Decentralized Finance

Crypto trading pioneer ShapeShift is closing its doors, handing over its legacy to a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) controlled by holders of its FOX token. In the process, it will airdrop $98 million in crypto to decentralized finance (DeFi) investors.

14 jul 2021

Jan van Eck, CEO of the global investment manager and exchange-traded fund (ETF) pioneer VanEck, discusses the state of bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. Could the SEC approve its first US bitcoin ETF this year? “At the rate of discussions now, I would say no,” van Eck said.

14 jul 2021

Australia-based blockchain company Power Ledger is migrating to Solana from Ethereum in search of higher speed and scalability. "The Hash" hosts discuss Solana as a rising protocol looking to take on Ethereum's dominance in the DeFi space. "Ethereum's very likely to be the winner here," host Adam B. Levine said, despite Solana's advantage over transaction speed.

12 jul 2021

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.

8 jul 2021

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.

29 jun 2021

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.

28 jun 2021

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.

23 jun 2021

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.

18 jun 2021

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).

17 jun 2021

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol Iron Finance's Titanium token (TITAN) has fallen to near zero in a sudden panic sell. Mark Cuban acknowledged having gotten hit by the crash. ​"The Hash" hosts unpack the story and the implications for the DeFi space.

17 jun 2021