DeFi Protocol BadgerDAO to Launch CLAWS Stablecoin

In a Feb. 22 announcement, the DeFi protocol explained what its new offering will do and why the crypto space needs another stablecoin. CLAWS is a “yield dollar” similar to those that are offered by the UMA protocol.

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This Radix-Inspired Alliance Wants to Bring DeFi to 100 Million New Users

Decentralized finance has shown the 1% that the masses do not have to remain subjugated to the wills of the financial ruling class. Global citizens do not have to yield to a financial system that benefits a privileged few; rather, they can utilize tools for financial freedom.

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Bancor (BNT) Launches Highly-Anticipated Bancor Vortex

Bancor (BNT) has launched Vortex, a yield farming solution designed to create a new passive revenue stream for Bancor users by making it possible for them to borrow against their staked BNT token and provide leveraged liquidity.

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Motley Fool No Longer Turns a Blind Eye, Will Invest $5 Million in Bitcoin

The company previously announced a new service called the “Motley Fool Discovery 10x. ” The service is aimed at selecting stocks with the potential to yield a 10x return. It also hinted at the possibility of adding cryptocurrency to its portfolio.

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Harvest launches new iFarm vault allowing users to earn while leveraging the token as collateral

CryptoNinjas » Harvest launches new iFarm vault allowing users to earn while leveraging the token as collateral Harvest Finance, a cooperative yield farming protocol, has announced the release of iFarm, a new vault for FARM staking to allow users to hold and stake FARM while collateralizing iFarm.

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CoreDEX (CORE) Introduces New Staking Mechanisms and Liquidity Providers' Tokens

CoreDEX (CORE), pioneers of deflationary "yield farming" assets, releases a system that is able to mitigate liquidity issues in derivatives trading

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DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) Prepares to Take 2021 Head on with New Developments as TVL Surpasses $60M

Decentralized Finance, DeFi in short, is a rage these days as one of the most versatile applications of cryptocurrency’s underlying blockchain technology. Poised to become an alternative to the traditional financial system, it is capable of providing even the unbanked with access to financial services at a low cost, while simultaneously presenting attractive investment opportunities […]

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One Big Pool: Balancer’s New Version Cuts Down Transactions and Gas Fees

Version 2 of the DeFi site also has an "asset manager" where idle funds earn yield.

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Gemini Partners With Crypto Lender Genesis to Offer 7.4% Yield on Customer Deposits

The product is part of Gemini’s attempt to bring in new crypto investors with bank-like products.

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Bancor (BNT) Unveils Liquidity Mining Rewards and Compound Yield

Last year, Bancor proposed the BNT Liquidity Mining (LM) program to bring new liquidity into its pool and create rigidity to stimulate long-term liquidity. BNT Liquidity Rewards on Bancor As of today, BNT liquidity returns are now available on the Bancor.

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Helio Lending Pivots into Becoming a CeFi Aggregator

Australia-based company Helio Lending recently announced that it had expanded into San Francisco through a new U. S. office. The company also announced that it had expanded its book of partners to include more crypto loan providers and yield generating platforms.

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Helio Lending Pivots into Becoming a CeFi Aggregator

Australian based company Helio Lending recently announced that it had expanded into San Francisco through a new U. S. office. The company also announced that it had expanded its book of partners to include more crypto loan providers and yield generating platforms.

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Yearn Finance Tweaks Fee Structure as v2 DeFi Vaults Roll Out

The DeFi yield farming aggregator announced the rollout of its version two platform on Jan. 17. This upgrade introduced long-awaited new vaults and strategies, as well as a number of other improvements to the Yearn Finance protocol.

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Sick of yield farming? Your liquidity could save Earth from the Daleks

A new scheme from Reality Gaming Group is offering NFT trading cards from Doctor Who: Worlds Apart as an incentive to liquidity providers.

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Lido Protocol Does Eth 2.0 Staking but With a DeFi Twist

There's a new yield farm for those backing Ethereum 2.0.

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Proof-of-Work and Yield Farming: Binance and Poolin Launch Tokens Backed by Bitcoin Hashrate

There’s a new type of token gaining popularity in the crypto space with the launch of coins that are backed by a specific amount of proof-of-work (PoW) hashrate. On January 6, 2021, Binance launched a new project called the bitcoin standard hashrate token (BTCST), a coin that represents 0.

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Amber Group Launches New Yield Opportunity in Options Product

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Techemy Capital Plans To Launch Compound (COMP) Investment Portfolio for Yield Farmers

Techemy Capital, a New Zealand based digital asset investment firm and fund management, announced the planned launch of new DeFi strategic investment products next week to provide a gateway for investors in open finance technologies.

