How Celsius, 3AC misjudged risk and is DeFi’s future in interest rate swaps?

CryptoSlate spoke to Simon Jones, CEO of Voltz, an interest rate swap DeFi protocol that aims to create “capital-efficient” within DeFi. The post How Celsius, 3AC misjudged risk and is DeFi’s future in interest rate swaps? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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This Week In DeFi – February 19

To the DeFi community, What would this be without a mention of Binance Smart Chain. While this is “DeFi Rate”, […] The post This Week In DeFi – February 19 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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PoolTogether Airdrops Native Token

PoolTogether –  the popular no-loss prize protocol –  has launched its own native token, POOL, and airdropped it to over […] The post PoolTogether Airdrops Native Token appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Reflexer Labs Launches RAI

Reflexer Labs has announced the mainnet launch of RAI, which started as a governance minimized fork of MakerDAO’s multi-collateral Dai. […] The post Reflexer Labs Launches RAI appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Bitwise Launches World’s First DeFi Crypto Index Fund

Bitwise has launched the world’s first DeFi index fund today, simply named the “Bitwise DeFi Crypto Index Fund”. It will […] The post Bitwise Launches World’s First DeFi Crypto Index Fund appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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1inch Completes Second Airdrop

1inch Exchange – a leading DEX aggregator – has provided another round of token distributions via airdrop under slightly different […] The post 1inch Completes Second Airdrop appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week in DeFi – February 12

To the DeFi community, This week, Claimable  helped DeFi users claim more than $50,000 in tokens from various airdrops like […] The post This Week in DeFi – February 12 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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UMA Introduces KPI Options

UMA –  the decentralized derivatives platform – has introduced a new incentivization structure designed to grow their community further called […] The post UMA Introduces KPI Options appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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AirSwap Phase 2 Transition Complete

AirSwap – the p2p trading protocol- has announced that it has completed it’s transition into a decentralized governance system along […] The post AirSwap Phase 2 Transition Complete appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Claimable Helps Ethereans Claim Forgotten Airdrops

Claimable is a nifty new tool that aggregates all known airdrops and POAP tokens on one page. Users can visit […] The post Claimable Helps Ethereans Claim Forgotten Airdrops appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Armor.Fi New Liquidity Incentives and Institutional Partner

Armor.fi – the smart cover aggregator for DeFi –  recently announced 2 new liquidity pools that are incentivized with ARMOR […] The post Armor.Fi New Liquidity Incentives and Institutional Partner appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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PoolTogether Introduces Prize Pool Builder

PoolTogether is best known for its no-loss prize pools that utilize efficient capital coordination and DeFi primitives to generate winnings […] The post PoolTogether Introduces Prize Pool Builder appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week In DeFi – February 5

To the DeFi Community, This week in DeFi, Alpha Homora and Balancer rolled out V2 protocol upgrades, adding new ways […] The post This Week In DeFi – February 5 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Opyn Closes $6.7M Series A

Opyn – the decentralized options protocol –  has just announced the close of their $6.7M Series A round led by […] The post Opyn Closes $6.7M Series A appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Balancer V2 – March Launch

Balancer V2 is described as a generalized automated market-maker (AMM) protocol that improves upon V1 by achieving greater flexibility, security, […] The post Balancer V2 – March Launch appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Hashmask NFT Reveal

Hashmask is a relatively new digital art NFT project that launched publicly about 4 days ago. Since then they have […]

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Alpha Homora V2 Live

Alpha Homora has gone live with their v2 mainnet launch, the popular DeFi protocol will be enabling additional leveraged yield […] The post Alpha Homora V2 Live appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Institutions Can Now Go DeFi: UNI and AAVE Added to Bitwise Large-Cap Index

Uniswap (UNI) and Aave (AAVE) have been incorporated into Bitwise Investments‘ 10 Large Cap Crypto Index fund, as part of […] The post Institutions Can Now Go DeFi: UNI and AAVE Added to Bitwise Large-Cap Index appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week In DeFi – January 29

To the DeFi community, The need for DeFi has never been more apparent as retail traders take on billionaires and […] The post This Week In DeFi – January 29 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Opium Protocol Liquidity Mining Rewards

Opium – the decentralized derivatives protocol –  has just announced its governance token launch via retroactive airdrop and its subsequent […] The post Opium Protocol Liquidity Mining Rewards appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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dYdX Secures $10m in Series B Raise

dYdX has just completed their $10M Series B fundraise, the decentralized perpetuals trading exchange welcomes Three Arrows Capital and DeFiance […] The post dYdX Secures $10m in Series B Raise appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Balancer Introduces Gas Reimbursement Program

Balancer –  the decentralized asset management platform – has announced the start of a new gas reimbursement program that will […] The post Balancer Introduces Gas Reimbursement Program appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week in DeFi – January 22

To the DeFi community, This week, Curve and Synthetix are joining forces on new smart contracts that enable low slippage […] The post This Week in DeFi – January 22 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Saddle Finance Launches Specialized AMM

Saddle Finance has launched as an automated market maker optimized for pegged value crypto assets like wrapped BTC on Ethereum […] The post Saddle Finance Launches Specialized AMM appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Charm Finance Mainnet Launch

Charm Finance – the decentralized options protocol – has launched their mainnet and users can start trading immediately. However, the […] The post Charm Finance Mainnet Launch appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Perpetual Protocol One Month Recap

Perpetual Protocol has recently hit it’s one month mainnet anniversary. The team shares a few highlights in a new article […] The post Perpetual Protocol One Month Recap appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Optimism Mainnet Soft Launch

