Metamask is seeking to grow the $14 billion DeFi ecosystem by attracting institutional investors with a new wallet that could “run a professional DeFi trading desk.” Ethereum wallet MetaMask is seeking to attract institutional investors into the decentralized finance sector with the soon-to-be-launched institutional-grade version. The popular wallet, with more than 1 million monthly active […]
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Beyond the obvious financial risks, there are a number of technical risks DeFi users should be aware of. A November report by data and research company BraveNewCoin has highlighted a number of serious ‘non-financial’ risks in decentralized finance. The financial risks involved with DeFi have been well documented, but the new report delves into more […]
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Digital asset investment managers 3iQ introduced ETH market exposure to Canada’s stock traders and investors on Thursday. The world’s first Ethereum-based fund to be listed on a major stock exchange opened for trading on Thursday, but not without some hiccups. Listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, The Ether Fund (TSX:QETH.U) opened for trading at $10.80 […]
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Bondly will transition its cryptocurrency, OTC platform BSwap, and e-commerce platform BONDProtect over to Cardano from Polkadot. Decentralized e-commerce platform Bondly will be the first decentralized finance project to run on the Cardano blockchain as part of the platform’s roll-out of the Goguen smart contract functionality. In the Twitter announcement, the firm that built the […]
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The New York Attorney General’s Office has reported that Ifinex is cooperating in producing documents regarding Bitfinex and Tether’s business relations from April 2019. The Office of the New York Attorney General, or OAG, has requested a deadline extension for iFinex Inc — the parent company of both crypto exchange Bitfinex and stablecoin issuer Tether […]
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The Iota board said it had “parted ways” with Sønstebø due to the fact its interests have “diverged significantly” with those of the co-founder. David Sønstebø will no longer be a part of the Iota Foundation, a non-profit which he helped co-found and most recently co-chaired. According to an announcement from the Iota Foundation, the […]
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A BlockShow panel shares insights on the future of crypto adoption from the perspective of Millennials. Millennials, a generation beleaguered by student debt, low pay and a lack of savings, can rewrite their financial narratives using Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency according to a panel discussion at this year’s BlockShow summit in Singapore. That was the […]
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Improving fundamentals and a major merger with Yearn.finance may help SushiSwap reassert itself as one of the dominant DeFi platforms. The price of SUSHI, the native token of SushiSwap decentralized exchange, has rallied 38% in the past 10 days. At its monthly peak, the governance token had achieved a 75% price increase but the recent […]
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Now live, Theta’s network upgrade includes an updated block explorer capable of working with smart contract data. Theta, a blockchain that facilitates decentralized video streaming, recently updated its mainnet, adding a number of benefits. Theta’s mainnet now hosts smart contract capabilities, as of a block height of 8,411,427, Theta Labs said in a blog post […]
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Traders are taking note of Nexo, Elrond and Blockstack as tokens offering real-world use cases rally higher. The ideas of privacy and decentralization have always been the heart of the crypto community. Therefore, when Blockstack announced that it would transition from being a security token to a utility token by launching its new Stacks Blockchain […]
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