Traders and developers are trending towards greater DeFi depositor protections in unison On Friday, decentralized finance (DeFi) stablecoin project Origin Finance announced a plan to compensate users affected by a $7 million November exploit — part of a wider trend from developers, users, and traders that has seen actors across the DeFi space more widely […]
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An informal revenue report reveals that Yearn Finance paid 65% of its net revenue to stakers. The first informal Yearn.finance quarterly report has been released by the community and reveals the DeFi protocol’s revenue is dominated by the yUSD vault. The report, spanning August 20 to October 20, was created by DeFi community members and […]
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He believes that rising adoption will drive Bitcoin higher next year, and that DeFi will have a similar effect on Ethereum. 2021 is shaping up to be a tremendous year not only for gold but for cryptocurrencies as well, according to Frank Holmes, CEO of U.S. Global Advisors. In a Monday interview with Kitco News, […]
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Shapeshift CEO Erik Voorhees believes any asset manager who is ignorant of Bitcoin “needs to seriously check their premises.” Shapeshift CEO Erik Voorhees has drawn a metaphorical line in the financial sand, stating that every asset manager should understand Bitcoin now based on its astonishing rate of return. Voorhees made the comments while retweeting data […]
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“His wealth in Bitcoin alone is more than 100 times greater than my entire net worth,” the “dumb” twin claims. Many late adopters of Bitcoin often lament the fact they missed out on the chance to purchase coins when the price was under $1,000, $100, or even $1. However, one Redditor says his own situation […]
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Despite its recent Phase 0 launch, the fully realized transition to Eth2 could still be years away from completion. Ethereum 2.0 launched its Beacon Chain on Tuesday, marking the project’s transition to a proof-of-stake, or PoS, mining algorithm. With Phase 0 now in the rearview mirror, the founder and CEO of MyEtherWallet, Kosala Hemachandra, recently […]
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Despite some “unanticipated consequences,” the testnets were instrumental in stress-testing Eth2. After years of delays and changes in plans, Ethereum 2.0 is finally approaching release on Dec. 1. Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 is introducing the long-awaited mechanism of staking to the smart contract platform, in addition to launching the skeleton of a future Eth2 blockchain, […]
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Taking U.S. dollar devaluation into account, gold has still not reached the all-time price high it set in 1980. Gold bug and Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff was just 17 years old when the yellow metal set its true all-time price high. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC), a much younger asset, sits close to its inflation-adjusted all-time high after […]
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The Uniswap rival manages to fend off an attack in a matter of hours. As exploits and hacks run rampant across the DeFi ecosystem, at least one project appears to have fended off the worst of an attack — the once-maligned “vampire” AMM (automated market maker) exchange Sushiswap. Observers noticed last night that Sushiswap — […]
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The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — one week on Cointelegraph in one link! Coming every Sunday, Hodlers Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much […]
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