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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Building Bridges Between Traditional Banking and DeFi

Switzerland-based crypto financial infrastructure firm METACO, which enables financial institutions to issue, secure, manage, and trade digital assets, is building bridges between traditional banking and the decentralized finance (DeFi) world of crypto. METACO CEO Adrien Treccani discusses how his firm is helping the two worlds collide and how bitcoin can play a role in DeFi.

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Markets

Axie trae profitto dal boom dell'economia NFT mentre Bitcoin è in difficoltà

Il boom dell'economia del "play-to-earn" si verifica in concomitanza con il calo dei rendimenti nei Mercati Bitcoin e DeFi.

The popularity of Axie Infinity's marketplace is helping the price of the project's governance token, AXS.

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Il protocollo DeFi Tranchess raccoglie 1,5 milioni di dollari nel round iniziale guidato da Three Arrows, Spartan

Il denaro raccolto servirà a promuovere l'espansione del progetto, completando al contempo lo sviluppo del suo DAO.

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Cream Finanza annuncia l'integrazione con Polygon

Gli utenti di Cream potranno prestare e prendere in prestito asset supportati.

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Is a Regulatory Crackdown on DeFi Approaching?

Tegan Kline, the co-founder of Edge and Node, a software development firm dedicated to building “the Google of the decentralized web,” explores the possible outcomes of regulators beginning to grapple with decentralized finance (DeFi). She also connects the dots between indexing protocol The Graph and the world of DeFi.

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DeFi incontra l'intelligenza artificiale: Fetch.ai lancia "automazione intelligente" per Uniswap V2 e PancakeSwap

Gli utenti potranno creare fino a cinque "agenti DeFi" con trigger stop-loss.

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Why Did SafeDollar Plunge to Zero?

SafeDollar (SDO), a decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin based on the Polygon blockchain, has dropped to a value of $0 following a cyberattack. “The Hash” hosts investigate the DeFi paradigm and its associated risks.

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Wirex Eyes Mainstream DeFi With Fireblocks Integration

Digital payments platform Wirex has integrated some decentralized finance (DeFi) components like Uniswap and Aave to make using DeFi more mainstream. “The Hash” hosts weigh in.

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DeFi Risks in Focus After Iron Finance’s Titan Token Crash

Iron Finance isn’t yet a serious project, says CoinDesk senior reporter Brady Dale. “The fact that this is the first thing Marc Cuban showed up at is what happens with rich people and dumb money,” he said. Dale discusses the case and lessons learned.

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Fed Projects Earlier Interest Rate Increase

Crypto markets update and outlook from MarketGauge Group's Michele Schneider as the Federal Reserve anticipates raising interest rates sooner than expected. Plus, Iron Finance's Titan Token falls from $65 to near zero. Schneider weighs in on what potentially caused the panic sell-off and the state of decentralized finance (DeFi).

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