Tagged: defi

January 18, 2021 @ 8:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain platform VeChain recently introduced what it’s calling Fee-Delegation As A Service (DaaS), which has been designed to enable the “seamless mass adoption” of decentralized applications (dApps) and will support the development of new business opportunities as well. As noted by the VeChain Foundation in… Read More

January 17, 2021 @ 3:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IOHK (or Input Output Hong Kong), an organization focused on supporting open-source projects such as Cardano (ADA), a major platform for building decentralized applications (dApps), has announced the first winning proposals for Project Catalyst. The community has spoken and 11 initiatives are now expected to… Read More

January 15, 2021 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Pires Investments plc (AIM: PIRI) has completed an investment in DeTech Studios Limited that was announced in December. DeTech is a DeFi platform that will be issuing “YOP” tokens ( Yield Optimization Platform & Protocol). Pires receives 1,765 new ordinary shares in DeTech representing a… Read More

January 13, 2021 @ 7:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Injective Protocol, a digital assets derivatives exchange for DeFi that has been supported by Binance and Pantera Capital, has launched what it claims to be “the world’s first decentralized Tesla Stock Futures Trading.” The Injective Protocol team stated that they’re pleased to… Read More

January 12, 2021 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Huobi Global, a leading digital asset firm, recently revealed that they’re proud to  confirm that Chainlink (LINK) will be “natively integrated” into Huobi ECO-Chain (Heco) as the “recommended” Oracle solution for all blockchain and smart contract apps launching on Huobi’s distributed ledger… Read More

January 11, 2021 @ 9:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers at Fuse.io, a Tel Aviv based Fintech firm that aims to leverage (decentralized finance) DeFi infrastructure to create a platform for entrepreneurs that allows them to turn “communities into economies,” have introduced FuseSwap’s new analytics section. The updated section features a user-friendly or… Read More

January 11, 2021 @ 1:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Kava decentralized finance (DeFi) platform is “coming out the gates swinging” in 2021 with a “feature-packed” product roadmap – which includes two new native apps and crypto tokens, “decentralized bridges” to onboard major cross-chain digital assets, and several other features to “reinforce the safety… Read More

January 10, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As Bitcoin (BTC) kept rallying, so have Ethereum (ETH) and some major decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens, followed by a lot of congestion on the Ethereum blockchain network, the OKCoin team confirmed. The crypto exchange noted in its crypto market report that if you’ve been keeping… Read More

January 8, 2021 @ 10:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Augmentum Fintech plc (LSE: AUGM) announced on Friday it is entering the decentralized finance (DeFi) space through its investment and partnership with ParaFi Capital. Explaining the need to enter the DeFi space, the Augmentum Fintech team stated: “Activity in the DeFi space has gained significant… Read More

January 8, 2021 @ 1:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Telos, which is one of the most active public blockchain networks according to Blocktivity data,  with over 500,000 accounts, has introduced an innovative plan in order to bring liquidity and added value to the TLOS DLT ecosystem: The Telos Uniswap Liquidity Implementation Plan (TULIP). According… Read More

January 5, 2021 @ 9:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrency platforms such as Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Binance Coin (BNB), Chainlink (LINK), and Polkadot (DOT) are being increasingly adopted by a diverse group of users across the globe. Many more institutions and fairly large publicly listed companies… Read More

January 2, 2021 @ 8:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Wing, a credit-based cross-chain (decentralized finance) DeFi platform launched on the Ontology blockchain (in September 2020), noted that during the month of December 2020, Wing made further improvements to its current product, the Flash Pool, and also introduced its second product, the… Read More

January 2, 2021 @ 3:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange, says it remains committed to innovating in 2021 in an increasingly “decentralized” world. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao or CZ has shared his thoughts and reflections looking back at 2020 and the firm’s goals for the new year. Zhao… Read More

January 1, 2021 @ 11:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Isa Kivlighan from Aave (AAVE), an open-source and non-custodial decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for earning interest on digital asset deposits while also being able to borrow assets, states that 2020 was an “incredible year” for DeFi, as the sector grew dramatically from a little over… Read More

January 1, 2021 @ 11:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pete Kim, who has helped build the USDC stablecoin version 2.0 and the Coinbase Wallet, has published an update on upgrading one of the world’s largest digital assets, USDC, which is an (Ethereum) ERC-20 compliant token. Kim explains that USD Coin (USDC) is a stablecoin… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 4:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Telos, a global blockchain platform based in the UK, announced on Wednesday the launch of T-Bond Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), which is described as a “new fusion” of decentralized finance (DeFi) and NFTs as a tool for unlocking liquidity. “T-Bonds are an innovation in DeFi… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 2:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Vladimir Zhuravlev, a Gravity Tech and Waves Association developer, notes that for several years, the Odyssey hackathon (held in the Netherlands) had offered opportunities for software engineers to collaborate on various projects. Zhuravlev revealed that this year, Odyssey was hosted online for the very time… Read More

December 31, 2020 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The developers of Injective Protocol, a digital assets derivatives exchange for DeFi that has been supported by Binance and Pantera Capital, have announced the launch of Solstice Pro, which brings various institutional-grade products to their non-custodial exchange. As confirmed in a blog post by Injective… Read More

December 30, 2020 @ 8:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin (BTC) has become more intertwined with traditional financial markets because of changing macro conditions and a significant increase in institutional interest, according to a report from Coin Metrics.  Coin Metrics has noted that many researchers have looked into the fundamental differences between Bitcoin and… Read More

December 26, 2020 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

1inch, a decentralized or non-custodial crypto exchange aggregator that recently acquired $12 million in funding via a round led by Pantera Capital, has announced the launch of the new 1INCH token. According to the announcement, the 1inch Network will now be “governed” by a distributed… Read More