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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.
Morgan Stanley: Over 100 Crypto Assets Added Last Week
A note published by investment bank Morgan Stanley highlighted that despite the recent fall in cryptocurrency prices, 100 new digital assets were created on decentralized finance (DeFi) exchanges over the past week. “The Hash” group discusses the significance of this statement, noting the abundance of new tokens built on top of layer 1 chains like Ethereum.
Morgan Stanley Says Over 100 Crypto Assets Were Created in Past Week, Mainly on DeFi Exchanges
Despite a fall in crypto prices, the creation of digital assets is still high, the bank’s analysts said.
Argent Raises $40M to Make Crypto Wallets Easier to Use
The company's non-custodial wallet lets users take control without needing to remember a complicated seed phrase.
How Deus Finance Was Exploited for $13.4M on Fantom
The attack, which used a flash loan, was the second in two months.
DeFi Trading Platform Hashflow Introduces Bridgeless Cross-Chain Swaps
The platform will enable native-to-native swaps, without slippage or pesky cross-chain bridges.
Here Is How to Improve DeFi Governance Using Ideas from Computational Voting Theory
The decentralized finance ecosystem is evolving at a rapid pace. It's time governance caught up.
Framework Ventures Exec on Future of Web 3 Gaming and DeFi
Framework Ventures Co-founder Vance Spencer discusses their $400 million fund to back Web 3 gaming and DeFi initiatives. Spencer highlights the shift from free-to-play to play-to-earn, competition with Web 2, and the increasing interest in play-to-earn gaming in the South East Asian and Latin American markets.
Founders Fund, Pantera Invest in DeFi Investment Bank Ondo Finance
Ondo, founded by former Goldman Sachs traders, will use the $20 million round to expand its structured products offerings.
Strips Finance CEO on Switching From AMM to Order-Book Model
Strips Finance Founder & CEO Ming Wu discusses the DeFi platform's plans to switch from an AMM model to an order-book model, focusing on adding new liquidity features for customers. Plus, a conversation about Stips’ interest in building on a zero-knowledge protocol and the maturation of the crypto market.
Decentralized Forex Is Coming to Terra: Vertex Protocol Raises $8.5M
The protocol seeks to expand DeFi liquidity to non-U.S. dollar pegged stablecoins.
