DeFi

DeFi

Policy

U.S. House Committee Plans for Heap of Crypto Hearings in September

The House Financial Services Committee is expected to look at DeFi, U.S. enforcement and "pig butchering" in a series of hearings the panel is set to schedule for next month.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the agency's court loss led to bitcoin ETF approvals. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Trump's New Crypto Business to Offer Access to 'High-Yield' Investments, Website Says

World Liberty Financial is "the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump," according to homepage metadata.

Donald Trump at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Videos

Is DeFi Summer Making a Comeback?

CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie discusses the comeback of DeFi summer as Steno Research's new report points to a potential resurgence of decentralized finance. This content should not be construed or relied upon as investment advice. It is for entertainment and general information purposes.

Recent Videos

Tech

The Protocol: The Impact of Telegram CEO's Arrest on TON Blockchain

Blockchain analysts are reminding investors how closely the messaging app Telegram, whose just-arrested CEO Pavel Durov awaits a hearing in a French court, is intertwined with the fate of TON blockchain and its native cryptocurrency, toncoin. ALSO: What's up with Vitalik's DeFi diss?

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Opinion

Crypto Is Now a Non-negotiable for Traditional Banks

Simple “engagement” isn’t enough. Banks need to start experimenting with tokenization and blockchain-powered settlement, or risk getting left behind, says Sygnum Bank’s Lucas Schweiger.

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Tech

Maker, Now Rebranded to Sky, Draws Ire From DeFi Community on Controversial Stablecoin Change

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen said the feature won't be live when the USDS token goes live and the old DAI token will remain in circulation unchanged.

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Finance

MakerDAO Is Now 'Sky' as $7B Crypto Lender Rolls Out New Stablecoin, Governance Token

The driving motivation behind the changes was "how to scale DeFi to gigantic size" and grow a decentralized stablecoin, Rune Christensen said in an interview with CoinDesk.

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen (Trevor Jones)

Finance

Donald Trump Teases 'The DeFiant Ones' Crypto Project on Truth Social

“It’s time we take a stand – together,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social account with a Telegram group link to the unreleased decentralized finance platform.

Donald J. Trump at a rally (Gerd Altmann, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

DeFi Summer Is Making a Comeback, Steno Research Says

Total value locked across the crypto ecosystem is expected to reach an all-time high in the first half of next year, the report said.

Decentralized finance activity is starting to pick up. (Alina Grubnyak/Unsplash)