DeFi


Markets

Framework Ventures' DeFi Fund Booms as Tech Team Staffs Up

The studio's flagship ventures fund increased in value from $14 million to $300 million.

Framework Ventures co-founders Vance Spencer and Michael Anderson

Tech

Reflexer Labs Raises $4M to Build Out ETH-Backed Stable Asset, RAI

Pantera and Lemniscap co-lead a bet on stability in DeFi without the U.S. dollar.

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Finance

Payments Startup Celo Raises $20M From a16z, Electric Capital

Celo offers a blockchain payments platform using customers' cellphone numbers to secure their public keys.

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Finance

Chainlink Supporter Deutsche Telekom Has Quietly Started Staking on Blockchains

Never mind bitcoin on the balance sheet, a subsidiary of Europe’s biggest telco is taking a stake in DeFi.

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Tech

DeFi's Curve Finance Is Branching Out to Polkadot

It costs a lot to swap assets on Ethereum. That's why Equilibrium is building a cross-chain version of Curve Finance on Polkadot.

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Finance

Binance-Backed DeFi Credit Union Platform Secures Partners, Funding Before Launch

Xend Finance will allow credit unions and cooperatives to earn interest on deposits by converting them to stablecoins.

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Finance

New $50M Venture Fund Aims to Bridge East-West DeFi Investment Divide

Spartan Group's new fund has raised over $30 million in its first round, with a further $20 million expected to be raised in March or April.

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Markets

Market Wrap: The 'Elon Effect' Blasts Bitcoin to $44.8K While Ether Moons

Bitcoin and ether had record-breaking days while trending more together.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Markets

Cardano, Polkadot Market Caps Surpass XRP as Some Bet on Alternatives to Ethereum

The price of gas continues to rise on Ethereum, squeezing smaller retail traders using DEXs.

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Finance

Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Adding DeFi Support to Mobile App

The updated app will let users connect to decentralized apps via an integration with open-source protocol WalletConnect.

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