Piers Ridyard from Radix on how to scale blockchains and the future of DeFi

Layer-1 blockchains are having somewhat of their own internal war in crypto circles these days, with the likes (and communities) of Ethereum, Solana, Cardano, Elrond, NEAR, and several others going at it on Twitter and Discord daily.

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Australian senator lends support to DeFi amid market pullback

Australian Senator Jane Hume, while speaking at the Australian Financial Review Super and Wealth Summit, stated how the DeFi industry has been prospering in terms of trading.  “DeFi prospects are looking bright as the technology is not going away anytime soon,” Senator Hume, the minister of Women’s Economic Security of Australia and representative of the […] The post Australian senator lends support to DeFi amid market pullback appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Australian Senator says DeFi is 'not going away any time soon'

The Liberal Party Senator commented that DeFi “presents huge opportunities” for Australia to cement its place as a “front-runner for innovation.”

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Boost Announces Partnership with NZT Capital Amidst Release Of Boost DeFi App

The Boost community has seen huge developments in the last month. Features from the highly anticipated Boost DeFi app have started going live and by mid-November even more will be available. Boost’s native token, Boost Coin, has seen amazing results so far.

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Best DeFi Wallets [2022]: Crypto Wallets For Yield Farming And Liquidity Mining

Everything’s going DeFi this year. Decentralization might be the latest buzzword in the cryptocurrency space, but it’s not new. The original and largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has always been decentralized.

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Growth DeFi Ecosystem Going Cross-Chain, Starting With Avalanche

Over the past months, we have seen tremendous growth in DeFi, and millions if not billions of dollars are being invested in it daily. DeFi can affect the way traditional banks operate and might even change the structure of the whole financial system in the future.

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Going by the numbers: Has Compound been able to live up to expectations

The DeFi space has seen its own share of ups and downs over the last few months. May's crash was brutal for tokens from this space too, but they somehow managed to sail through and recover in time.

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Best Projects On Tron Blockchain [2022] – Top DeFi Apps Built on Tron

What Is Tron? Tron is another blockchain and decentralized digital platform. It is growing rapidly (as majority of the crypto market actually) so in this article we are going to take a closer look at Tron.

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RSK-Based Kripton Market Brings Bitcoin (BTC) to 700 El Salvador Businesses, Here's How

Its program is going to boost massive adoption of Bitcoin-based DeFi solutions

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Popcorn Network (POP) Partners with Patch to Build Carbon-Neutral DeFi Product

A new-gen blockchain product is going to neutralize its carbon emissions

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Kokoa Finance Secures $2.3 Million, Hashed Led the Round

The company is going to strengthen the DeFi ecosystem of Klaytn

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Stellar-Polygon Bridge Goes Live to Expand XLM Usage in DeFi

NewsCrypto is going to unveil a mechanism to allow Wrapped XLM tokens to get integrated into DeFis on Polygon

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DeFi Stablecoins Record a Surge in Interest Rates, Total Stablecoin Supply Grows 4x in 8 Months

Lending and borrowing rates on DeFi stablecoins keep trending up. The rates first started going up in late July when the crypto asset prices bottomed and began their recovery. As crypto-assets started their uptrend, funding rates also gradually increased as traders joined in on the action.

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Solana Gaining Rapidly On Cardano, Ethereum – Poised To Break Into Top 5 Largest Cryptocurrencies

Novel Proof of History blockchain, Solana is going over the roof gaining over 200% in six weeks to hit an all-time high.   Registration of Solana fund by an asset management firm, Osprey Fund amid massive DeFi surges form part of the reasons for the price rise.

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Биткоин-биржа Gemini купила децентрализованную платформу предсказаний Guesser

Криптовалютная биржа Gemini братьев Уинклвоссов приобрела децентрализованную платформу предсказаний Guesser. We have some news!!!!! 💥💥After a fun journey working on prediction markets, we’re going all in on bringing DeFi to a billion people.

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MakerDAO (MKR) hits a new milestone — DAI’s total supply increases by 46 times

MakerDAO (MKR/USD) is one of the oldest DeFi projects that has been around for years now. However, it has never seen as much growth as it did in the past year, during the DeFi sector’s explosion that started in 2020, and is still going at full strength.

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Three US States Going After BlockFi In Regulatory Crackdown

New Jersey, Texas, and Alabama have individual state regulators issuing concerns that New Jersey-based DeFi firm, BlockFi, is offering unregistered securities. Regulators seem to particularly point to BlockFi’s Interest Account (BIA), which offers rates that consumers are now becoming accustomed to in DeFi – but that have blown traditional banking rates out of the water.

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How does this impact Ethereum's price in the next rally?

