Tagged: synthetix

August 31, 2020 @ 3:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Synthetix, a “decentralized” asset management protocol that offers non-custodial mimetic trading, had briefly surpassed the $1 billion mark (according to DeFi Pulse data). However, the decentralized finance (DeFi) market has experienced a somewhat strong correction, as around $1 billion in value has been lost almost… Read More

July 27, 2020 @ 8:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto-asset exchange OKEx, which offers spot and derivatives trading with digital currencies, recently added three more expiration dates to its options trading. They include options trades that may be settled daily, after every two-day period, and monthly. OKEx had already been offering weekly, bi-weekly, quarterly… Read More

June 27, 2019 @ 8:10 am By Cali Haan  |  

A trader on Synthetix, “a decentralized protocol focused on creating synthetic assets,” took advantage of a price feed (oracle) glitch governing smart contracts on the platform to mint $37 million in synthetic ethers, Crypto AM reports. According to a blog post by Synthetix, the manoeuvre… Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Synthetix, a decentralized synthetic asset platform, has launched a synthetic Bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain known as synthetic Bitcoin (sBTC). This news comes just a couple of months after Synthetix rebranded from Havven. According to Synthetix, sBTC provides access to the value of Bitcoin without the friction of… Read More

December 6, 2018 @ 10:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Havven announced on Thursday it has rebranded as Synthetix and launched a new suite of crypto-backed synthetic asset tokens. According to Synthetix, these tokens are priced against the Euro, Japanese Yen, Korean Won, Australian Dollar, and gold. They also complement Synthetix’s first stablecoin (sUSD), which tracks the… Read More