Decentralized Finance


Finanzas

Lending Platform Maple Prepares New U.S. Treasury Pool; MPL Token Rises 23%

Maple’s pool will allow accredited investors and corporate treasuries based outside of the U.S. to invest in U.S. Treasury bonds on-chain, CEO Sid Powell said in a community call.

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Regulación

DeFi Could Be Forced to Incorporate and Certify, French Central Bank Says

Regulators are seeking to extend EU laws to cover decentralized structures in finance.

French regulators are considering how to treat decentralized finance. (Alexander Kagan/Unsplash)

Vídeos

Diving Into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance

Decentralized Finance, also known as DeFi, effectively lets people be their own bank by replacing traditional institutions with trustless, transparent, and immutable code in the form of smart contracts.

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Tecnología

Arbitrum Airdrop Shows Interest in DeFi, Researcher Says

DappRadar's Pedro Herrera says decentralized finance may be benefiting from the troubles at traditional banks and regulators' actions against centralized exchanges.

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Mercados

Blockchain-Based Debt Protocol Obligate Records First Bond Issuance on Polygon Network

Swiss commodities trading firm Muff Trading AG issued corporate bonds using Obligate’s decentralized finance platform, which is set to open to the public on March 27.

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Mercados

Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama

The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.

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Mercados

DeFi Protocol Maverick Unveils UniSwap Rival Decentralized Exchange on Ethereum

Maverick Protocol said its automated market maker algorithm offers investors more customization and the potential to earn greater profits than on top decentralized exchange UniSwap.

Maverick is entering an increasingly competitive market of decentralized exchanges. (Maverick Protocol)

Finanzas

DeFi Trading Platform Aurox Seeking Funding at $75M Valuation

The DeFi-focused software developer firm is seeking to raise up to $1 million in a crowdfunding campaign on tZERO.

The price of ether has risen 16% in the past week. (Getty Images)

Tecnología

DeFi Protocol Platypus to Repay at Least 63% of User Funds After $9M Hack

The Avalanche-based protocol worked with crypto exchange Binance to identify the exploiter responsible for last week's attack.

The exploit of Platypus Finance is the latest example of crypto's rampant problem with hackers. (Meg Jerrard/Unsplash)

Mercados

USP Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg as DeFi Protocol Platypus Suffers $8.5M Attack

The flash loan attack caused Platypus Finance’s native stablecoin to fall to 48 cents from $1. The potential loss is $8.5 million, according to blockchain security firm CertiK.

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