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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.
Potential Implications as U.S. SEC Moves Toward DeFi Oversight
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be coming for decentralized finance (DeFi) as it considers reopening a 2022 proposal that would now explicitly target platforms for those crypto transactions as exchanges that need to be regulated. "The Hash" panel discusses the SEC's latest move and how this might shape future crypto regulation.
How Regulators Around the World View DeFi
The U.S. Treasury Department and the French central bank recently published reports looking at decentralized finance (DeFi) risks and providing recommendations for mitigating them. CoinDesk Global Policy and Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses how world regulators are looking at DeFi and the broader crypto markets.
U.S. SEC Moves Toward DeFi Oversight as It Reopens Proposed Regulations
The Securities and Exchange Commission is confirming crypto industry worries that, yes, the proposal last year to widen its view of securities exchanges will fold in DeFi.
Developers Block Potential ‘Eight-Figure’ Exploit Involving Cosmos-Based Ethermint
Ethermint enables the use of Ethereum smart contracts within the Cosmo ecosystem and is employed by several chains, including Cronos, Kava and Canto.
DeFi Protocol Balancer Cuts Budget, Slashes Headcount Ahead of Strategy Pivot
The protocol’s service providers have let go of two front-end engineers as they focus on overhauling the platform’s brand.
Ondo Finance Plans Yield-Generating Stablecoin Alternative for Institutional Investors
The new stablecoin-like token, OMMF, will be backed by conventional money market funds and is available only to qualified purchasers and accredited investors. But retail investors can lend against the tokens via Ondo’s DeFi protocol Flux to indirectly access the yield.
Solana Dog Token Darling Bonk Inu Releases BonkSwap DEX
Bonk inu was one of the hottest Solana tokens earlier this year, leading a frenzied market at the time.
WisdomTree, T. Rowe Price Among TradFi Firms to Test Avalanche's Blockchain Subnet
The subnet is designed to make trade execution and settlements more efficient on Avalanche.
SushiSwap to Launch Claims Website for Whitehat Funds Following Exploit
Claims will expire on April 23 and unclaimed tokens will go to SushiSwap’s treasury.
Euler Finance Lets Users Redeem Recovered Funds Following $200M Theft
Allowing customers to withdraw money after last month's incident is a relatively happy ending for a crypto exploit.