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What explains the hype around the Compound protocol?

As of 27 June, the total value supplied on the Compound protocol has hit a whopping $1 billion, signifying the sure start of a new trend - yield farming. What Compound did was fully embrace decentraliThe post What explains the hype around the Compound protocol? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Trio of Bitcoin Tokens Lures DeFi Yield Farmers to New Pastures

A pool of sBTC, renBTC and WBTC is helping Synthetix draw the attention of DeFi's growing horde of yield farmers.

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Compound (COMP) sees massive surge in on-chain activity despite 23% price slide

The recent growth of the DeFi sector has primarily been driven by the recent launch of Compound, which has seen massive inflows of capital and new users due to the bourgeoning “yield farming” trend.

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Decentralized Finance surges with “yield farming”

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem continues to attract new users and capital as new products and services launch. The total value of assets locked into the DeFi ecosystem surged to a new all-time high last week, hitting US$1.52 Billion according to DeFi Pulse.

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Synthetix and Ren Launch Yield Farming for Bitcoin

A collaboration between Synthetix and Ren Protocol has resulted in a new Curve Finance pool between sBTC, RenBTC, and wBTC. This pool pays liquidity providers to bootstrap Bitcoin liquidity on Ethereum.

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Wall Street-Linked Firm Unveils Bitcoin Fund Worth $140 Million

According to a Form-D filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Digital Investment Group has sold almost $140 million in its NYDIG Bitcoin Yield Enhancement Fund LP. The pooled investment Bitcoin fund was previously unknown to the public but was awarded a BitLicense in 2018.

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NYDIG Sold $140M in A Previously Unknown Bitcoin Fund Last Week, Just Days Ahead of The BTC Halving

New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) revealed this week that it sold just shy of $140 million in a bitcoin fund, that was previously unknown. It became public after the fund was revealed in a Form D filing for an exemption to the US SEC on Tuesday, reported Forbes.

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Fintech Startup Yield To Roll Out Tokenized Zero-Coupon Bonds Using ERC20-Based yTokens

Yield, a fintech startup is developing a new protocol for the Ethereum network on the issuance of fixed-rate lending and borrowing. In traditional finance, such issuance is called a zero-coupon bond, where the buyer can only cash out once the bond reaches its maturity stage and they are guaranteed to receive a higher amount than […]

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Crypto exchange BitMart begins new set of yield producing subscriptions

BitMart, a bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange platform, has now begun the second installment of its term-based interest-earning account service. BitMart Lending Phase II offers 30-day basic along with 7-day and 60-day premium subscription types.

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Bitcoin Options, Explained

Despite the recent bear market, the rise of Bitcoin options trading gives the crypto market new ways to manage risk, gain exposure and generate yield. #Sponsored

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From Lending to Synthetic Assets: How DeFi Can Change in 2020

DeFi made its claim to fame with lending protocols that offer attractive yields. As these rates normalize, new age financial products could propel the space to greater heights.  Stablecoins and Yield in a Volatile Year In the first six months of 2019, Bitcoin spiked from a biennial low of $3,200 to a range high of […] The post From Lending to Synthetic Assets: How DeFi Can Change in 2020 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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The Crypto Exchange Paradigm Shift: Interest, Banking, Taxes

In their bid to source new customers, crypto exchanges will have to reinvent themselves as more than just trading venues. Hungry for Yield: Giving Users What They Want Decentralized finance (DeFi) has championed a new category of investment in the cryptocurrency industry, as the search for yield in crypto native money markets intensifies.

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Ethereum, Litecoin lead the charge as speculation about new ‘alt season’ rises

The cryptocurrency market at the moment is enjoying a relatively positive run, with a majority of the coins providing good yield after Bitcoin broke the $9000 barrier. While Bitcoin has stolen the show in 2019, it would also be safe to say that other altcoins have done their part as well.

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Tezos Is Most Profitable Staking Coin

Staking tokens is a well-known way for holders to earn a passive income. But as the number of Proof-of-Stake (PoS) coins increase, it’s becoming harder to work out which one would earn holders the highest yield.

