‘Basis Cash’ Launch Brings Defunct Stablecoin Into the DeFi Era

With Basis Cash, a team of anonymous developers is making what might be called a fork of a project that never launched.

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MakerDAO’s DAI Stablecoin Breaks $1B Market Cap

The stablecoin dai (DAI) broke a market capitalization of $1 billion on Wednesday, a major milestone for the DeFi pioneer.

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DeFi’s Favorite Stablecoin Backed by More than 60% Centralized Assets

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Trouble in Defi Paradise: Compound-Issued DAI Surpasses DAI in Circulation

A number of cryptocurrency proponents have been discussing the stablecoin DAI this week, as the DAI allegedly held on the Compound platform is much larger than what is recorded in circulation. At press time, Compound statistics show there’s $523 million worth of DAI held in reserves, while the web portal daistats.

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Compound-Issued DAI Just Eclipsed Actual DAI, Courtesy an Infinite Issuance Loophole

There’s now more DAI, the MakerDAO stablecoin, issued on DeFi project Compound than DAI’s actual circulating supply, CoinDesk reported June 3. DAI on Compound > Actual DAI DeFi – the shiny new sub-sector of crypto that promises ultimate decentralization and returns for early adopters – is facing a strange conundrum.

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Tether (USDt) Surpasses US$100 million on Compound as World’s Most Liquid Stablecoin Drives DeFi Growth

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, June 19, 2020 — Tether, the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, and Compound, a decentralized lending market, are spearheading growth in the nascent decentralized finance (DeFi) space as USDT volume on the platform has surged above US$100 million. USDT has grown faster than all rival […]

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Cosmos-Based Interoperable DeFi Project Launches on Mainnet With BNB Collateral

The Kava decentralized finance project has launched on the Cosmos blockchain, giving users the ability to put BNB for collateral to receive its stablecoin, USDX.

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Kava Is Offering Users Millions to Mint Its Stablecoin With BNB

Interoperable DeFi gains a further boost today as Kava launches its lending platform. Built on the Cosmos SDK, Kava can interact with all blockchain assets. The first supported asset is... The post Kava Is Offering Users Millions to Mint Its Stablecoin With BNB appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Tether Leads Stablecoin Liquidity on Flash Loans Platform Aave

Although activity in the DeFi space has dropped since reaching $1 billion in March, the flash lending platform Aave continues to see new users. Aave’s success also has much to do with its inclusion... The post Tether Leads Stablecoin Liquidity on Flash Loans Platform Aave appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Tether’s Stablecoin Leads Liquidity on Flash Loans Platform Aave

Although activity in the DeFi space has dropped since reaching $1 billion in March, the flash lending platform Aave continues to see new users. Aave’s success also has much to do with its inclusion... The post Tether’s Stablecoin Leads Liquidity on Flash Loans Platform Aave appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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EOS-Based DeFi, Equilibrium, Adds Binance, Eosfinex to EOSDT Stablecoin Governance Council

According to official reports, the two companies joined the council alongside independent block producers, EOS Nation and EOS Cannon, to provide oversight over approval of contracts and amendments made on smart contracts on the EOSDT stablecoin blockchain.

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PegNet Launches Mobile Wallet for Android

The fully-decentralized network of stablecoins, PegNet, announces the launch of the first mobile wallet for Android users to easily convert pegged asset tokens. PegNet wallet hosts 42 stable pegged asset tokens of the top fiats, cryptocurrencies, and commodities gold and silver PegNet is the first proof-of-work oracle-based stablecoin network for DeFi Fixed $0.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Uncertainty, Stablecoin Rise, DeFi Fragility: Thoughts on CoinGecko Q1 Report

Q1, 2020 will be remembered as a controversial and dramatic period for the crypto sphere

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Crypto exchange Coinbase moves to make DeFi safer on heels of multi-million dollar hack

Throughout 2019 and the first part of 2020, the growth of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem captured investors’ attention, leading to a significant influx of investors into Ethereum while also giving rise to the fast-growing stablecoin sector.

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Ethereum the big winner of massive stablecoin growth as issuance hits record number

Ethereum has seen tremendous growth throughout the past several years, onboarding a significant amount of noteworthy decentralized applications to its blockchain while also enabling the growth of a billion-dollar DeFi ecosystem.

