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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.
Uniswap DAO Members Vote for New Governance Process
Uniswap community members chose Wednesday to reform the voting process on the popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol in an effort to make it easier to change the way the system is governed. "The Hash" hosts discuss what this means for the Uniswap ecosystem in the latest move in the latest story illuminating the power of DAOs.
2023 Should Be the Year of On-Chain User Security
If crypto does not get its house in order, regulators will do it for them.
How Regenerative Finance Is Bringing Sustainability to Crypto
As the crypto industry surveys the ruins of 2022, it must refocus on its core promises and once again seek ways to add tangible and sustainable value.
Uniswap DAO Community Members Vote in Favor of New Governance Process
After a week-long vote that ended Wednesday, nearly 100% were in favor of making changes to the voting process in an effort to reduce friction associated with community governance.
DeFi Project Popsicle’s ICE Token Triples as Controversial Wonderland Founder Returns
The sudden price surge of Popsicle’s ICE native token coincided with the controversial blockchain developer Daniele Sestagalli revealing his return to rebuild the project.
DeFi’s Difficult Governance Decisions Lie Ahead
Decentralization was proven to be DeFi’s saving grace this year. Shouldn’t protocol governance also be as decentralized as possible?
DeFi Protocol Ankr Says Ex-Employee Caused $5M Exploit
The company is working with law enforcement to prosecute the attacker.
ReFi Is Going Mainstream
The successful Ethereum Merge is just the start of a growing movement to leverage crypto rails to fight climate change.
Visa Proposes Automatic Payments Using Ethereum Layer 2 System StarkNet
Visa said self-custodial wallets could use a unique “account abstraction” method to set up automatic recurring payments on StarkNet as existing smart contracts do not currently support such steps.
Tezos Co-Founder on FTX Fallout
Tezos co-founder Kathleen Breitman reflects on the collapse of crypto exchange FTX and why the industry needs to review the “role of marketing and pumping in the cryptocurrency space.” Plus, her take on the prolonged crypto winter and developments in DeFi and Web3.