DeFi


Markets

Uniswap, Curve Daily Trading Volumes Surges Past $2B, Likely Driven by Harvest Attack

Daily trading volume on Uniswap surged by over 1,200% to a record $2.04 billion, surpassing the previous record high of $953.59 million registered on Sept. 1 by a big margin.

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Markets

Harvest Finance Token Plummets 65% After Attack Saps DeFi Site of TVL

A possible exploit in DeFi protocol Harvest Finance has caused the site's TVL to drop sharply, along with the price of its FARM token.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sticks Around $13K While Ether Locked in DeFi Dips

Bitcoin’s price continues its upward trend while ether holders withdraw crypto from DeFi.

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Tech

Lossless Lottery PoolTogether Opens Up to More Coins, More Prizes

PoolTogether v3 will enable more ERC-20 tokens, more yield sources and more prize distribution schemes for the DeFi savings game.

The PoolTogether Team with IDEO CoLab's Tara Tan at the whiteboard.

Markets

Forget Ethereum, DeFi Is Being Built on Bitcoin

Edan Yago looks to reclaim "decentralized finance" as Bitcoin's, not Ethereum's, turf.

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Markets

Harvest Finance Doubles Total Value Locked to $704M in One Week

Harvest Finance’s dramatic growth took place during a time when enthusiasm around the DeFi space has slowly hit a wall.

Farmers harvesting, Ethnographic Museum in Avgorou, Cyprus.

Finance

USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi

USDC moves to Solana – its fourth blockchain – one week after also landing on Stellar.

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Markets

Tether Still Dominates Stablecoins, but USDC and Dai Are Winning DeFi

USDC and DAI seem to have found their niche as the preferred stablecoins in decentralized trades.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire.

Finance

With COMP Below $100, a Look Back at the 'DeFi Summer' It Sparked

Compound's governance token, COMP, fell below $100 early Tuesday. The DeFi token kicked off the yield farming craze way back in June.

DeFi Summer has cooled.