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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.
DeFi Protocol Cega's New Options Product Marries Gold, Ether to Offer Up to 83% Yield
The Gold Rush product offers a trifecta of attractive return, market exposure and protection from losses.
NEAR Launches Multichain Access
Kendall Cole, Director at Proximity Labs, joins "First Mover" to discuss NEAR protocol's new chain signatures network that offers users multichain access from their NEAR account. Plus, insights on how the technology enhances user experiences and provides new opportunities for developers in the DeFi space.
How NEAR Enables Multichain Access From One Account
Proximity Labs Director Kendall Cole explains the challenges of building a spot decentralized exchange and how NEAR protocol's chain signatures network allows users multichain access from their NEAR account.
Why the NEAR foundation Chose Eigenlayer as a Security Partner
Proximity Labs Director Kendall Cole answers five rapid-fire questions from CoinDesk, including what challenges can be solved with Near's chain signatures, and why the NEAR foundation chose Eigenlayer as a security partner.
Ethena, a $1.3B Yield-Earning Protocol, to Debut Governance Token Next Week
The DeFi protocol, which generates yield from ether derivative funding rates, is set to airdrop 750 million ENA tokens, 5% of the total supply.
Ether.Fi's ETHFI Jumps 50% to Record, May Boost Valuations for Liquid Restaking Token Airdrops: Analyst
Restaking has become one of the hottest sectors in DeFi, with new protocols leveraging Ethereum's proof-of-stake blockchain to secure other networks.
Amid Giant Crypto Rally, Hopes for Another DeFi Summer Soar
Since the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in January, DeFi looks ascendant, triggering memories of 2020, aka DeFi Summer, when the space bustled with activity.
TrueFi Unveils Lending Protocol for Tokenized Real-World Assets; TRU Jumps 14%
Investors will be able to take out crypto loans by pledging TrueFi's U.S. Treasury bill tokens, with plans to expand collateral to other types of tokenized RWAs, according to the proposal.
Frax Finance Targets $100B Value Locked in Singularity Roadmap
Frax's singularity roadmap has set a target of $100 billion in TVL for its layer 2 Fraxtal.
Lithuania-Licensed Crypto Bank Meld to Offer Tokenized RWAs to Retail Investors
Meld, which is in partnership with the layer-1 blockchain of the same name, has an agreement with DeFi platform Swarm Markets, which started a real-world asset platform in December
