DeFi


Markets

Nearly $360M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in October Despite DeFi Cool-Off

October’s growth is less than half of September’s 68,000 newly tokenized bitcoins.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Flat at $15.3K; Crypto Locked in DeFi at All-Time High

Bitcoin’s price takes a break while DeFi value locked is at record levels.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Kadena Partners With Stablecoin-Maker Terra in Bid to Expand Its DeFi Offering

The hybrid blockchain maker Kadena, said Tuesday it has partnered with Terra and will be adding Terra’s stablecoin luna to its decentralized exchange Kadenswap.

Kadena founder Stuart Popejoy

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Loses Steam at $15.9K; Over 600K ETH Yanked From DeFi

Bitcoin’s price was close to $16,000 Friday but lost momentum while ether locked in DeFi is on a downward trend.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Tech

Buggy Code in This Compound Finance Fork Just Froze $1M in Ethereum Tokens

Some $1 million in Ethereum tokens is locked in a new DeFi app after its developers made changes to the protocol’s contracts.

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Markets

Binance Recovers $344K From Scam DeFi Project Launched on Its Platform

Having raised the funds at launch on Binance Smart Chain in October, the operator fled with users' cryptocurrency "within an hour," Binance said.

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Finance

Uniswap's Retroactive Airdrop Vote Put Free Money on the Campaign Trail

A detailed blow by blow of one of the most closely watched governance decisions in the history of DeFi.

Vote, by Jennifer Griffin, via Unsplash

Markets

DeFi Sell-Off Continues as Index Futures Retrace to June Levels

DeFi indices on FTX and Binance continue to plummet.

DeFi index futures on FTX and Binance

Markets

The 2020 Elections Are Boosting Crypto Prediction Markets

Decentralized betting platforms like Polymarket and YieldWars are seeing accelerated trading volume growth leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

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Finance

DeFi Trading App Dharma Now Connects Directly to US Bank Accounts

The startup for trading in decentralized finance (DeFi), Dharma, has now enabled automated clearing house (ACH) purchases in 13 U.S. states.

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