Why Ethereum's low gas fees has a two-fold scenario going forward No other blockchain network facilitated more transactions than Ethereum during the DeFi and Yield Farming craze. Everybody wanted tThe post How does this impact Ethereum's price in the next rally? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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What you should consider when looking at DeFi's long-term, short-term prospects?

The Total Value Locked for DeFi has risen by over 50 times since last year, going up from $1.97 billion to $52.25 billion. What's more, DeFi projects' market capitalization has increased consistently The post What you should consider when looking at DeFi's long-term, short-term prospects? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Better, faster, cheaper: How DeFi will kill the retail bank

The battle for global consumer deposits is going to be the fight of the century. But to vanquish old-fashioned banks, the DeFi sector needs to up its game.

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“This One is on Mark Cuban,” says CT as He Calls for DeFi Regulation After Getting Rug Pulled on His Promoted Project

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban calls for the regulation of the cryptocurrency sector after the debacle with the algorithmic stablecoin Iron Finance. As we reported, the TITAN token of Iron Finance lost 100% of its value going from $60 to $0 after users started cashing out, sending the prices crashing.

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What about Matic and Aave is frankly going to be 'madness'?

Decentralized money markets such as Aave or Compound pave the way for a more open and accessible financial system. Aave, one of the most interesting DeFi projects, was trading at the $280 price levelThe post What about Matic and Aave is frankly going to be 'madness'? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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The First DeFi & NFT Social Media Project, Torum Announces NFT Launchpad

PRESS RELEASE. Torum prepares to launch an NFT launchpad from its unique DeFi & NFT-infused social media platform, following successive fundraising achievements. 9th June, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Torum, the first DeFi, and NFT-infused crypto social media platform is now going to launch an NFT launchpad that is designed with cross-chain interoperability. The integration […]

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The First DeFi & NFT Social Media Project, Torum Announces NFT Launchpad

Bitcoin Press Release: Torum prepares to launch an NFT launchpad from its unique DeFi & NFT-infused social media platform, following successive fundraising achievements.  9th June, 2021, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  — Torum, the first DeFi, and NFT-infused crypto social media platform is now going to launch an NFT launchpad that is designed with cross-chain interoperability. The […]

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Torum DeFi & NFT social media project announces NFT Launchpad

Torum, the first DeFi, and NFT-infused crypto social media platform is now going to launch an NFT launchpad that is designed with cross-chain interoperability. The integration of the NFT feature will The post Torum DeFi & NFT social media project announces NFT Launchpad appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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5 Reasons Why RiFi Is Going To Change the DeFi Lending Ecosystem

Rikkei Finance ($RIFI) is the ultimate lending solution that is scalable and user-friendly. Rikkei Finance is an all-inclusive financial platform that boasts high performance and efficiency. RiFi improves the DeFi lending ecosystem through sustainability, interoperability, diversity, community-centered approach, and its core system.

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This NFT protocol is going to change everything for NFTs

Charged Particles, a new non-fungible token (NFT) protocol, wants people to ‘Do more with their NFTs,’ and its backers include the likes of DeFi builders from Aave and Synthetix. The post This NFT protocol is going to change everything for NFTs appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bluzelle (BLZ) Launches Version 2.0, Teases NFT, DeFi Functionality

Bluzelle (BLZ), a decentralized database and oracle project, is going to release its second iteration with NFT- and DeFi-specific features

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After Going Long on Bitcoin, Kevin O’Leary Joins the DeFi Movement 

Kevin O’Leary has revealed during an episode of Anthony Pompliano’s podcast on May 25, 2021, that he’s led a $20 million fundraising round in a new decentralized finance (DeFi) startup dubbed DeFi Ventures, as he firmly believes that DeFi has a huge role to play in the cryptospace.

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Best DeFi Wallets: Crypto Wallets For Yield Farming And Liquidity Mining

Everything’s going DeFi this year. Decentralization might be the latest buzzword in the cryptocurrency space, but it’s not new. The original and largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has always been decentralized.

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Best Yield Aggregators on BSC – Top DeFi Yield Farms

The DeFi industry has seen tremendous growth in the past few years with total value locked in the DeFi ecosystem going beyond $9. 4 billion in September 2020.   Another trend emerging within the DeFi circles is DeFi Yield Aggregators who are helping crypto holders to increase their yields by maximizing available investment strategies.

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Uniswap V3 Volume Surpasses SushiSwap Despite Crazy Gas Fees

Messari’s Ryan Watkins has revealed via a Twitter thread on May 19, 2021, that Uniswap v3 is now the second-largest Ethereum-based decentralized finance protocol (DeFi) barely two weeks after going live on the Ethereum mainnet.

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What might WOOFY's launch mean for YFI going forward?

