DeFi


Markets

Delta Exchange Launches Crypto Interest Rate Swaps

Traders may now be able to hedge the risks they face from interest rate payment fluctuations in perpetual contracts.

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Tech

A Coinbase Pro Listing and Other Eye-Opening Data Points on Compound’s Surge in Demand

It's hard to pick just one stunning fact about the market suddenly created by the issuance of Compound's COMP token.

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Tech

Polkadot Is Latest Blockchain to Explore Redeemable Bitcoin Tokens

It's only a proof-of-concept at this point, but there's now a model for locking BTC on the Bitcoin blockchain and minting PolkaBTC on Polkadot.

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Markets

First Mover: Compound Has Been a DeFi Darling. Its New Token Is Priced Accordingly

The frenzy around decentralized lender Compound's new governance token reveals growing excitement for the DeFi space overall.

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Tech

COMP's Sudden Growth Has Swamped a DEX Dealing Only in Stablecoins

One of the newer entrants to the DeFi space, Curve, is riding the wave of demand for the freshly issued Compound governance token, COMP.

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Markets

Ethereum Logged Its Busiest Week on Record

It’s costing more to use Ethereum and that may be because more users are flocking to the platform than ever before, according to one key on-chain metric.

Daily gas usage on Ethereum and ether prices since June 19, 2019. (CoinMetrics)

Finance

Business Is Booming for DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Ahead of Ethereum 2.0

Nexus Mutual, an alternative insurance provider for a variety of Ethereum-based DeFi protocols, has seen its risk pool double over the past 90 days to more than $4 million.

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Finance

With Token Uptick and Israeli Election Work, It's Been a Busy Year for Bancor's Founders

Bancor, the decentralized exchange (DEX) protocol, has seen a number of interesting developments in the first half of 2020.

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Tech

Sequoia-Backed Band Protocol Creeps Onto Chainlink’s Turf With Oracle Product

Band Protocol 2.0 launched Wednesday with its mainnet oracle solution, BandChain, leveraging the Cosmos SDK from Tendermint Labs.

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Markets

ConsenSys Muscles Into Compliance With New Regulatory Product for DeFi

ConsenSys says its new regulatory compliance product can analyze up to 280,000 different tokens.

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