DeFi
Ethereum's Buterin Floats Prospect of Taking Some Layer-2 Functions Back on Main Chain
Vitalik Buterin, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's executive board, once pushed "layer-2" networks as a way to provide faster and cheaper transactions. Now he's got ideas for "enshrining" some of those functions on the main chain.
DeFi Platform Conic Finance's CNC Token Surges 50% as the Protocol Plots Comeback After Hack
Conic Finance was hacked in July draining roughly $3.6 million worth of ether from the protocol.
Decentralized Exchange Uniswap Expands to Bitcoin Sidechain Rootstock
Uniswap version 3 (v3) has been deployed on Rootstock by GFX Labs, the team behind trading terminal Oku
Starknet Foundation to Allocate 1.8B STRK Tokens 'Soon'
Starknet said 900 million STRK are earmarked for the foundation’s Provisions Committee, and 900 million will be dedicated to user rebates.
Solana Protocol Kamino Eyes Airdrop Following Jito Token Launch
Solana's SOL token has more than tripled since mid-October as DeFi traders return to the ecosystem's on-chain trading, borrowing, lending and yield-generating projects, most notably Kamino.
Galaxy-Backed Gyroscope's 'All-Weather' Decentralized Stablecoin Goes Live on Ethereum Mainnet
The GYD dollar-pegged token aims to protect against the risks of holding stablecoins by offering an alternative to centralized and algorithmic designs.
DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield
The total amount of capital locked or staked across all DeFi protocols reached $50 billion on Tuesday for the first time in six months, as the value of underlying assets surged and investors sought to secure a yield on their crypto holdings. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."
The Funniest Anon on Crypto Twitter
Gwart has the ear of DeFi’s elite. What they don’t know is that crypto’s truth-telling funnyman is secretly a Bitcoiner.
DeFi Market Rebounds to $50B as Speculators Hunt for Yield
An uptick across Solana-based protocols coupled with more than $700 million in deposits to Blast has fueled growth of the value locked in decentralized finance.
