Tagged: decentralized finance

September 19, 2020 @ 1:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Kava (KAVA) blockchain platform community members noted recently that they had initially compared their platform to MakerDAO, a leading Ethereum based lending system, and its CDP functionality. The Kava team now claims that being compared to MakerDAO “doesn’t really do justice” to what their… Read More

September 19, 2020 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uniswap, a non-custodial Ethereum token exchange, recently introduced a “governance” token, called UNI. There will be 1 billion UNI tokens that will be released to the general public over the course of the next 4 years. UNI tokens will be allocated to Uniswap’s community members…. Read More

September 17, 2020 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hacken will be integrating with Chainlink so that the platform’s security audit data for smart contracts, decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, and cryptocurrency exchanges can be accessed by decentralized applications (dApps). Hacken is a cybersecurity, auditing, and consulting firm with a special focus on blockchain security…. Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 4:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Matic, a platform that aims to facilitate secure, scalable, and instant transactions that are verified by the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain network, has announced new project updates. The Matic developers claim that their project has been making steady progress after it was introduced via Binance Launchpad… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Kyber Network (KNC), which allows users to exchange Ethereum (ETH) and other ERC-20 compliant tokens in a decentralized manner, recently announced several updates to their protocol and platform. The Kyber Network team noted in a blog post: “What a crazy few weeks… Read More

September 12, 2020 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 14, 2020, Coinbase Pro (for professional traders) users will be able to transfer  yearn.finance (YFI) tokens into their accounts ahead of scheduled trading. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange noted that support for YFI tokens will be available in all of its supported jurisdictions,… Read More

September 11, 2020 @ 5:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch has teamed up with the developers of Tron (TRX), one of the largest platforms for building decentralized applications (dApps), in order to complete the integration of JustSwap and Mooniswap. 1inch provides an aggregator for decentralized on non-custodial crypto-asset exchanges with “the best prices” on… Read More

September 11, 2020 @ 1:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, is launching a $100 million seed fund in order to “empower” emerging initiatives in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space. These DeFi projects will run on the Binance Smart Chain, a new blockchain network launched by the exchange to support… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 11:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MANTRA DAO (distributed autonomous organization), a community-governed decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to make staking, lending, and governance more accessible to traders and investors, has announced its first Cosmos ecosystem partnership. MANTRA DAO has teamed up with Band Protocol, a cross-chain data oracle platform… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Ontology (ONT), a “high-performance” or high-throughput blockchain platform for creating enterprise-grade applications, have revealed that Wing, the very first credit-based decentralized finance (DeFi) project, based on the Ontology blockchain, published its first whitepaper. The Wing platform is integrated with Ontology’s decentralized identity… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 9:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IRISnet, which aims to serve as an interchain service hub for next-generation distributed applications, confirms that China’s public blockchain network BSN recently launched the new BSN Global Portal. IRISnet will be one of the partners that will contribute to the project. The IRISnet team is… Read More

September 7, 2020 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Huobi Global, a leading digital asset company, will be launching a decentralized finance (DeFi) mining campaign with Phase I, which will involve staking Huobi Token (HT) and the Huobi Pool Token (HPT). Huobi noted that users may stake tokens so that they can share mining… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 5:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Ontology (ONT), a “high-performance” blockchain network, have noted that they’ve successfully completed the development of an open-source decentralized identity (DID) smart contract, which was launched on the Ethereum (ETH) network. The Ontology team confirmed on September 4, 2020, that both its native… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital asset exchange OKEx, which offers both cryptocurrency spot and derivatives trading, has listed 24 decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens in just the past month – which seriously calls into question the company’s business policies given the large number of scams in DeFi space. However, OKEx… Read More

September 5, 2020 @ 2:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Liquidations System of the Maker Protocol, which supports a leading Ethereum (ETH) based lending system, is a key element that has been developed to ensure that the stablecoin Dai generated in Maker Vaults “remains adequately collateralized.” The Maker Protocol is central or key to… Read More

September 4, 2020 @ 2:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has launched a “Smart Chain.” As explained by Binance, the new chain will run parallel or alongside its other blockchain network, Binance Chain. Binance Chain will be used to issue smart contracts and manage the staking mechanism for BNB… Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 11:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lex Sokolin, the Global Fintech Co-Head and CMO at ConsenSys, confirms that the organization recently acquired Quorum from J.P. Morgan. Quorum is a platform that serves as a private, enterprise version of Ethereum (ETH). As covered, ConsenSys has also received an investment from J.P. Morgan…. Read More

September 3, 2020 @ 8:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

StakeHound, which issues crypto tokens that allow users to access decentralized finance (DeFi) while being able to earn staking rewards, claims that it has developed “stake-backed” tokens so that digital currency traders can enjoy “the best of both worlds: liquidity and yield.” StakeHound’s management noted… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 10:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IRISnet, which aims to serve as an interchain service hub for next-generation distributed applications, has revealed that its decentralized finance (DeFi) and interchain Bifrost testnet are scheduled to go live on September 2, 2020. The platform’s new testing environment will check the “unique” DeFi features… Read More

September 1, 2020 @ 5:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Linda Xie, co-founder at Scalar Capital, advisor at the 0x Project, and former product manager at Coinbase, says that if you’re a VC focused on investing in Fintech projects, then you really need to know what’s going in the so-called “decentralized” finance (DeFi) space, which… Read More