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Japan Introduces Stricter Regulation for Crypto Margin Trading

Japanese regulators have reportedly approved draft amendments to the country's financial instruments and payment services laws, introducing stricter regulations for margin trading of digital assets.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Slow Grind Could Lead to Short Squeeze

Last Friday, we discussed a macro resistance level bitcoin would likely test. The level was tested three times prior and immediately rejected. Now, for the fourth time, we find ourselves situated above the level as we wait to see if our support holds:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, Fourth Test of Macro ResistanceThe first three attempts to hold support above the black, broken resistance have been stifled with relatively high amounts of volume.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Keep an Eye Out for a Close Above the Current High

Shortly after falling from its test of the low $4,000s, bitcoin managed to find support in the mid $3,500s. This has proven to be a relevant level over the last few months, and finding support here would be a sign of relatively strong demand:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, Local SupportThe high candle spread rejection following our test of the low $4,000s was an indication that we had strong levels of supply left in the market, but for the time being we are holding support.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bullish Setups Could Break Current Market Structure

The cryptomarket remains coiled as we lead into the weekend with no new highs and no new lows being established for bitcoin. However, it is nicely consolidating on lower time frames and hints toward the possibility of another leg up:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Hourly Candles, Consolidating PennantThe pattern shown in Figure 1 outlines a potential continuation pattern called a “bullish pennant.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: After Sudden Upswing, Bitcoin Price Drifts Downward

Last week, we saw a violent move to the upside as bitcoin rallied 11% over the course of one day. Since peaking in the upper $3,600s, bitcoin has seen close to zero bullish follow-through, and the price has begun to drift downward over the course of the last week:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Hourly Candles, Downward DriftDownward-drifting markets like this can often be a sign that distribution is taking place.

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A deadly tree disease is devastating the citrus industry – AI can help

It’s estimated that 100 percent of citrus trees over three-years-old in the state of Florida have an incurable, deadly disease. They will wither and die within the next few years. California’s orchards are next.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Strong Move Likely Following Tightly Coiled Market

Days and days of sideways consolidation and tightening volume has been the name of the game for the bitcoin market. A narrow range of $200 has caused a weeks worth of activity to coil and consolidate in preparation for bitcoin’s next move:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, Narrow RangeThe figure above shows just how narrow the range has been over the last week as the market has continued to grind out support and fail to break above overhanging resistance.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Bitcoin Tests Boundary Support as Demand Weakens

Following last Friday’s drop, bitcoin has found itself coiled, once again, at the bottom of the range it established back in December. With the current market unable to close a new high, the market finds itself in a precarious position:Figure 1: BTC-USD, Daily Candles, Range Support TestThe blue support level shown above illustrates the boundary of the multi-week range bitcoin has been bound by.

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Altcoin Arbitrage Today: ETH, XMR, BTG, TRX, ADA, DOGE

As the new week has begun, the quest to make money with cryptocurrencies is still in full effect. It would appear there is some genuine interest in different markets, which ultimately leads to arbitrage opportunities.

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Why Ohio’s State Treasurer Backs Decision to Accept BTC For Tax Payments

As tax season is rapidly approaching, some states, like Ohio, have decided to set a new standard for the rest of the country to follow. Back in November, Ohio became the first state in the U.

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Crypto Arbitrage Today – BTC, ETH, XLM, XRP, LTC, XMR

As the cryptocurrency markets show signs of recovery – or further declines, depending on the currency – new arbitrage opportunities will be unlocked accordingly. There are still plenty of ways to make good money in this industry, although it may sometimes depend on what one hopes to achieve exactly.

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Bitcoin Price Analysis: Consolidation Primes Market for Big Move

For several weeks, bitcoin has remained in a consolidating uptrend. The market hasn’t seen a new high since mid-September, but the lows have steadily gained higher and higher ground.

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Blockchain May Resolve Palm Oil Problems

As consumer desire for palm oil continues to rise, movers and shakers within the industry look towards blockchain to solve issues related to production, accountability, and sustainability. Growing demand for palm oil over the last decade has driven a lot of new eyes towards the industry.

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PWC Survey Shows 84% of Companies Are Actively Engaged in Blockchain

The hype around blockchain has finally started to yield results. A new survey from PwC published on Monday claims that a vast majority of companies are actively engaged in experimenting with blockchain technology.

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World Bank and Australia's Largest Bank Issue First Global Blockchain Bond

The World Bank and Australia's largest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, have issued a public bond exclusively through the blockchain. The $100 million AUD ($73.

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Nick Spanos’s Zap Jolts Real Estate With Blockchain-Based Smart Contracts

New York realtors looking to avoid hiccups in their commission payouts can now turn to blockchain-based smart contracts. The first real estate commission split was brokered earlier this summer in Manhattan’s ritzy SoHo neighborhood by New York-based Bapple Realty.

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