DeFi

DeFi, short for decentralized finance, represents a shift in the financial sector by leveraging blockchain technology, primarily Ethereum, to eliminate traditional financial intermediaries. It enables various financial applications, from simple transactions to complex contracts, through smart contracts that execute automatically under specific conditions. Key DeFi applications include decentralized exchanges (DEXs), stablecoins, lending platforms, and prediction markets. DeFi offers financial services like loans and interest-earning opportunities without traditional identity verification, relying instead on collateral, usually in cryptocurrency. This innovative sector promises increased accessibility and efficiency but comes with risks, such as market volatility and unregulated projects.


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JST Capital Co-Founder on Embracing Bitcoin's Volatility

Scott Freeman, a partner and co-founder of crypto services firm JST Capital based in the U.S. and Singapore, discusses his crypto markets assessment and outlook, explaining why he likes volatility. "The more volatility, generally, the better we do in the markets," Freeman said, although he claims bitcoin's current rangebound nature is challenging the volatility strategy. Plus, his take on Solana, DeFi landscape, crypto regulation, and more.

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Yield Guild Games Taps HaloDAO to Help Gamers Put Earnings in DeFi

Yield Guild Games (YGG), a key investor in the “play-to-earn” arena, has teamed up with the stablecoin-focused decentralized finance (DeFi) project HaloDAO to allow its gamers to cash out using its stablecoin and gain yield. "The Hash" squad discusses the latest move signaling the importance of DeFi in emerging economies and the world of blockchain games.

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What Makes Algorand One of the Hottest Proof-of-Stake Smart Contract Platforms This Year?

Sean Ford, COO of proof-of-stake smart contract platform Algorand, which is up 555% year-to-date, shares insights into Algorand's architecture and mission to "build and innovate high performing technology" following Tuesday's network failure on Solana. He discusses Algorand's key differentiators from its competitors, its role in El Salvador's Bitcoin Law, as well as the price action of ALGO. Plus, he discusses the Algorand Foundation's recently launched $300 million DeFi innovation fund.

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Kevin O’Leary: US Regulators Unlikely to Approve Bitcoin ETF; Excited About NFTs, DeFi

“Shark Tank” star, entrepreneur, and O’Shares chairman Kevin O’Leary joins “All About Bitcoin” live from the 2021 SALT Conference in New York to discuss why he’s “more excited about NFTs than anything else.”

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UK Post Office to Offer Crypto Purchases to Some Customers Starting Next Week

Beginning next week, the U.K.’s Post Office will offer users the ability to purchase crypto through its identity-verification service, EasyID, using a voucher system from Swarm Markets. Some suggest the integration may expose more people to decentralized finance (DeFi) through Swarm’s yield farming offering.

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Algorand Foundation Launches $300M DeFi Innovation Fund

The Algorand Foundation has launched a 150 million ALGO (US$300 million) fund to support innovation in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications such as exchanges, money markets and NFT platforms on the Algorand network. “The Hash” squad discusses the details and implications for the larger ​DeFi landscape.

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Sam Bankman-Fried on Crypto's Future

29-year-old multi-billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried, head of crypto exchange FTX, trading firm Alameda Research, decentralized finance (DeFi) project Serum, and now the new owner of options platform LedgerX, joins a special episode of “First Mover” to discuss his personal mission and vision for the crypto industry at large. Plus, insights into crypto regulation, leveraged tokens, DeFi, altcoins, Web 3.0, business partnerships, altruism, and utilitarianism.

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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on Crypto Regulation: 'We Haven't Provided the Clarity We Should'

Responding to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler saying the U.S. crypto markets won't "last long outside" the current regulatory framework, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce discusses how she hopes to bring more regulatory clarity around cryptocurrencies. "People are innovating in areas outside of the securities space precisely because we haven't provided the clarity we should be providing," Peirce said. Plus, unpacking the Token Safe Harbor Proposal 2.0 and the potential outlook for DeFi regulation.

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El Maker de mercado dinámico de Kyber Network, KyberDMM, debuta en Binance Smart Chain

El intercambio ha incluido la versión BEP-20 del token KNC para facilitar los depósitos y retiros de la red BSC.

Loi Luu, Kyber Network CEO, at CoinDesk Consensus 2018 (CoinDesk archives)

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Arca CIO: Bitcoin ‘Either Worth $0 or $1M Per Token’

Jeff Dorman, CIO of fund manager Arca, discusses his long-term outlook for bitcoin’s price after the cryptocurrency failed to keep heading higher and remains in a tight range between $46,000 and $50,000. “It’s either worth $0 or it’s worth probably $1 million per token,” Dorman said.

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