DeFi

Internet giant Ant Group, which owns mobile payment leader Alipay, says it will offer technical support to help China roll out its digital currency. JD.com, a leader in China’s e-commerce space, reveals that it’s started paying some employees with the DCEP.

Apr 26, 2021

Despite facing regulatory pressure from UK regulators for their controversial tokenized stocks of Tesla and Coinbase, Binance is still expanding its tokenized stock offerings. “The Hash” panel discusses what Ben Powers describes as the exchange’s “move fast and break things” approach to innovation. Plus, how this impacts the innovation of DeFi products as a whole.

Apr 26, 2021

Bitcoin sell-offs have led to a drop in price, but is this a brief pullback or the start of a larger price correction? According to Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital, investors shouldn't be too worried. "The amount of institutional interest continues to increase in crypto," Samani said. "I expect every dip to be bought quite aggressively." Plus, his thoughts on leverage in the crypto markets and alternatives to the Ethereum blockchain for DeFi developers.

Apr 23, 2021

The Maker token's price has soared to a new all-time high over $4K after news that MakerDAO will allow users to use real estate to finance their loans on the platform. Will Foxley breaks down the significance of MakerDAO's move to bring real-world assets to DeFi.

Apr 22, 2021

ShapeShift, a non-custodial cryptocurrency leader, has integrated its decentralized exchange mobile platform with THORChain, allowing users to trade unwrapped bitcoin with litecoin and ethereum. ShapeShift CEO and Founder Erik Voorhees shares details of THORChain and why he's convinced such decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms will reduce interest in crypto ETFs.

Apr 21, 2021

Bitcoin is known for its “lurch and lull” cycles, and last weekend’s drop in price is shaping up to be a lull as bitcoin remains stagnant around $55K. CoinDesk’s Galen Moore discusses bitcoin’s volatility and how it compares to other cryptocurrencies and DeFi.

Apr 21, 2021

Most decentralized finance projects are built on the Ethereum network, but Sovryn, a new DeFi project, is unique for building on the Bitcoin blockchain. Edan Yago, a contributor to the Sovryn project, discusses Sovryn and the advantages of building on Bitcoin.

Apr 15, 2021

Stani Kulechov, Founder and CEO of Aave, joins "First Mover" to discuss how peer-to-peer borrowing and lending works on the platform and his thoughts on regulating DeFi.

Apr 13, 2021

Celsius Network was one of the first crypto lending and rewards platforms on the market. The company has experienced rapid growth during the bull market with nearly 600,000 users and over 1,000 corporate accounts, but how is Celsius contending with the trend towards decentralized finance?

Apr 12, 2021

The DeFi wave continues to rise in Asia: XRP dives deeper into DeFi with Wanchain integration while a top bank in Thailand ventures into the nascent ecosystem and more cases of online fraud are found in Hong Kong. The suspects are believed to have used false promises of crypto investments to lure their victims.

Apr 12, 2021