DeFi
IRS 'Raided' by Crypto Investors as Industry Puts Up Fight Against U.S. Tax Proposal
The proposal to establish a U.S. tax regime for digital assets has drawn a stunning 120,000 comments and will be the focus of an IRS hearing today.
Raft Suffers $3.3M Exploit That Drove Down Stablecoin 50%, but Hacker Likely Lost Money on Attack
Raft's R stablecoin lost its dollar peg, dropping as much as 50% in the immediate aftermath of the exploit.
Can Everyday Traders Trust DeFi's Automated Market Makers?
Decentralized finance needs to embrace user-friendly and secure solutions,
The Trading Tools Institutions Need to Enter DeFi
There is an equilibrium challenge between privacy and transparency in crypto.
Can Stablecoins Get Past Their Instability?
Moody's Head of DeFi Rajeev Bamra considers the role stablecoins play cryptocurrency markets, and the risks posed by "depegging" events.
Why an Ether Staking Rate Will Increase Crypto Adoption
Ethereum’s integrated staking rate is now part of the investment case for ether. Understanding and measuring it is key to driving innovation and acceptance of ETH-based financial products.
DeFi’s Next Frontier: The Untapped Potential of On-chain Structured Products
The last bull market saw the launch of a raft of on-chain structured products. The next bull-run will see more liquidity going into these projects, says Jordan Tonani from The Index Coop.
Injective Survey Suggests Many Traders Use Both Centralized and Decentralized Exchanges
As part of CoinDesk's Trading Week 2023, presented by CME Group, Injective Labs co-founder and CEO Eric Chen joins "First Mover" to share insights into some of the strategies for DeFi traders, including 64% saying they trade on both a centralized and decentralized exchange. Injective says the data was collected from hundreds of traders contacted via multiple channels. After the preliminary data verification, answers were included from 224 qualified respondents.
Crypto Traders Are Earning 165% Yields by Staking a Token Named After Elon Musk’s Pet
Developers are trying to capture a piece of the global asset tokenization market as part of a new product in the Floki ecosystem.
Curve Finance’s Stablecoin Maintains Peg as Others Struggle: Kaiko
Curve Finance's stablecoin, crvUSD, is maintaining its peg as other stablecoins struggle, emerging as a rare bright spot amidst a bear market that has hit DeFi protocols especially hard, according to Kaiko data. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."