The Optimism Ethereum team has announced the soft launch of their main-net with their first launch partner Synthetix Protocol. Following […] The post Optimism Mainnet Soft Launch appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Cream Finance and The Iron Bank

Cream Finance has announced their plans to launch a Cream v2 nicknamed “The Iron Bank”. This new upgrade will enable […] The post Cream Finance and The Iron Bank appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week in DeFi – January 15

  To the DeFi community, This week Sushiswap and Synthetix and yearn are letting us in on their plans for […] The post This Week in DeFi – January 15 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Yearn Community Proposes Minting 1000 Tokens

The Yearn Protocol became popularized earlier this year and a core part the communities marketing at the time was focused […] The post Yearn Community Proposes Minting 1000 Tokens appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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2nd Largest Bitcoin Mining Pool Launches An ERC20 Based BTC Hash Rate Token on DeFi

One of the largest Bitcoin mining pools in the world, Poolin, has launched a BTC hash rate token built on Ethereum to combine proof-of-work (PoW) mining and decentralized finance (DeFi). Named pBTC35A, each unit of the token is equal to 1 terahash second (TH/s) hashing power that is owned by Poolin.

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Synthetix V3 and Scaling

Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix Protocol has recently published an long-form blog post detailing the protocol’s 2021 roadmap. It covers […] The post Synthetix V3 and Scaling appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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 Fei Protocol’s Take on Stablecoins

Fei Protocol – a new decentralized & scalable stablecoin platform – has come out of stealth mode and revealed it’s […] The post  Fei Protocol’s Take on Stablecoins appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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SushiSwap Releases 2021 Roadmap

SushiSwap – the decentralized automated market maker – has released a detailed blog post describing their 2021 roadmap and hinting […] The post SushiSwap Releases 2021 Roadmap appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week In DeFi – January 8

To the DeFi community, The pace of shipping has picked up in stride with the booming DeFi bull market. One […] The post This Week In DeFi – January 8 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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COVER Protocol Launches New Token, Activates Compensation Plan

COVER Protocol has launched a new version of the COVER token, which can now be claimed by those parties affected […] The post COVER Protocol Launches New Token, Activates Compensation Plan appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Airswap 2021 Revamp

Airswap – the decentralized p2p trading protocol – is planning on a major revamp in early 2021, based on this […] The post Airswap 2021 Revamp appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Futureswap Announces V2 Beta

The Futureswap team is aiming to creating a trading experience superior to what is currently offered by centralized futures exchanges. […] The post Futureswap Announces V2 Beta appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week In DeFi – January 1

To the DeFi Community, On-chain options contracts are in the spotlight as the year comes to a close, with added […] The post This Week In DeFi – January 1 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Primitive Protocol v1 Launch

Primitive – a new protocol for tokenized options on Ethereum – has just announced it’s v1 main net launch. Primitive […] The post Primitive Protocol v1 Launch appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Opyn v2 Live on Mainnet

Opyn – the decentralized options trading protocol – has announced the launch of their v2 product, the team is calling […] The post Opyn v2 Live on Mainnet appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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Cover Protocol Exploited

COVER protocol, the decentralized insurance marketplace that originally spun out of the SAFE project has been exploited by various actors. […] The post Cover Protocol Exploited appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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This Week In DeFi – December 25

To the DeFi community, This week in DeFi, 1inch.exchange launched its governance token with a retroactive airdrop to users, marking […] The post This Week In DeFi – December 25 appeared first on DeFi Rate.

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DeFi Protocol Compound Pumps After Coinbase Listing, COMP Prices Double

Algorithmic interest rate protocol Compound stole the spotlight in the cryptocurrency markets after Coinbase revealed it would list the token on its retail platform, with COMP prices doubling. Coinbase Announces... The post DeFi Protocol Compound Pumps After Coinbase Listing, COMP Prices Double appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Curve Defi Dapp Now Gives 5% For Your Bitcoins

An interest rate of 5% a year in bitcoin beats any savings account and nearly beats even stocks. Yet that’s whats on offer by a new defi dapp called Curve... The post Curve Defi Dapp Now Gives 5% For Your Bitcoins appeared first on Trustnodes.

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Interest rate protocol Compound integrated with MPC blockchain platform Fireblocks

Fireblocks, a digital asset security platform, today announced that it has integrated Compound, a decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform with $163M in interest-earning assets across 8 markets.

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Ethereum Closes Above $200 and It Has Strong Possibility of Hitting $275 Next

Traders encouraged by Ethereum’s impeccable growth in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector have pushed its native token Ether to its five-month high. The Ether-to-dollar exchange rate cemented a new yearly peak of $222.

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Blockchain Games Retention Rate Reaches 75%: dAppRadar

Despite being in the shadow of the DeFi sector, the blockchain-based gaming sphere still remains very important for the decentralized applications sphere.

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How Fund Managers View Lending and Staking: 3 Takeaways From a CoinDesk Research Webinar

In December, we invited two fund managers, both long bitcoin and other crypto assets, for a CoinDesk Research webinar on lending and staking. Jordan Clifford of Scalar Capital and Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital joined us to discuss how they evaluate risk and returns in crypto lending and staking, what crypto assets' risk-free rate might look like, and what DeFi needs to do to attract investors and new users.

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Interest Rate Swaps Coming to DeFi with Cherry Swap

CherrySwap v2, an automated market maker for interest rate swaps, is an early insight into how DeFi can absorb traditional finance by recreating similar mechanisms in a permissionless manner.   Hedging Positions and Swapping Money  Bitcoin was the direct result of technologists and cryptographers experimenting in the world of finance.

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