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Stablecoins and Crosschain Loans: 2 Projects Attempt to Bring Defi Solutions to Bitcoin

While decentralized finance (defi) solutions have grown popular on the Ethereum blockchain, developers have recently created similar systems by leveraging BTC’s network. A project called Atomic Loans claims to offer a noncustodial bitcoin-backed stablecoin solution, while Money on chain a new smart contract built on the RSK protocol, also offers a stablecoin token.

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Bitcoin Smart Contract Solution RSK Sees New Stablecoin and Leveraged Token

Bitcoin-based smart contract solution Rootstock sees a DeFi protocol launch a leveraged token and decentralized stablecoin

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RSK Expands Bitcoin DeFi With ‘RIF on Chain’ Products

Money on Chain, the operator of Bitcoin-backed stablecoins on the RSK platform, has announced it is launching a new range of products backed by the RIF token. Under the heading of “RIF on Chain,” the products include a RIF-backed stablecoin and leveraged token.

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DeFi Ecosystem in Danger Due to DAI Stablecoin Dominance, Investor Warns

Adam Cochran, partner in Metacartel Ventures DAO, explains why he treats the DAI stablecoin as a ?time bomb? under the decentralized finance ecosystem

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Coinbase Signals A Positive DeFi and Stablecoin Outlook Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty

The crypto lending market has been on the rise despite the unprecedented uncertainty following the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This market has grown to a significant $13 billion in loans within the past few years presenting an opportunity for DeFi’s and stablecoins to gain more traction within the young market. According to Coinbase’s recent blog, […]

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TRON’s Justin Sun Unveils DeFi Platform JUST Mainnet

Decentralized web blockchain project TRON (TRX) CEO, Justin Sun, on April 4, 2020, tweeted that Djed, the test of the project’s stablecoin platform has successfully completed testing. Enter Project JUST In a fresh announcement, TRON founder Justin Sun stated that he had rebranded TRON’s newly launched decentralized finance (DeFi) project Djed to JUST to markRead MoreRead More.

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Content Creators to Earn Dai with “Synthetic Memes” on Alethea AI

Alethea AI has merged tenants of crypto’s DeFi movement with its artificial intelligent-based media platform. Content creators can now earn the stablecoin Dai for generating funny, entertaining memes.

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Tron (TRX) CEO Announces Launch of Djed DeFi Ecosystem and Stablecoin

Tron (TRX) CEO Justin Sun has announced the launch of a new U. S. dollar-backed stablecoin project called “Djed” which some pundits say bears a lot of similarities with the MakerDAO decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

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Tron Uprising: Channels Inner MakerDAO, Launches DeFi System

An uprising led by the Tron Foundation has unveiled a new DeFi and stablecoin system labeled “Djed.” Tron’s Djed, A New Collateralized DeFi System Tron has launched a MakerDAO-style DeFi...The post Tron Uprising: Channels Inner MakerDAO, Launches DeFi System appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Почему DAI stablecoin теперь может быть подкреплен USDC

Крипто-крах на прошлой неделе поставил под угрозу стабильную монету MakerDAO DAI, чья привязка к доллару США поддерживается криптой. Ставка, спасающая дорогой мир DeFi Стабильность DAI была нарушена падением рынка на прошлой неделе.

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MakerDAO (MKR) Adds USD Coin (USDC) as Collateral Following $4M Bad Debt

U. S. Dollar-backed stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) is now the latest collateral added to the Maker Protocol. MakerDAO Adds USDC as Third Collateral Decentralized finance (DeFi) project MakerDAO announced the news of the USDC addition to its collateral catalog via a blog post on its website on Tuesday (March 17, 2020).

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Community Bailouts in DeFi: Restoring the DAI Peg

A lack of Maker borrowers minting DAI to sell on the open market for a profit is causing the stablecoin to overshoot its peg. Various initiatives are underway to bring the DAI...The post Community Bailouts in DeFi: Restoring the DAI Peg appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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MakerDAO Adds USDC as DeFi Collateral Following ‘Black Thursday’ Chaos

MakerDAO has added a third asset to its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, USD Coin (USDC), in response to the system’s flagship stablecoin, dai, continuing to float above its dollar peg.

