DeFi


Finance

DeFi Project Aave Raises $25M From Blockchain.com and Other Investors

Blockchain Capital, Standard Crypto, and Blockchain.com Ventures all joined the investment for the third-largest DeFi protocol.

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Tech

Yearn.Finance's Creator Says He's Quit DeFi, but Project Has Bench Strength

Andre Cronje, the prolific coder and creator of Yearn, said he's quit the project – and decentralized finance (DeFi) altogether – out of frustration with its realities.

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Voyager CEO on Why Companies Should Diversify Into USDC Coins

Voyager Digital CEO Steve Ehrlich tells CoinDesk's Brad Keoun why the cryptocurrency retail broker's stock continues to outperform and what he's seeing in the DeFi trend. Plus, Ehrlich discusses whether or not he'd consider putting Voyager's corporate funds into cryptocurrencies, following MicroStrategy's recent move.

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Binance CEO CZ: ‘I’m Never Worried About the Business Model’

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao discusses what he he does worry about when it comes to growing the business. In an interview with CoinDesk reporter Muyao Shen, CZ also explains why he’s bullish for decentralized finance or “DeFi” in the Asia region and beyond.

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RAC on DeFi and Yield Farming- 'These Days It Feels Like a Full-Time Job'

RAC, the Grammy award winning artist and part-time yield farmer says that “these days it feels more like a full-time job.” RAC joins CoinDesk senior narkets reporter Daniel Cawrey to discuss a day in the life of a musician turned yield farmer during lockdowns, the end of DeFi and the future of NFTs.

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Cooper Turley: ‘Yield Farming Actually Adds Value to the Ecosystem’

Yield Farmer and Editor of the DeFi Rate Cooper Turley joins CoinDesk Senior Markets Reporter Daniel Cawrey to discuss the latest trend in DeFi going into the fall, why people are now using stablecoins to farm and the transparency for a fair protocol launch.

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Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin 'Comatose' Under $16K for Rest of 2020, While Ether Traffic Eases

Bitcoin is stuck in an ever-tightening range between $10.5K and $10.8K and appears set for a breakout, though options trading suggests $16K might represent an upper bound in 2020.

Reduced traffic means less congestion on the Ethereum network and reduced fees.

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How Bitcoin Could Become the Reserve Asset for DeFi, Feat. Qiao Wang

Crypto trader, analyst and operator Qiao Wang looks at bitcoin’s macro resilience and why DeFi is here to stay.

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Videos

Cooper Turley: ‘Yield Farming Actually Adds Value to the Ecosystem’

Cooper Turley, yield farmer and editor of the DeFi Rate, joins CoinDesk senior markets reporter Daniel Cawrey to discuss the latest trend in DeFi going into autumn: why people are now using stablecoins to farm and the transparency for a fair protocol launch.

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RAC on DeFi and Yield Farming: ‘These Days It Feels Like a Full-Time Job’

RAC, the Grammy award-winning artist and part-time yield farmer says, “These days it feels more like a full-time job.” RAC joins CoinDesk senior markets reporter Daniel Cawrey to discuss the day in the life of a musician turned yield farmer during lockdowns, the end of DeFi and the future of NFTs.

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