DeFi


Markets

‘Wen Token?’: Polymarket’s New Airdrop Futures Market Has Answers

Speculators can now bet on whether big-name crypto projects will airdrop a native token in Q1 2022.

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Tech

What Is Yield Farming? The Rocket Fuel of DeFi, Explained

If the terms “yield farming,” “DeFi” and “liquidity mining” and are all Greek to you, fear not. We’re here to catch you up.

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Tech

North Korean Hackers Stole $400M in 2021, Mostly in Ether

For the first time, DeFi mixers were the biggest money-laundering tool for North Korean hackers.

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Opinion

ERC-4626: DeFi's Newest Money Lego

An Ethereum Improvement Proposal wants to standardize a key component in yield-generating strategies.

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Finance

DeFi Alliance Becomes ‘Alliance DAO’ After $50M Raise From 300 Web 3 Leaders

What the new moniker means for the newly minted decentralized autonomous organization is somewhat TBD.

DAOs will fundamentally change how organizations operate. (Michal Parzuchowski/Unsplash)

Finance

Funds Lost to DeFi Hacks More Than Doubled to $1.3B in 2021: Certik

Centralization is the most common vulnerability, the security firm said.

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Policy

House and Senate Agriculture Committees Issue Bipartisan Call for CFTC Guidance on Crypto

In October, the CFTC's Behnam told a Senate committee the regulator’s crackdown on crypto crime was just the “tip of the iceberg” – now that committee wants to know what lies beneath the surface.

Rostin Behnam, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Tech

Pay-to-Play Governance Builds Steam as Bribe Raises $4M

Is the future of DeFi governance rule by the highest bidder?

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Videos

Kevin O'Leary on Stablecoin Regulation

Reacting to how DeFi should be regulated globally, "Shark Tank" star, entrepreneur, and O'Shares chairman Kevin O'Leary discusses his take on the need for stablecoin policy.

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Kevin O’Leary: ‘2022 Will Be the Year of the NFT’

Kevin O'Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, discusses his views on the booming NFT market, comparing it to the collectible watch market. "I'm going to suggest that 2022 will be the year of the NFT," he said. Plus, insights into how the DeFi platform WonderFi, backed by O'Leary, is helping tackle some of the problems with navigating open finance.

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