DeFi

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Merkado

DeFi Is Hot but Retail Interest Nowhere Close to ICO Frenzy

It may be too early to draw parallels between the DeFi explosion and the ICO bubble of two years ago.

Did someone say "bubble?"

Merkado

Binance Unveils New Product for 'Yield Farming' Crypto Assets

Users of the new Launchpool will be able to stake Binance's tokens, as well as the ARPA token, for rewards in Bella (BEL).

Binance Logo.

Tech

Fishy Business: What Happened to $1.2B DeFi Protocol SushiSwap Over the Weekend

SushiSwap experienced a tumultuous weekend after its founder sold $13 million' worth of his stake in the project before turning the reigns over to investor and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.

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Merkado

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tumbles to $9.8K; Investors Continue Plowing Crypto Into DeFi

Bitcoin price took another dive while DeFi is still looking mighty attractive to investors.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Merkado

Binance Eyes Uniswap’s Lunch With Launch of Centralized ‘Swaps’ Platform

The exchange giant is hoping to capitalize further on the DeFi boom with a new centralized trading platform that makes it a rival of the likes of Uniswap.

Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (Binance)

Merkado

DeFi Degens Are Crypto’s Suicide Squad

A look at the subculture and ethos driving the white-hot DeFi space, which has grown from $2 billion to $9 billion in total value locked in just two months.

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Merkado

3 Reasons Bitcoin Just Tanked Below $11K for First Time in a Month

Cryptocurrency analysts attributed the drop to a combination of risk-off sentiment in traditional markets, DeFi exhaustion and miner selling.

Bitcoin price chart versus ether and the S&P 500. (TradingView)

Pananalapi

DeFi Risk Management Startup Cozy Finance Debuts With $2M Funding Round

Announced Thursday, Cozy Finance has raised a $2 million seed round, led by Electric Capital and including Variant Fund, Dragonfly Capital, Robot Ventures, Slow Ventures, Volt Capital, Spencer Noon, Moncada and others.

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Pananalapi

For DeFi to Grow, CeFi Must Embrace It

Despite the buzz, DeFi is not on a good trajectory. It's too technical, too volatile and too "geeky" to be adopted by "the mainstream," William Mougayar writes.

(Marco Bianchetti/Unsplash)

Merkado

Blockchain Bites: How SushiSwap Drove Uniswap to DeFi's Top Spot

A South Korean crypto exchange has been raided by police, Bitcoin's Lightning Network hit a new high and mining revenues are climbing.

(Luigi Pozzoli/Unsplash)