DeFi


Markets

Fantom's FTM Token Rises 10% on Upcoming Protocol Upgrades

The Fantom Foundation promises improved network performance after developer exits weighed on investor confidence.

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Anatomy of a Crypto Bear Market

Crypto prices suck, but they don’t matter as much as they used to.

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Tech

DeFi Platform Aave Lauches Version 3 With Cross-Chain Swaps Front and Center

The latest version of the Aave protocol focuses on risk management and capital efficiency.

Stani Kulechov, Lens founder, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk archive)

Finance

NY Fed Staffer Jumps Into DeFi as Euler COO

A permissionless lending protocol has brought on a former Federal Reserve employee in a key position.

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Finance

DeFi Analytics Firm Treehouse Raises $18M Seed Funding

Treehouse aims to provide retail investors the infrastructure needed for them to make informed decisions on their DeFi positions

Treehouse (Pixabay)

Tech

Derivatives Platform Deus Finance Exploited for $3M on Fantom Network

Hackers manipulated a pricing mechanism to trick the protocol in a “flash loan” attack that led to loss of user funds, the security firm said.

Hacker (Getty/Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao)

Finance

Ethereum Staking Protocol Swell Raises $3.75M as Locked ETH Tops $26B

Swell is attempting to make it easier to stake on Ethereum and eventually other blockchains.

Swell (Jeremy Bishop/Unsplash)

Videos

OKCoin and Stacks Pledge $165M to Lead the Bitcoin ‘Renaissance’

Joining “All About Bitcoin” is OKCoin Head of Listings & Community Alex Chizhik and Stacks Accelerator Partner Kyle Ellicott to discuss the “Bitcoin Odyssey,” a $165 million pledge for developing new projects on the Stacks network, with hopes to expand the bitcoin ecosystem.

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Crypto Firms May Look at Traditional Finance Firms as M&A Targets

We asked several industry participants if Wall Street incumbents might start making deals for crypto companies. Some predicted the opposite.

(Daniel Lloyd Blunk-Fernández/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

What Web 3 Can Learn From Steve Jobs

Three ways to "think different" about smart contract design.

Apple's "1984" advertisement, introducing its iconic "think different" slogan. (Apple/Wikimedia Commons, modified by CoinDesk)