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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.
The Inevitable Marriage of Yield Farming and NFTs, Explained
NFTs had managed to be expensive but they had not managed to be liquid – not until DeFi thinking intervened.
First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears
Bitcoin balances on exchanges hit two-year low, seen as a bullish sign that traders are holding for the long term, or tokenizing for use in DeFi.
$2B Locked: Uniswap Now Bigger Than Entire DeFi Industry Just Two Months Ago
After passing $2 billion in locked assets, there's now more value in Uniswap than there was in the entire DeFi space on July 9.
Bitcoin Balances on Exchanges at 2-Year Low and That May Be a Bullish Sign
Bitcoin balances on major exchanges have hit their lowest point since November 2018. Yet unlike that time, it may be a positive signal.
Degens for Hire: Based.Money Is Launching Moonbase, a Place for DeFi Projects to Find Community
BASED has a new method for aligning decentralized finance (DeFi) projects with each other. At its core is a smart contract called Moonbase.
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.
Voyager CEO Says Revenue Growth Accelerates 8-Fold as DeFi Trading Surges
CEO Steve Ehrlich says this quarter's revenue is on track to double what the company produced in all of its last fiscal year.
First Mover: Tron's Play for WBTC Shows Competition to Relieve Ethereum Congestion
Competition builds in market for tokenized bitcoin, used to get extra profit off holdings of the cryptocurrency recently denigrated as a "pet rock."
Fintech Giant Plaid Has a Hidden Passion for DeFi
Fintech enabler Plaid is quietly working with at least two decentralized finance (DeFi) startups.
Stablecoins Hit $20B Milestone, a Nearly 300% Year-to-Date Surge
The total value of stablecoins has now surpassed $20 billion, reflecting the growing demand of investors looking to hedge their risks in both crypto and traditional markets amid the coronavirus pandemic.
