Decentralized Finance


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The Future of Money Is Unbundled

Money's three social functions – storing value, exchanging it and providing a unit of account – are unraveling, with dramatic implications, says EYQ's Insights Director.

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Markets

Maker Price Passes $4K for First Time, as MakerDAO Brings Real Estate to DeFi

"Real world" assets have entered DeFi, as the Maker protocol reportedly just minted $38,000 of dai stablecoins to finance a mortgage loan.

MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen

Videos

‘Continuous Vampire Attack’: The AMM Wars Are Getting Interesting with Integral

Integral, a new automated market maker (AMM), went live Monday as decentralized finance (DeFi) traders race for early token rewards. The project is pushing the boundaries of ‘vampire attacks’ even further. “The Hash” team breaks down what this means and why this will be a continuing story to watch.

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Markets

Wall Street, Big Tech Clamp Down on GameStop-Style Pumps; Biden Admin 'Monitoring' Situation

Market chaos fueled by a large group of Reddit traders faces strong opposition from Wall Street.

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Markets

Value DeFi Suffers $6M Flash Loan Attack

The latest flash loan attack in the decentralized finance world has caused a total loss of $6 million.

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Markets

DeFi Sell-Off Continues as Index Futures Retrace to June Levels

DeFi indices on FTX and Binance continue to plummet.

DeFi index futures on FTX and Binance

Markets

Harvest Finance Doubles Total Value Locked to $704M in One Week

Harvest Finance’s dramatic growth took place during a time when enthusiasm around the DeFi space has slowly hit a wall.

Farmers harvesting, Ethnographic Museum in Avgorou, Cyprus.

Markets

TODAY: Bitcoin's $1 Billion Crop: Why Hodlers Are Harvesting Yield on Ethereum

Why all the hype behind yield farming and food-inspired tokens? Should investors take them seriously or are they a fading trend?

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Markets

Traders Rotate to Bitcoin Expecting a Quiet Q4 for Altcoins

Some traders anticipate the leading cryptocurrency to significantly outperforming the entire crypto market for at least the next several months.

Year to date returns for cryptocurrencies group by liquid market capitalization

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears

Bitcoin balances on exchanges hit two-year low, seen as a bullish sign that traders are holding for the long term, or tokenizing for use in DeFi.

Blockchain provides uncanny transparency into crypto-market data, lately indicating that investors have taken their bitcoin off of cryptocurrency exchanges.