2020-9-3 22:46 |
Despite the buzz, DeFi is not on a good trajectory. It's too technical, too volatile and too "geeky" to be adopted by "the mainstream," William Mougayar writes. origin »
Bitcoin price in Telegram @btc_price_every_hour
|
It’s been a busy few weeks for TRON. Not only did its new decentralized token exchange (DEX) JustSwap launch, but cryptocurrencies such as JUST (JST) and stablecoin USDJ came into the world. There’s the small matter, too, of BitTorrent’s distributed file-sharing network (BTFS) and the BitTorrent Token (BTT) that powers it.
2020-8-26 13:50 | |
|
|
DeFi is the talk of the town in the crypto landscape these days, and DeFi exit scams aren’t too far behind. Only a Matter of Time? DeFi, the new “in” thing within the cryptocurrency industry has witnessed unprecedented growth since its baby steps earlier this year.
2020-8-4 19:00 | |
|
|
The DeFi craze may have finally gone too far, leading investors into disaster as some top industry analysts had forewarned. Ampleforth, an altcoin that recently flash pumped by over 700,000%, just collapsed by over 70% wiping out investor’s gains and then some.
2020-7-31 00:00 | |
|
|
As the level of sophistication in DeFi and crypto rises, so too have initiatives to keep it user-friendly. Aggregators and top design teams are now working to corral all of...
2020-7-15 18:42 | |
|
|
Ethereum has long flipped bitcoin in transaction numbers. Now dapps and defi may do too with 127,000 transactions performed within 24 hours on Friday. Today so far it stands at...
2020-7-8 15:07 | |
|
|
The recent dramatic rise in the demand for decentralized finance (DeFi) apps, courtesy of the “yield farming” frenzy, proved too much to handle for The Graph – a blockchain infrastructure firm that processes the complex DeFi data transactions.
2020-6-29 17:07 | |
|
|
San Francisco-based Hex Capital reported that “User funds being drained due to unauthenticated safeTransferFrom() function on their new BancorNetwork contract. ” Bancor then tried to “white-hat” drain user funds but were too late.
2020-6-18 19:33 | |
|
|
Demand for DeFi lending services built on ethereum shows a pattern of inverse relationship to the price of ETH. When ether prices are falling, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi tends to rise. Most recent data indicate the relationship operates the other way, too.
2020-2-18 12:20 | |
|
|
The world of decentralized finance has yet to be put through a big security audit. For bXZ, such an audit will come too late, as the DeFi protocol has already been hacked. Earlier today, news broke of an incident affecting bXZ.
2020-2-16 06:00 | |
|
|
The idea of decentralized banking services is too appealing to ignore but even those with skin the game agree that DeFi is still unlikely to hit the mainstream soon
2019-12-30 13:14 | |
|
|
In response to market’s cautious sentiment about hard fork Istanbul, ConsenSys marketer is predicting big changes in global finance thanks to Ethereum. Marketer Mason Nystrom published a longread “2019 Was The Year of DeFi (and Why 2020 Will be Too)”.
2019-12-11 12:31 | |
|
|
DeFi Saver, a project aiming to be a one-stop-shop for decentralized finance, has failed to honor some of its processes due to problems with the Ethereum network. The network, still congested by a lottery game smart contract that hogs 59% of all gas, was too congested to allow the transactions for the smart contracts of DeFi Saver.
2019-9-26 22:58 | |
|
|
Crypto retail checkouts now have two levers that can move quickly, merchant rails that reduce processing cost, and consumer apps that toggle on crypto buying and spending. Walmart’s OnePay sits at the intersection of both, as a recent Zero Hash partnership allows the app to support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, hosted wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and […] The post US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bitget saw a 683% increase in Gen Z users in November, marking a shift in crypto demographics following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Gen Z’s share of new users on the crypto exchange jumped from 26.
What are the key trends highlighted by the global crypto adoption index, and how do they reflect crypto’s role in global economic shifts? The global crypto adoption index is an essential tool for understanding how well different countries are adopting…
Chanalysis submitted a Polkadot governance proposal on April 18 that could lead to a $10 million partnership. The services provided by Chainalysis will include monitoring and tracing the DOT token activities on the Relay Chain, ensuring visibility of any potentially risky on-chain actions to regulators and institutional entities.
Banking giant HSBC is set to introduce digital asset custody services for tokenized securities such as bonds on the blockchain. The bank expects to go live with the service in 2024. The service is geared toward institutional investors and will continue expanding the lender’s offerings in the digital asset realm.
Advocates for the Bitcoin Lightning Network and decentralized protocol Nostr funded Kweks’ Kilimanjaro climb.
Polygon Labs announced on Sept. 29 that it has added Google Cloud to the decentralized group of validators powering its proof-of-stake Network. Polygon said in its statement that Google Cloud is now among more than 100 validators who secure the Polygon PoS Network, a network that originally operated under the name Matic Network and which […] The post Polygon adds Google Cloud to its validator set appeared first on CryptoSlate.