Institutional DeFi


Opinion

Insurance Is the Silent DeFi Guardian

There is a long history of insurers helping to reduce industrial risks, from cars to buildings. They can play a similar role now in DeFi, where a lack of regulation stifles growth, says Q Rasi, co-founder of Lindy Labs.

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Finance

Fordefi Raises $10M to Make Crypto Safer With Institutional-Grade Wallet to Retail-Facing Platforms

The company has onboarded institutional investors such as Pantera Capital, DeFiance Capital, Keyrock and Flare Network to its MPC wallet, and secured over $3 billion in blockchain transaction volume.

Founders of Fordefi (clockwise): Michael Volfman, Dima Kogan and Josh Schwartz (Fordefi)

Markets

Blockchain-Based Debt Protocol Obligate Records First Bond Issuance on Polygon Network

Swiss commodities trading firm Muff Trading AG issued corporate bonds using Obligate’s decentralized finance platform, which is set to open to the public on March 27.

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Markets

DeFi Protocol Clearpool Chooses Polygon Network for Its Institutional Lending Platform

Clearpool also opened the onboarding and whitelisting process for institutional borrowers and lenders to its Prime platform.

Clearpool Prime is set be released in the first quarter of the year. (Clearpool)

Markets

Decentralized Lending Protocol Clearpool to Start Institutional Borrowing Platform

Clearpool Prime will allow institutional borrowers to create permissioned borrowing pools with their own loan terms.

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Opinion

Bitcoin Doesn’t Need Yield When Holding Will Suffice

Bitcoin yields present risks and are unnecessary.

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Opinion

Advisors Should Look Before Clients Leap Into DeFi

DeFi yields are gaudy but come with risks.

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Finance

Galaxy Digital Leads $20M Funding Round in DeFi Firm Skolem

Skolem provides data and trade execution services for institutions to access decentralized finance markets.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Siam Commercial Bank Is Chasing DeFi Yield Through Compound

The bank’s venture arm, SCB 10X, is using Compound Treasury’s 4% yield service via the Fireblocks custody platform.

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Finance

Institutional DeFi Enabler? Data Firm Kaiko Probes DEX Liquidity With New Product

The data feed unpacks what’s what in Uniswap, SushiSwap, Curve Finance and Balancer asset pools.

Kaiko CEO Ambre Soubiran (CoinDesk archives)

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