DeFi

Are DeFi Platforms Centralized?
Reacting to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler telling CoinDesk most cryptocurrencies are securities, Ashley Ebersole, former SEC senior counsel and current chief legal officer at 0x Labs, discusses the outlook for regulating DeFi and the crypto industry at large.

Reguladores internacionales intentan encontrar la manera de supervisar las finanzas descentralizadas
Los organismos de normalización quieren ocuparse del sector DeFi, pero no están seguros de cómo hacerlo.

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.

DeFi Lending Protocol Notional to Offer New Leveraged Product
The platform plans to release three “leveraged vaults” next month that allow users to trade up to 10 or 20 times their initial capital.

International Regulators Struggle With How to Oversee DeFi
Standard setters want to tackle the growing decentralized finance sector, but they aren’t sure how to do it.

DeFi vs CeFi Lending: Before Choosing, Understand the Challenges and Risks
CeFi simplifies DeFi user experience for investors, but comes with many risks.

Hubble Protocol Raises $5M to Expand Solana-Based DeFi Protocol
The protocol aims to create a Solana-based equivalent of MakerDao: a DeFi protocol with a U.S. dollar denominated stablecoin.

Aave Companies Seeks $16M From DAO Funds to Pay Crypto Developers
Some $15 million of that amount has been earmarked for work performed directly by the team over the course of more than a year.

EU Officials: Digital Euro Focusing on Personal Use First, Not Web3
A retail digital euro will, in the first stage, only enable payments initiated by people, rather than allowing businesses to settle invoices, issue paychecks or be used in decentralized finance, European Union (EU) officials said Wednesday. "The Hash" team discusses central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and their privacy implications amid a global race to digital money.

Why DeFi Insurance Needs a New Design
Decentralized finance offers a blank canvas for reimagining markets insurance with programmability and decentralization as core constructs, says the CEO of IntoTheBlock.

