Tagged: decentralized finance

August 5, 2021 @ 9:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest crypto platform, behind only Bitcoin (BTC) in terms of market capitalization, is set to undergo one of the most significant upgrades in its history. The major Ethereum blockchain network upgrade is set to take place in a few hours (at… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 10:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Brooklyn, New York based ConsenSys, a leading Ethereum (ETH) development studio, has published its latest report on the Current State of DeFi. The report from ConsenSys provides a detailed analysis of Ethereum’s decentralized finance ecosystem and its ongoing growth during Q2 2021…. Read More

July 31, 2021 @ 2:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has added advanced investigation and compliance support for six more widely-used ERC-20 tokens. All six crypto tokens are decentralized finance or DeFi related and five of them “specifically belong to top DeFi protocols,” the blockchain firm noted in a recent update…. Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 12:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm OKEx reveals that OKExChain (OEC) has hit over $1 billion in total value locked (TVL) in just the past 24 hours. As previously reported, OKExChain is a set of open-source blockchain projects developed by OKEx. They aim to support… Read More

July 30, 2021 @ 11:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SKALE Network, the multichain network of “unlimited” Ethereum blockchains for powering Web 3.0 today, has initiated a roll out of the first decentralized applications (dApps) to go live on Mainnet. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the release of the SKALE IMA bridge… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Secured Finance, a platform provider for the crypto loans and the derivatives market, says it has acquired $4 million in capital as part of its “oversubscribed” seed round. The successful raise, with demand of “more than double” of Secured Finance’s initial target, has been co-led… Read More

July 29, 2021 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Curve Finance, an automated market maker protocol developed for swapping between stablecoins and various other crypto tokens with low fees and slippage, reveals that it will be supporting Tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt). The addition of EURt to Curve — a protocol developed… Read More

July 28, 2021 @ 6:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SecuX Technology Inc. is pleased to confirm the launch of new features – which include the support of WalletConnect, Binance Smart Chain (BSC) and Cardano (ADA), to be released on July 29, 2021, as well as the new user interface of the firm’s SecuXess web… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 12:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Fernando Martinelli, the Co-founder and CEO at Balancer Labs, which supports the ongoing development of Balancer, an automated portfolio manager and digital asset liquidity provider. As covered in May 2021, Balancer Version 2.0, the “most flexible” and efficient automated market maker… Read More

July 27, 2021 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Giant Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has reportedly submitted an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that could provide exposure decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain initiatives to public firms. Although there are not too many… Read More

July 26, 2021 @ 8:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

C.R.E.A.M. Finance, a decentralized lending protocol, has revealed that it will be “the first” protocol in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to provide a Euro-backed stablecoin in, “with the addition of Tether tokens pegged to the euro (EURt).” Paolo Ardoino, CTO at Tether Operations Limited,… Read More

July 25, 2021 @ 8:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at digital assets firm Kraken has revealed that cryptocurrency savings accounts are quickly becoming an “attractive option over traditional savings accounts.” As interest rates continue to decline – sometimes going negative at European banks and other jurisdictions – consumers are increasingly looking for… Read More

July 24, 2021 @ 2:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized finance (DeFi) Oracle Band Protocol is enhancing its interoperability within the Cosmos ecosystem. As of July 22, 2021, the Band Oracle has reportedly been integrated into the Cosmos ecosystem, via Starport, in order to further “the realization of the Internet of Blockchains.” As mentioned… Read More

July 23, 2021 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Chainlink (LINK) price feeds are now live on Avalanche mainnet, which should help pave the wave for advanced decentralized finance (DeFi) apps. Developers are now able to create externally connected smart contracts on Avalanche mainnet by utilizing Chainlink-based decentralized Oracle networks. As noted in an… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 9:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fuse Network, a blockchain or DLT infrastructure supporting mobile payments, reveals that it has teamed up with ICHI in order to empower any community to “fully control its own money.” As mentioned in an update shared with CI: “Fuse Network has grown quickly by lowering… Read More

July 19, 2021 @ 6:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at global Fintech Circle, which will go public in a $4.5 billion SPAC deal, notes that the promise of decentralized finance (DeFi) is to transform or fundamentally improve financial services by offering greater transparency, security, and community governance by leveraging blockchain or distributed… Read More

July 17, 2021 @ 10:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at YIELD App, the developers of a fast-growing wealth management platform for digital assets, has published their second progress report – which reveals that users for their app have doubled while assets have increased by 3x since the last update. The YIELD App… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 5:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SCB 10X, the venture division of Thailand’s Siam Commercial Bank or SCB (BKK: SCB), has confirmed its most-recent investment into the decentralized finance (DeFi) space through asset aggregator and portfolio dashboard provider, Ape Board. The firm, which currently has over 350,000 users, acquired within 4… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 9:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockpass and OpenDeFi are pleased to confirm their new partnership. Blockpass and OpenDefi will be working together to offer regulatory compliance, security and various other benefits to the intersection of decentralized finance and real-world assets, referred to as  “Open Finance.” The two organizations will also… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s InCore Bank, the B2B banking solution provider, reveals that it has launched a comprehensive crypto-asset service. The securitization solution, called CRYSP, was developed with assistance from GenTwo Digital, a provider of innovative securitization platforms for crypto-assets. The solution enables fund managers, whether they’re from… Read More