DeFi


Finance

DeFi Project Ref Finance Closes $4.8M Round Led by Jump Crypto

Alameda Research and Dragonfly Capital also participated in the round.

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Finance

Housecat Raises $3.4M to Help Bridge DeFi, Investment Management

Ville Vesterinen, CEO and co-founder, calls it the “Substack of asset management” with a crypto twist.

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Policy

SEC Enforcement Against Wonderland Could Mean Trouble for DeFi

“Protocol Controlled Value” is rarely controlled by a protocol, and enforcement agencies may be taking a closer look.

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Videos

KPMG Canada Exec on Adding Crypto to Its Balance Sheet: ‘We Believe in This Sector’

The Canadian branch of accounting giant KPMG has acquired bitcoin and ether on its balance sheet. KPMG Canada’s Kareem Sadek shares his insights into the firm making its first allocation of crypto assets to its corporate treasury.

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Learn

What Is a DEX? How Decentralized Crypto Exchanges Work

DEXs charge users much lower fees than their centralized counterparts, but can be much more difficult to navigate and use.

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Finance

Polkadot Parachain Astar Launches $100M Boost Incentive Program

The new fund will offer liquidity and financial support for smart contract developers.

Former Libra Director Joins Polkadot Builder

Markets

DeFi Options Protocols Suffered as Ether Fell to $2.1K

On-chain options offerings are unlikely to see future growth unless the crypto market turns bullish, one analyst said.

Options protocols lost millions of dollars in locked value. (Delphi Digital)

Videos

Dapper Labs Exec Talks Flow Network: ‘It’s Not Just an NFT Blockchain’

Matthieu Jobbé-Duval, head of financial products at Dapper Labs, which oversees the Flow ecosystem, including NBA Top Shot and NFL All Day, discusses the latest on Flow, including introducing ERC-20 token wrapped FLOW (wFLOW). What does this mean for DeFi users on Ethereum?

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Finance

Algorand Foundation Appoints JPMorgan, Nasdaq Alum Staci Warden as CEO

Warden replaces Sean Lee at the payments-focused blockchain.

Algorand signage inside the Drone Racing League arena. (DRL)