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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.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the DeFi 'Flash Loan' Attack
Here's a plain-English breakdown of the bZx attacks and their broader implications for the budding DeFi markets.
Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov on What DeFi Can Learn From Early Exchange Hacks
A breakdown of the role of price oracles in the recent DeFi attacks, plus what DeFi can learn from early exchange hacks.
Is It Exploitation Season for DeFi?
Are two recent attacks taking advantage of "flash loans," low liquidity and price oracle issues the first of more to come?
DeFi Project bZx Exploited for Second Time in a Week, Loses $630K in Ether
The attacker manipulated price feeds in order to create and profit from an under collateralized loan.
Mind the Gap: Why ETH Price and DeFi Adoption Aren't in Sync
Demand for DeFi lending services built on ethereum shows a pattern of inverse relationship to the price of ETH. When ether prices are falling, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi tends to rise. Most recent data indicate the relationship operates the other way, too.
Exploit During ETHDenver Reveals Experimental Nature of Decentralized Finance
A $350,000 hack casts light on the problem of depending on single price oracles.
The Top Narratives Driving Crypto Market Growth, Feat. Travis Kling
The halving? Coronavirus and volatility? Fed action? Listeners vote on what's driving crypto growth.
Options Protocol Brings 'Insurance' to DeFi Deposits on Compound
A company called Opyn is bringing trustless insurance to the Compound DeFi protocol.
SEC 'Safe Harbor' Proposal Lauded by Token Fans, DeFi Builders at 0x Conference
San Francisco's 0xpo conference offered the perfect venue for pondering the token "Safe Harbor" proposed by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce.
Why DeFi's Billion-Dollar Milestone Matters
The DeFi market hitting $1 billion in locked crypto is something even the most fervent ethereum skeptics would have a tough time dismissing as meaningless.
