Tag: DeFi

DeFi Skepticism, Decentralization, Tax Define London Blockchain Week

BlockchainMarch 13, 2020

The final stage of London Blockchain Week looked as if it would be the latest victim to the coronavirus crisis. Many of the...

MakerDAO’s Community Set to Conduct Debt Auction And Vote On Upgrades

BlockchainMarch 13, 2020

MakerDAO stands as one of the leaders within the rapidly developing sector of decentralized finance or DeFi. Ethereum (ETH) stands as the leading...

MakerDAO Community to Vote on Upgrades, Conduct Debt Auction

BlockchainMarch 13, 2020

MakerDAO, a leading firm in the burgeoning sector of decentralized finance (DeFI) built on the Ethereum (ETH) network, has hastily called for a...

DeFi Giant MakerDAO Avoiding Shutdown in the Face of Tanking ETH — For Now

BlockchainMarch 12, 2020

As Ether’s price sees record losses, MakerDAO, the biggest player in decentralized finance (DeFi) on the Ethereum network, is looking at responses including...

Maker DAO Launches Bounty Program to Get a Foothold in Blockchain Gaming

BlockchainMarch 12, 2020

MakerDAO, the organization behind the Dai (DAI) stablecoin, is making a bid for Dai to serve as a “real parameter” of dollar-pegged value...

MakerDAO Launches Bounty Program to Get a Foothold in Blockchain Gaming

BlockchainMarch 12, 2020

MakerDAO, the organization behind the Dai (DAI) stablecoin, is making a bid for Dai to serve as a “real parameter” of dollar-pegged value...

Crypto Lending, Explained

BlockchainMarch 11, 2020

Perhaps the best way to understand how these platforms and markets work is to run through the various ways in which users can...

DeFi Project Backed by Polychain and DragonFly Capital Shuts Down

BlockchainMarch 11, 2020

Decentralized finance project Paradigm Labs — backed by veteran crypto investors Polychain Capital, Dragonfly Capital, and Chapter One Ventures — is shutting down.In...

After A High-Profile Hack, bZx Announces Its Way Forward

BlockchainMarch 11, 2020

The company that almost broke DeFi is asking for a new beginning.When the decentralized lending protocol bZx was hacked to the tune of...

When Will Bitcoin Join the DeFi Revolution?

BlockchainMarch 10, 2020

As of early February, more than $1 billion U.S. dollars of assets reside in decentralized finance protocols, commonly called DeFi protocols. DeFi protocols...

Startup Vega Tests Blockchain Focused on Derivatives Trading Products

BlockchainMarch 10, 2020

Blockchain startup Vega has launched the testnet for its protocol, which allows parties to build trading products on a decentralized network. Over the last...