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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 Gets Proactive About Policy Thanks to a $20M Grant From the Uniswap Community
"Currently DeFi is not at the table – but on the menu."
Polychain Leads $21M Round for Retail-Oriented DEX
Shipyard’s Clipper DEX aims to attract retail traders with low trading fees.
Superfluid Raises $9M for a New Take on Streaming Payments
Multicoin Capital is betting the real-time payments platform can power DeFi and DAOs – and also subscriptions and salaries.
Is Solana Better Than Ethereum?
Australia-based blockchain company Power Ledger is migrating to Solana from Ethereum in search of higher speed and scalability. "The Hash" hosts discuss Solana as a rising protocol looking to take on Ethereum's dominance in the DeFi space. "Ethereum's very likely to be the winner here," host Adam B. Levine said, despite Solana's advantage over transaction speed.
Synthetix Rallies as DeFi Protocol Announces Layer 2 Launch
"SNX's upside is in part supported by the latest update from the team in relation to the planned collaboration with Optimism," one analyst said.
Venture Arm of Thailand's Oldest Bank Says DeFi Will Disrupt Traditional Finance
"I think traditional financial companies like us should actively explore, invest and adopt DeFi," said SCB 10X's Mukaya Tai Panich.
Building Bridges Between Traditional Banking and DeFi
Switzerland-based crypto financial infrastructure firm METACO, which enables financial institutions to issue, secure, manage, and trade digital assets, is building bridges between traditional banking and the decentralized finance (DeFi) world of crypto. METACO CEO Adrien Treccani discusses how his firm is helping the two worlds collide and how bitcoin can play a role in DeFi.
Regulators Everywhere Should Follow Wyoming’s DAO Law
Wyoming's world-first law on DAOs is the start of recognizing these legal entities worldwide, says a lawyer specializing in such arrangements.
Can Taiwan Become Asia’s Crypto Haven? Not Yet
As China cracks down on the crypto field, Taiwan could be an alternative destination for crypto entities but can crypto thrive in Taiwan?
Zerion Raises $8.2M to Make DeFi as Easy as Coinbase
The DeFi portal has processed over $600 million in transactions since the beginning of the year.
