Finance Launches Lending Token Collateralized by U.S. Treasurys
Flux Finance invests in Ondo’s Short-Term U.S. Government Bond Fund (OUSG) a tokenized version of a Blackrock Treasury Bond ETF.
MakerDAO Contributors Propose First Native Liquidity Market Focused on DAI Stablecoin
The proposed Spark Protocol will leverage MakerDAO’s DAI stablecoin and its crypto assets for liquidity, and would be based on lending protocol Aave’s upgraded smart contract system.
Decentralized Lending Protocol Clearpool to Start Institutional Borrowing Platform
Clearpool Prime will allow institutional borrowers to create permissioned borrowing pools with their own loan terms.
