DeFi


Layer 2

Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance

Crypto-curious students find valuable hands-on experience and empowerment in policy elections, a typically low-participation area of the Web3 ecosystem

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

Videos

Uniswap Reportedly Eyeing Over $100M in Fresh Funding

Uniswap is putting together a new funding round in a bid to expand its product offerings, according to TechCrunch. "The Hash" team discusses what this means for the decentralized exchange and state of DeFi.

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Policy

CFTC Charges Digitex Founder Adam Todd With Running Illegal Crypto Derivatives Trading Platform

The regulator said Todd failed to register his service as a futures trading platform with the agency.

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Finance

DeFiance Capital's Arthur Cheong Is Raising Money for a New Fund: Sources

The fund will focus on liquid crypto investments and targets raising about $100 million, a person familiar with the matter said.

(Dall-E/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Crypto Trading Platform Provider WonderFi to Offer Equities Next Year Through Bitbuy Unit

WonderFi purchased Bitbuy in January for $161.8 million in cash and shares.

Bitbuy President Dean Skurka, WonderFi strategic investor Kevin O'Leary and WonderiFi CEO Ben Samaroo (WonderFi)

Finance

Cardano's Founding Entity Emurgo to Invest Over $200M to Boost Ecosystem

The funds will be invested in projects over a three-year period.

Coin98 joins a growing roster of DeFi protocols crafting their own stablecoin. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Blockchain-Powered Reinsurer Re Raises $14 Million Seed Round to Build Decentralized Market

The company sees its protocol as providing collective backing of insurance policies in a similar way to the Lloyd’s of London market.

Inside the Lloyd's of London insurance market. (Lloyd's of London)

Policy

Tron Founder Justin Sun Thinks Crypto Could Learn Something From TradFi

“We want our 100 million customers to know that we really take their money and their data seriously,” he said in an interview with CoinDesk.

Justin Sun, speaking at the Binance Blockchain Week in Paris. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Market Maker Flowdesk to Join With Jump-Backed Pyth Network to Improve Access to Blockchain Data

Flowdesk hopes the partnership will help DeFi users and developers gain ready access to institutional-quality market data.

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Markets

Ethereum Project Ribbon Finance Launches Crypto Options Exchange to Boost Growth

Ribbon said it expects trading volumes to reach over $100 million a day within the first six months.

Ribbon founder Julian Koh announced Aevo at Token 2049 in Singapore. (Shaurya Malwa/CoinDesk)