The recent bloodbath in the altcoin market fueled a drop in price for most altcoins in the top-10. However top DeFi projects like SNX, SUSHI, AAVE and CRV were rallying. It wasn't so easy for YFI thouThe post What might WOOFY's launch mean for YFI going forward? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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DeFi Deep Dive – Balancing Crypto Assets with Balancer

New protocols, exchanges, and automated market makers are launching on an almost daily basis. One of the original protocols feeding many of those new ones, is Balancer, and it is still going strong.

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UniFarm Announces 4 IDOs alongwith New BSC Cohort Going Live

UniFarm, a decentralized farming pool of DeFi’s top projects, has announced its 5th Cohort to provide investors with a staking solution that resonates with their financial goals. By launching its 5th edition, UniFarm demonstrates its commitment towards making staking even better for investors.

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Clever DeFi brings innovation to a Banking ecosystem riddled with flaws

The Decentralised Finance (DeFi) markets are going through yet another phase of expansion. While Ethereum (ETH) is soaring to new all time highs, the DeFi markets is growing to new highs as well.

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Bitcoin NFT “The Death Of Fiat” Commemorates Historic Crypto Bull Run

Bitcoin price is trading at beyond $60,000, altcoins are on fire, crypto companies are going public, and innovation is blossoming everywhere from DeFi to NFTs. The entire crypto industry and the slow bleed death of fiat currencies like the dollar is all thanks to the first ever cryptocurrency: Bitcoin. To commemorate the changing of the […]

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Coinbase Accelerates Altcoin Listing Ahead of Going Public, Bringing Millions of Retail to DeFi

The ‘Coinbase Effect,’ which is very real, has sent the prices of 1inch (1INCH), Enjin Coin (ENJ), NKN (NKN), and Origin Token (OGN) higher as much as 50%. The post Coinbase Accelerates Altcoin Listing Ahead of Going Public, Bringing Millions of Retail to DeFi first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.

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What Is Student Coin and Why It Already Raised Over $28 Million

Student Coin is a platform that allows users to easily design, create, and manage personal, corporate, NFT, and DeFi tokens. The launchpad for the project already raised over $28 million and the sale is going to end on 30th of April, 2021.

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DeFi Reaches Milestone $50B Total Value Locked

The initial growth of the DeFi industry helped to lay the foundation of the current bull market. Innovation in the decentralized finance sector helped fuel Ethereum’s growth, and once Bitcoin got going, the rising tide lifted all other boats.

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Crypto user offers to buy Elon Musk’s NFT tweet for $100,000

The crypto industry constantly sees new trends coming and going. Two years ago, IEOs were the most popular thing around, while last year, the DeFi sector became a trend. These days, in March 2021, it appears that it is time for NFTs to rise, and so far, they have already caused some interesting reactions from […] The post Crypto user offers to buy Elon Musk’s NFT tweet for $100,000 appeared first on Invezz.

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“Limited” Edition NFT’s Stolen; Only Accounts with No 2FA Affected, says Nifty Gateway

With so much money flowing in the crypto space, hackers have locked onto their new target – Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). As we saw with DeFi, now NFTs are becoming popular, going mainstream with millions of funds flow into space; hackers have started taking notice.

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Going feeless is the only way to enable blockchain adoption

Feeless transactions can play a role in enabling DeFi, allowing the sector to further develop and grow in importance.

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Three is better than one: Why going cross-chain will be a huge milestone for NewsCrypto

The rise and growing adoption of cryptocurrencies, including decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in particular, has brought with it many new opportunities, but also a number of challenges that the world of crypto is facing right now.

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Arbitraging DeFi Whales Exploit Saddle Finance on Launch Day

DeFi protocol Saddle Finance was launched on Jan. 20, with the aim of alleviating the problematic spread between stablecoins and wrapped or tokenized crypto assets. Within a few hours of going live, however, whales had taken advantage of the new protocol by arbitraging for huge profits.

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Here’s why stablecoins like USDC going ‘legal’ is bullish for DeFi

A landmark announcement for USDC.

The post Here’s why stablecoins like USDC going ‘legal’ is bullish for DeFi appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Will Bitcoin kill credit cards?

After DeFi, "institutional investors" has probably been the buzzword for the crypto-market, especially following the likes of MicroStrategy and Square jumping in. Looking at institutions going on a BiThe post Will Bitcoin kill credit cards? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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This One Graph Shows Ether Going From CeFi to DeFi: Glassnode

Data indicates DeFi could take a huge bite out of CeFi when it comes to the ether cryptocurrency.

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SEC’s Hester Peirce on DeFi & Crypto: Regulation Will Harm Disenfranchised

One of the biggest stories in crypto and in decentralized finance (DeFi) of the past few weeks is the potential regulation that may affect this space. A number of confirmed stories and rumors indicate that there is going to be an increase in the measures placed on cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin providers. Brian Armstrong, CEO […]

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