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DeFi Platform Aave, Formally ETHLend, Adds USDT Support For Borrowing and Lending

Tether (USDT) has today became available on the non-custodial lending platform that used to be known as ETHLend and nowadays is named Aave. By market cap, the USDT stablecoin seems to signal its move into the decentralized finance (DeFi) Ethereum (ETH).

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Tether Boosts DeFi Lending, Flash Loans Collaboration With Aave

Tether, the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, and Aave Protocol, an open-source and non-custodial protocol, are working together to bring wider adoption of Tether (USDT)...The post Tether Boosts DeFi Lending, Flash Loans Collaboration With Aave appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Tether Boosts DeFi Lending, Flash Loans Collaboration with Aave

Tether, the blockchain-enabled platform that powers the largest stablecoin by market capitalization, and Aave Protocol, an open-source and non-custodial protocol, are working together to bring wider adoption of Tether (USDT)...The post Tether Boosts DeFi Lending, Flash Loans Collaboration with Aave appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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MakerDAO (MKR) Partners with Simplex to Enable Dai (DAI) Purchase with Fiat

MakerDAO, Ethereum-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) heavyweight, has joined forces with Simplex, a European Union-licensed firm that provides a fiat gateway to leading bitcoin trading venues. The deal will enable Simplex to create a fiat on and off-ramp for the DAI dollar-pegged stablecoin, according to reports on March 3, 2020.

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MakerDAO Partners With Payment Processor Simplex To Create A Fiat On-Ramp For Dai

In a press statement released on March 3, renowned DeFi player MakerDAO stated that it has inked a deal with Simplex, renowned payment processor, to develop a fiat-on-ramp for its decentralized stablecoin, Dai, Cointelegraph reports.

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Coinbase Commerce Opens up DAI to Shopify Users

Coinbase Commerce, the merchant-focused arm of the cryptocurrency exchange, has announced support for MakerDAO’s stablecoin, DAI. The integration opens up e-commerce giants Shopify and WooCommerce to DeFi and cryptocurrency payments.

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Maker, Chainlink, EOS REX Led DeFi In 2019

Oracle platform Chainlink, the stablecoin lending platform Maker, and the EOS resource exchange REX led the growth in the DeFi segment of the cryptocurrency markets, according to TokenInsight’s latest report.

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Curve Finance Is Fixing Stablecoin Slippage on DeFi

Curve Finance is improving slippage for DeFi stablecoin conversions, like DAI/USDC. If successful, the protocol would be more efficient than any other DEX. Efficient Protocols Win The DeFi space is...The post Curve Finance Is Fixing Stablecoin Slippage on DeFi appeared first on Cryptocurrency News.

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DeFi is coming to Bitcoin: Money on Chain is Building a Crypto Lending Platform on Rootstock

Money On Chain is creating a protocol that allows the creation of a bitcoin-collateralized stablecoin as well as DeFi products based on bitcoin. Their infrastructure is developed using Bitcoin’s sidechain rootstock (RSK).

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'Tether can do really well as collateral for a lot of DeFi projects'

Tether, by far, has been the most controversial stablecoin in the market, with the coin consistently in the news for not being 100 percent backed, something that drew the attention of the New York AttThe post 'Tether can do really well as collateral for a lot of DeFi projects' appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Scope of DAI Use Cases are Exponentially Widening

A recent report from MakerDAO digs into the growing adoption of the DAI stablecoin. Issuance of DAI may be done through Maker debt contracts, but usage is being leveraged across the Ethereum dApp ecosystem, June 8, 2019.

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Multi-chain project Ontology launching support for Paxos (PAX) stablecoin

CryptoNinjas On Friday of this week, Ontology, a public blockchain project, and a distributed trust collaboration platform, announced its plans to launch Paxos Standard (PAX) a regulated USD stablecoin, on the Ontology blockchain.

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DeFi Upstart Dharma Brokers $6.4 Million in Crypto Loans in First 3 Weeks

Riding a wave of interest in crypto lending, Dharma is becoming a lucrative way to arbitrage the DAI stablecoin.

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What Is DeFi and Where Does It Leave Bitcoin?

The Bitcoin bull and bear market cycles are a pattern that produces significant developments — when the market is cold, people tend to focus on building the next wave of groundbreaking technology.

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