DEX


Tech

PancakeSwap Expands to zkSync Era Network

The DEX, initially launched on BNB Chain, is now available on five blockchains.

Pancakes.(Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Finance

1inch Token Surges 58% as Daily Trading Volume Spikes to 20-Month High; Investor Moves $3.7M to Binance

Open interest across 1inch trading pairs also surged from $14 million to $125 million during the move.

1inch chart (TradingView)

Policy

U.S. Department of Justice Arrests Engineer Over $9M Crypto Theft

The DOJ alleged that Shakeeb Ahmed stole $9 million from a crypto exchange that operates on Solana, through a flash loan attack last year.

Department of Justice (Shutterstock)

Finance

DeFi Firms Sign Up to Balancer's Plan for Tackling Lack of Liquidity

The initiative will allow holders to vote in governance proposals while providing liquidity to decentralized exchanges.

(Arnaud Jaegers/Unsplash)

Tech

Decentralized Exchange PancakeSwap Goes Live on Polygon zkEVM Blockchain

This will be the popular DEX’s fourth blockchain after BNB Chain, Ethereum and Aptos.

Pancakes.(Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Tech

Uniswap's Hayden Adams: Q&A on Weathering the Regulatory Storm, What’s Next for DeFi

After the recent release of a proposal for a new "v4" version of the decentralized exchange Uniswap, CoinDesk's Sam Kessler chats with Uniswap Labs CEO Hayden Adams about the case that DeFi is “here to stay” and his position that the U.S. “lags behind” on crypto regulation.

Hayden Adams, CEO of Uniswap Labs. (LinkedIn)

Finance

Wintermute Backs DEX Vertex Protocol in Strategic Investment

The amount of the investment wasn’t disclosed and Wintermute will provide liquidity services to the decentralized exchange.

Vertex Protocol co-founder Darius Tabatabai (Vertex)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Maverick Raises $9M Led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund

The round also included contributions from Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures and Apollo Crypto.

Funding, Fundraising

Opinion

Every CEX Needs a DEX

Decentralization used to be a cherished principle, it’s now a competitive necessity.

Protesters gather outside the Senate Gallery minutes before midnight to stall Senate Bill 5, a bill that would put strict regulations on abortion facilities, from going to a vote at the Texas State Capitol. Photo by Lauren Gerson.

Tech

Cross-Chain Bridge deBridge Launches App for Trading Without Liquidity Pools

The DLN app is now live with support for Ethereum, Arbitrum, Polygon, Fantom, BNB Chain, and Avalanche.

(AhmadArdity/Pixabay)