2022-4-29 19:15 |
Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer at Blockstream, is convinced that DeFi protocols can’t compete with Bitcoin as monetary networks due to their lack of decentralization. origin »
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Ondo, founded by former Goldman Sachs traders, will use the $20 million round to expand its structured products offerings.
2022-4-27 18:00 | |
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A permissionless lending protocol has brought on a former Federal Reserve employee in a key position.
2022-3-16 17:25 | |
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Julien Gaillard, the former Chief Data Scientist at Twitter Spaces, announced on Twitter that he is leaving Silicone Valley social media giant to become Head of Data Science at DeFi lending platform Aave.
2022-2-12 01:30 | |
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“When I started, I almost gave up multiple times. I just want to help others have a more streamlined way to get into crypto,” said Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter.
2022-1-24 11:25 | |
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"When I started, I almost gave up multiple times. I just want to help others have a more streamlined way to get into crypto," said Brenda Gentry, a former USAA mortgage underwriter.
2022-1-23 11:25 | |
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Leading NFT marketplace OpenSea recently announced the acquisition of Dharma Labs, a move that is expected to help the former better its technological capabilities. OpenSea Acquires Dharma Labs In an announcement made on January 18, OpenSea stated it had acquired Dharma Labs, a DeFi startup that is quickly gaining popularity on the back of itsRead More
2022-1-19 15:00 | |
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Solrise is thrilled to announce the expansion of its team by hiring Joseph Edwards as Head of Financial Strategy. Joseph Edward is a financial market researcher who was the former Head of Research at Enigma Securities.
2022-1-14 00:21 | |
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A century-old company, RadioShack, formerly RadioShack Corporations, has confirmed a complete u-turn into the burgeoning decentralized finance (DeFi), a crypto niche specialized in offering services similar to traditional finance through blockchain technology.
2021-12-20 14:05 | |
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A century-old company, RadioShack, formerly RadioShack Corporations, has confirmed a complete u-turn into the burgeoning decentralized finance (DeFi), a crypto niche specialized in offering services similar to traditional finance through blockchain technology.
2021-12-20 14:05 | |
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Ethereum scaling solution Polygon has strengthened its grip on the DeFi ecosystem further after members of Uniswap voted in favor of deploying its smart contracts on the former. The third iterationThe post Uniswap votes to deploy v3 smart contracts on Polygon appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-12-19 10:50 | |
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When given a choice between making a profit through DeFi or accruing value via staking, most investors would opt for the former — and sneer at any who chose otherwise. The post Why not DeFi? Exploring the argument for liquidity staking appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-11-22 21:00 | |
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Benoit Coeuré, Bank for International Settlements official and former member of the European Central Bank’s board of directors, said in a recent speech at an EuroFi event that stablecoins and DeFi in general were ‘challenging banks’ business models’ and authorities had to work on creating official digital assets quickly, highlighting growing fears in traditional financial […] The post Trust Token CEO: ‘DeFi is a transformation in finance’ appeared first on Invezz.
2021-9-22 22:05 | |
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Shalin Pei, product design manager of Facebook, joins the DeFi arm of leading U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase
2021-9-11 17:42 | |
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Wanchain (WAN) and Moonbeam have announced the integration of the former’s crosschain interoperability solution into the Moonriver (MOVR) network. The team says direct bridges connecting Moonriver to established blockchains like Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum, Litecoin, and XRP Ledger are already fully functional, however, the latest integration will further boost Moonriver’s connectivity with the larger cross-chain DeFiRead More
2021-8-31 16:00 | |
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Vitalik Buterin has argued in a blog post published on August 16, 2021, that he thinks it is important for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem to move away from token-based governance and look into other forms of decentralized governance, as the former comes with way too many risks and shortcomings. The Limitations of Coin VotingRead More
2021-8-19 19:00 | |
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Astra protocol seems to be offering a way for disputes to stay in the crypto space and out of traditional courts.
2021-7-6 19:00 | |
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Former banking heads question foreign financial policies, workers paid with digital yuan in milestone pilot and a large Series A is closed by DeFi platform SynFutures.
2021-6-18 03:32 | |
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Thomas Farley, the former president of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), is bullish on the entire growing cryptocurrency industry. “The only thing I find more exciting than debating on tax policy is talking about crypto.
2021-4-26 17:02 | |
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"I've been around crypto for a decade now and DeFi has me as excited as when I mined my first bitcoin," Harrap told CoinDesk.
2021-1-28 19:25 | |
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Ethereum broke out over the weekend and looks primed to follow in Bitcoin’s footsteps by shattering its former all-time high and soaring far higher. But while Bitcoin prices climb, there has been minimal impact on the underlying network, nor has there been a sizable increase in fees that characterized the 2017 peak. Meanwhile, ETH gas […]
2021-1-5 23:00 | |
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What do gaming and decentralized finance (DeFi) have in common? On the surface, not a lot: the latter is a crypto movement focused around open access to financial primitives, while the former, incorporating both video gaming and iGaming, is concerned with entertainment.
2020-12-21 00:00 | |
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Alex Pack from DragonFly will Join Huobi to help invest "tens of millions of dollars" in decentralized finance.
