DeFi

DeFi

Markets

Large Traders Dominate DEXs as High Ethereum Fees Keep Retail Investors at Bay

The average trade size on Curve Finance ranges from $500,000 to $1 million, according to Kaiko.

DEXs process greater number of large-sized deals than CEXs do. (Kaiko)

Finance

Badger DAO Protocol Suffers $120M Exploit

The hacker or hackers may have targeted the platform’s user interface.

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Finance

Can Stablecoin Supply Measure Ethereum Adoption?

As innovation on top of Ethereum continues to connect DeFi with the outside world, stablecoin growth appears to be a strong measure of adoption.

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Videos

ETH Returns Outpacing BTC, S&P 500, DeFi

CoinDesk Director of Professional Content Galen Moore shares insights into how bitcoin has performed since Black Friday when it declined by more than 8% following news of the COVID-19 strain Omicron. Why are the returns for ETH outpacing BTC, S&P 500, and DeFi?

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Finance

DEX Aggregator 1inch Raises $175M in Funding Round Led by Amber Group

The Series B comes ahead of the launch of 1inch Pro, which will cater to institutional investors.

1inch co-founders Anton Bukov (left) and Sergej Kunz (1inch Network)

Layer 2

Ethereum in 2022: What Is Money in the Metaverse?

DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins – most of it started on Ethereum. What about next year? This post is part of CoinDesk’s Future of Money Week.

(Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Markets

UST Stablecoin Demand, DeFi Incentives Drive Terra’s LUNA to New All-Time High

Following a network upgrade in October, it’s the second time this month LUNA has logged record highs.

(Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

Finance

Three Arrows Backs Money-Streaming Mean DAO to Boost DeFi Payments on Solana

The $3.5 million funding round included SoftBank and DeFiance Capital.

Mean DAO co-founders Michel Triana and Eydel Rivero Ruiz (Mean DAO)

Tech

Elrond Leapfrogs Into DeFi’s Top 10 as Users Chase Ridiculously Large Incentive Program

What was a $1.29 billion sweetener package when announced is now worth $7.32 billion as the MEX token surges. It has dragged an afterthought chain’s TVL into the big leagues.

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