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Will Institutional Investors Buy the Dip?

Bitcoin sell-offs have led to a drop in price, but is this a brief pullback or the start of a larger price correction? According to Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital, investors shouldn't be too worried. "The amount of institutional interest continues to increase in crypto," Samani said. "I expect every dip to be bought quite aggressively." Plus, his thoughts on leverage in the crypto markets and alternatives to the Ethereum blockchain for DeFi developers.

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Markets

Millionaire Ex-Banker Who Hates Banks Starts a DeFi Firm in Russia

Alexander Lebedev hates banks and auditors, and he wants to see if crypto is an escape.

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Maker Price Soars As MakerDAO Brings Real-World Assets to DeFi

The Maker token's price has soared to a new all-time high over $4K after news that MakerDAO will allow users to use real estate to finance their loans on the platform. Will Foxley breaks down the significance of MakerDAO's move to bring real-world assets to DeFi.

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Markets

Maker Price Passes $4K for First Time, as MakerDAO Brings Real Estate to DeFi

"Real world" assets have entered DeFi, as the Maker protocol reportedly just minted $38,000 of dai stablecoins to finance a mortgage loan.

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DeFi News with Erik Voorhees

ShapeShift, a non-custodial cryptocurrency leader, has integrated its decentralized exchange mobile platform with THORChain, allowing users to trade unwrapped bitcoin with litecoin and ethereum. ShapeShift CEO and Founder Erik Voorhees shares details of THORChain and why he's convinced such decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms will reduce interest in crypto ETFs.

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Finance

Q1 2021 Industry Trends: NFTs Rise to Fame, DeFi Consolidates 2020 Gains

Trading volume on decentralized exchanges also saw a similar pattern of steady growth and a slight decline near the end of the first quarter.

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Is Bitcoin’s Stagnation a Sign It’s Becoming Less Volatile?

Bitcoin is known for its “lurch and lull” cycles, and last weekend’s drop in price is shaping up to be a lull as bitcoin remains stagnant around $55K. CoinDesk’s Galen Moore discusses bitcoin’s volatility and how it compares to other cryptocurrencies and DeFi.

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Tech

Ampleforth Is Giving Governance Tokens to Every Wallet That Ever Held AMPL

Project leads estimate over 75,000 users will be eligible to claim the new FORTH governance token.

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Markets

Conflux Launches Cross-Chain Bridge to Connect Asia's Largest Crypto Exchanges

Users on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Huobi ECO Chain or OKEx Chain would be able to convert digital assets on one of these networks to an identical asset on a different chain.

Conflux co-founder and CEO Fan Long (Conflux)

Markets

Balancer Labs Offers $2M Bug Bounty to Spot Vulnerabilities

Balancer Labs wants to know about any vulnerabilities in its V2 Vault architecture, available Tuesday.

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