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Finance

Founders Fund, Pantera Invest in DeFi Investment Bank Ondo Finance

Ondo, founded by former Goldman Sachs traders, will use the $20 million round to expand its structured products offerings.

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Videos

Strips Finance CEO on Switching From AMM to Order-Book Model

Strips Finance Founder & CEO Ming Wu discusses the DeFi platform's plans to switch from an AMM model to an order-book model, focusing on adding new liquidity features for customers. Plus, a conversation about Stips’ interest in building on a zero-knowledge protocol and the maturation of the crypto market. 

Recent Videos

Finance

Decentralized Forex Is Coming to Terra: Vertex Protocol Raises $8.5M

The protocol seeks to expand DeFi liquidity to non-U.S. dollar pegged stablecoins.

Binance Labs recauda $500M para invertir en Web 3 y blockchain. (Giorgio Trovato/Unplash)

Opinion

Crypto Payments: When the Tech Fades to the Background

The evolution in interest among TradFi, which was once dominated by diehard crypto skeptics, from crypto curiosity to crypto commitment is perhaps the industry’s most important move yet.

TradFi version of ledgers (Chris Pastrick/Pixabay)

Learn

What Is Yearn? A Guide to the Gateway of Decentralized Finance

Yearn.Finance, a pioneer of decentralized finance, aims to be the “Amazon of DeFi” with automated investments and more than 20% yields. Here’s how it works.

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Finance

BitNile to Lend Up to $100M to Small Businesses Backed by Bitcoin

Loans will range from $1 million to $25 million and be offered to publicly traded companies with less than $250 million in market capitalization.

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Learn

What Is PancakeSwap? Here’s How to Start Using It

PancakeSwap is a quick and cheap decentralized exchange.

Pancakes (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Finance

Near DeFi Project Bastion Reveals $9M Funding Round on Heels of BSTN Airdrop Plans

Investors include Three Arrows Capital, Jump Crypto, FTX Ventures and Jane Street.

Easter Island statue, used as an emoji by Bastion's community. (Thomas Griggs/Unsplash)

Finance

Bird, Ring Veterans Raise $5M for GameFi Lending Protocol

The Pantera-backed MetaLend lets users borrow while still earning money in games.

MetaLend founders Sudjeev Singh (left) and Nikhil Bhardwaj (right) (MetaLend)

Finance

DeFi Data Shop Nansen Makes First VC Investment in Gaming Analytics Firm ZeroDrop

Following a $75 million funding round of its own, it’s the first time Nansen has invested in an outside firm.

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