Decentralized Finance Platform MANTRA DAO to Support Polkadot, a Protocol for Cross-Chain Transfers of Assets and Data

August 25, 2020 @ 8:51 pm By Omar Faridi |

MANTRA DAO (distributed autonomous organization) describes itself as a community-governed decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that aims to make staking, lending, and governance more accessible to traders and investors. The MANTRA team notes: “MANTRA DAO leverages the wisdom of the crowd to create … a transparent,… Read More

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MakerDAO Recommends Safety Measures to Prevent Debt Crisis Created Following Last Month’s Historic Cryptocurrency Market Crash

April 29, 2020 @ 11:48 am By Omar Faridi |

MakerDAO (MKR), a leading Ethereum (ETH)-based lending protocol, has released a new report that tries to put the events of “Black Thursday” (when the Bitcoin and larger crypto market crashed over 50% between March 12-13, 2020) into context. MakerDAO’s report notes that there are certain… Read More

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Framework Ventures Invests $400,000 in Futureswap, a Decentralized Futures Exchange, and $500,000 in Commonwealth Labs

March 11, 2020 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi |

Framework Ventures, a tech investment firm that focuses on decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions, revealed on March 10, 2020, that it has invested $400,000 in Futureswap, a decentralized (or non-custodial) futures exchange. Framework Ventures has also invested $500,000 in Commonwealth Labs, the creator of Edgeware, which… Read More

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