Tagged: defi

DAOs: Geode Finance Launches Staking Toolkit for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations

Geode Finance, a liquid staking infrastructure provider for DAOs, has successfully deployed on Avalanche Mainnet, partnering with Yield Yak “to launch their own liquid staking solution and token, yyAVAX.” With Geode’s infrastructure, DAOs can “unlock new revenue streams and capture the full value of PoS… Read More

DeFi Protocol Uniqo Introduces Rebound Feature

Uniqo, an innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) project for stable and secure financial investments, has reportedly launched a new feature. As the “first” Rebound protocol in the emerging space, Uniqo aims “to address all of the problems of the crypto market—unstable returns, extreme volatility, questionable smart… Read More

CFTC Penalizes bZeroX and Founders, Targets Ooki DAO as “Unincorporated Association,” One Commissioner Dissents

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and settled charges against bZeroX and founders Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner. The CFTC alleges that respondents illegally offered leveraged and margined retail commodity transactions in digital assets. The CFTC states that the activity can only be… Read More

Fireblocks Expands Web3 Connectivity with NEAR DeFi, dApps Support

The team at Fireblocks is pleased to announce support for DeFi on NEAR, “enabling connection to NEAR dApps via their Web3 engine.” Effective immediately, Fireblocks users can “securely access DeFi yields through lending, borrowing, and any Web3 apps built for NEAR that integrate WalletConnect.” Fireblocks… Read More

BIS, HKMA to Consider Using DeFi Tools to Enhance SME Financing

The BIS Innovation Hub’s Hong Kong Centre and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority have introduced Project Dynamo, which aims “to deliver a prototype for the compliant use of decentralized finance (DeFi) tools, such as blockchain and smart contracts, to improve access to finance for unfunded… Read More

Bictory Finance Introduces Web3 Domains on Concordium

Bictory Finance, a Web3 software technology company, tackling safety & regulatory problems across chains in the DeFi & NFT space, has launched the Concordium Name Service (CNS), a wallet naming system that “maps human-readable names to blockchain addresses for a more friendly on-chain experience.” The… Read More

Naoris Protocol Teams Up with WACEO, a DAO focused Non-Profit Supporting Blockchain Platforms

Naoris Protocol, the blockchain and AI-based Decentralized CyberSecurity Mesh that restores cybersecurity across all sectors of the economy, is announcing a partnership with WACEO, a non-profit specialized in governance, legal, and regulatory compliance “serving DeFi projects, DAOs, DEXs, and other Web3 projects across the globe.”… Read More

Hubble Protocol Acquires $5M via Round Led by Multicoin Capital

Hubble Protocol, the home of the USDH stablecoin, recently announced the completion of a $5 million round led by Multicoin Capital, “bringing the project’s total financing to date to $15 million.” Multicoin Capital reportedly “joins previous investors DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, Digital Currency Group, Crypto.com… Read More

DeFi Platform PennyWorks Doubles User Acquisition, Announces New Advisory Board

PennyWorks, a DeFi-based platform that “tames the turbulence” of investing with a secure and stable experience, announced “major” milestones in its first few months of operations, including “a 205% month-over-month increase in user acquisition following the company’s $2 million pre-seed funding round led by Hi2… Read More

Euler Finance Integrates Chainlink Price Feeds to Get Ready for the Merge

Euler Finance — a non-custodial lending and borrowing protocol — is pleased to announce that it has integrated Chainlink Price Feeds on Ethereum mainnet. Operating as a risk-averse protocol, Euler claims it places “a strong emphasis on the protection of users’ funds.” Through its “unique”… Read More

XDC Network to Integrate DeFi, Compliance Tech from Securrency

Securrency, a blockchain-based financial markets infrastructure and products company, announced that it will deploy its proprietary Digital Asset Composer on the XDC Network, a blockchain “with a mature ecosystem and a particular focus on real-world applications in global trade and finance.” Digital Asset Composer is… Read More

Coinbase to Fund Lawsuit Challenging Tornado Cash Sanctions by US Department of Treasury

Last month, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) applied sanctions to Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing platform. The second sanctions hitting a mixer, the enforcement action is still the first of its kind as the code running Tornado.cash was open… Read More

Prime Protocol is Entering the Avalanche Ecosystem

Prime Protocol is pleased to introduce support for Fuji, which is Avalanche’s testnet chain, in their upcoming testnet beta. Avalanche has reportedly “averaged over a million processed transactions per day in the last month.” Users will be able “to deposit funds from Fuji as well… Read More

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Other Crypto-Asset Prices Decline Significantly: Report

After July’s green candles, August 2022 resumed a downward trend for crypto-assets across the board, the team at Kraken noted in a new report. Bitcoin, Ethereum and the rest of the crypto market “saw negative returns for the month.” Prices of BTC (-14%) and ETH… Read More

Security Token Advisors Infrastructure Client, Vendor Ovenue to Provide Real-World Asset Valuation, Tokenization, and Monetization

Security Token Advisors (STA), the “original” consulting firm and advisory group in the tokenization space, is pleased to announce the unveiling of its recent infrastructure client and now vendor OvenueTM, a deep technology platform that “bridges the gap between real-world assets and non-traditional finance (also… Read More

Magpie Protocol Acquires $3M via Seed Round to Enable Seamless Cross-chain Swaps

The team at Magpie Protocol reveals that they have finalized a $3M seed funding round. According to the Magpie Protocol team, this is “a huge milestone and just the beginning of [their] journey as [their] Alpha test is starting very soon.” They want to give… Read More

Credix Raises $11.25 Million, Builds Future of Global Credit Markets with Blockchain Powered Platform

Credix, a Brazilian Fintech, has raised $11.25 million in Series A funding, according to a corporate statement. The Credix funding round was led by Motive Partners’ Early Stage fund and ParaFi Capital. Other investors include Valor Capital Group, Victory Park Capital, MGG Investment Group, Circle… Read More

Over $2.3B Lost to Web3 Scams, Exploits in 2022, Over 377 Cyberattacks Reported

So far in 2022, $2,338,910,183 billion has been “lost to various scams and exploits in the Web3 world and a total of ~377 attacks recorded this year,” according to an update shared by CertiK. Just like in July, August has “seen the same number of… Read More

RedStone Finalizes $7M Seed Round from Lemniscap, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Others

The team at RedStone is pleased to announce that in August 2022, they successfully raised a $7M seed round led by Lemniscap in order “to pursue [their] mission of powering Web3 innovation with a novel approach to on-chain data storage.” The funds will play a… Read More

Credora, dAMM Form Credit Evaluation Partnership to Support Digital Asset Lending

dAMM Finance is building a decentralized borrowing and lending protocol for crypto assets that is “highly capital efficient” and accessible for many token projects. Credora is partnering with dAMM “to conduct privacy-preserving credit evaluations and real-time risk monitoring on eligible dAMM borrowers.” The partnership will… Read More

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