2020-10-30 17:00 | |
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A group of former bankers building on R3’s public Corda Network is touting the first digital currency for that ecosystem, dubbed XDC.
2020-10-20 07:00 | |
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Ben Chan, former BitGo CTO & WBTC DAO architect, has joined Chainlink Labs as vice president of engineering. He will use his experience building infrastructure for crypto to help Chainlink grow.
2020-10-18 20:14 | |
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UK media boss and former banker Alexander Lebedev has revealed he is looking to launch a decentralized finance powered “bank 2.0.”
2020-10-13 07:54 | |
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The former owner of a Russian bank seems to be pivoting to the decentralized space.
2020-10-2 14:48 | |
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Former Goldman trader Richard Rosenblum says you are going to hear less about Bitcoin in coming years
2020-9-19 21:02 | |
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The prices of both Sushi (SUSHI) and Polkadot (DOT) have recently reached local bottoms. While the former seems to have begun a new upward move, it’s possible that the latter is still correcting and has one more lower-low before it resumes its upward movement.
2020-9-19 19:13 | |
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The strong performance from DeFi tokens has far eclipsed that of many top-10 altcoins but how long can this trend last?
2020-9-8 23:06 | |
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Ethereum founder, Vitalik Buterin, blasts the ever-expanding yield farming space, comparing the token incentives to central banks’ constant money printing. In a tweet on Aug. 31, Vitalik said the economics behind these decentralized finance (DeFi) projects are similar to the “Federal Reserve being run by Ron Paul” – former republican congressman.
2020-9-1 15:49 | |
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More bitcoins are being tokenized than mined, DeFi is coming to the Bitcoin system and a former Prudential Securities CEO thinks crypto is a safe bet.
2020-8-17 19:14 | |
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Former Citi trader and @TradeBlock head of research @JohnTodaro1 says #DeFi is going mainstream, positively affecting #Ethereum. $ETH
2020-8-10 00:15 | |
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The crypto exchange group is forming a new fund to invest tens of millions of dollars in the DeFi space.
2020-8-3 11:07 | |
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A panel of known Ethereum investors and influencers discussed decentralization and the value of the total value locked in DeFi.
2020-8-1 21:02 | |
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Unlike Bitcoin, which has stalled in the low-$9,000s, Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) has seen exponential growth over the past few weeks. Camila Russo, a former Bloomberg journalist turned Ethereum publicist, noted on June 19th that the amount of value locked in DeFi applications is up 40% in the past seven days alone.
2020-6-21 04:00 | |
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The past few days and weeks have seen Ethereum’s decentralized finance ecosystem erupt higher. As Camila Russo, a former Bloomberg journalist turned Ethereum publicist, accentuated this when she noted on June 19th that the past week has seen the value of tokens locked in DeFi applications surge by 40% to $1.4 billion. Some are skeptical […]
2020-6-20 13:00 | |
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Nikolai Mushegian, the former technical partner at blockchain project MakerDAO, donated 3,200 MKR to his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University. The Pittsburgh-based university is also set to receive another 6,800 MKR over the next 1 to 3 years to research dapps and protocols for Web3, Mushegian said.
2020-1-3 02:23 | |
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A former MakerDAO contributor has committed $4 million in MKR to Carnegie Mellon toward the university’s already-significant work within decentralized finance
2020-1-3 19:54 | |
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Balaji Srinivasan, the former CTO of Coinbase, has joined Findora as a strategic adviser, as has Dan Boneh, head of Stanford's Cryptography Group.
2019-8-14 13:34 | |
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Balaji S. Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, spoke about the bet that was placed between Jimmy Song, a well-known Bitcoin proponent and Joseph Lubin, Co-founder of Ethereum. In a short Twitter thread, the Co-founder of Earn stated that Bitcoin “shined as a digital gold,” instead of a payment rail, and that Etheruem “may work” as […] The post Bitcoin [BTC] shines as digital gold and Ethereum [ETH] may work as DeFi platform, says former Coinbase CTO appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-5-15 21:00 | |
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Luxury sports car manufacturer Ferrari announced it will expand the ability to pay with Bitcoin and crypto to its European dealerships starting this month. The move comes after Ferrari first began accepting Bitcoin and crypto payments at its US dealers last year. Ferrari said the rollout to Europe ...
A mempool developer suggested that the user behind the transfer might not be aware of the non-cancellation of replacement fees policy, resulting in an accidental $3.1 million transaction fee.
Brazil’s President has signed a complete regulatory framework for crypto, regulating the use of bitcoin as payment.
Brazilian lawmakers have approved a complete regulatory framework for crypto, regulating the use of bitcoin as payment.
Currently 39 Pick n Pay stores are testing the payment method, with plans to roll it out to all stores in the coming months, Sunday Times reports.
According to an analysis by crypto risk management firm Elliptic, two Chinese intelligence agents used Wasabi Wallet to conceal BTC transactions allegedly used for bribes.
A director for Russia’s Ministry of Finance stated the country is seeking a non-restrictive policy for using bitcoin and crypto in international trade.