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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How NEAR Enables Multichain Access From One Account

Proximity Labs Director Kendall Cole explains the challenges of building a spot decentralized exchange and how NEAR protocol's chain signatures network allows users multichain access from their NEAR account.

The Protocol: The Tech Behind Crypto

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Why the NEAR foundation Chose Eigenlayer as a Security Partner

Proximity Labs Director Kendall Cole answers five rapid-fire questions from CoinDesk, including what challenges can be solved with Near's chain signatures, and why the NEAR foundation chose Eigenlayer as a security partner.

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Finanzas

O banco de Cripto Meld, licenciado pela Lituânia, oferecerá RWAs tokenizados para investidores de varejo

Meld, que está em parceria com a blockchain de camada 1 de mesmo nome, tem um acordo com a plataforma DeFi Swarm Mercados, que iniciou uma plataforma de ativos do mundo real em dezembro

Vilnius, Lithuania (Shutterstock)

Finanzas

Plataforma de conformidade Cripto Keyring arrecada US$ 6 milhões para desbloquear DeFi para instituições

A empresa permite que investidores institucionais cumpram as regulamentações ao interagir com DeFi e recentemente facilitou um teste de prova de conceito com o braço de Cripto da Nomura, Laser Digital, construindo um wrapper de conformidade sobre a stablecoin USDC .

Alex McFarlane and Mélodie Lamarque, co-founders of Keyring Network (Keyring Network)

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Three Crypto Predictions in 2024

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down three predictions from Pantera Capital partner Paul Veradittakit, including a focus on tokenized social experiences, an increase in institutional adoption of crypto and computationally expensive applications becoming more economically feasible on-chain.

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Mercados

Token ENS salta 50% enquanto Vitalik Buterin o considera "superimportante"

O token atingiu o nível mais alto desde abril e o volume aumentou mais de 600%.

Vitalik Buterin shares a new blog post on Ethereum's roadmap to address scaling, privacy, and wallet security. (CoinDesk)

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Crypto Market Leaders and Laggards in 2023

"CoinDesk Daily" host Amitoj Singh breaks down some of the biggest winners and losers in the crypto market this year. CoinDesk Indices data reveals that the computing sector was the clear leader among sectors in 2023, while DeFi underperformed. Bitcoin (BTC) was also a standout, rising roughly 164% year-to-date.

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Why Injective's INJ Has Surged 3,000% in 2023

Injective (INJ), the native token of its namesake's layer 1 blockchain, has seen a 3,000% move to the upside over the course of 2023. Injective is a Cosmos-based blockchain that combines elements of artificial intelligence (AI) with decentralized finance (DeFi). CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Opinión

DeFi tem um problema de risco e é hora de resolvê-lo

Embora as perdas totais com explorações tenham caído de US$ 54 bilhões para US$ 1 bilhão no ano anterior, isso ainda é uma ameaça inaceitável para os usuários, escreve Jeff Owens, da Haven1, para a Cripto 2024.

Crypto hacks, scams and exploits netted some $2 billion this year. (fikry anshor/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Tecnología

A exchange descentralizada Uniswap se expande para o Bitcoin Sidechain Rootstock

A versão 3 (v3) do Uniswap foi implantada no Rootstock pela GFX Labs, a equipe por trás do terminal de negociação Oku

Uniswap booth at ETHDenver 2023 (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)