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Yearn Finance shuns governance token with new stablecoin lending protocol

September 11, 2020cashtechnews

Yearn Finance is launching a MakerDAO like stablecoin lending protocol with no governance token. Popular decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Yearn Finance has announced a new lending protocol dubbed StableCredit. StableCredit combines tokenized debt stablecoins, lending, and single-sided automated market makers to offer what it describes as “a completely decentralized lending protocol” reminiscent of MakerDAO (MKR). […]

Stablecoins post triple-digit growth in 2020, but institutional rivals loom

September 10, 2020cashtechnews

Despite stablecoins posting triple-digit market cap growth this year, competition from projects backed by major financial and tech corporations is on the horizon. The supply of the Coinbase-backed stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) has grown by 250% since the start of 2020, including an 80% expansion in just the past two months. After starting the year […]

Bitcoin price balances at $10K: Discussing BTC’s next big move

September 10, 2020cashtechnews

The price of Bitcoin is showing stability above $10,000, and traders explain where BTC’s next big move is headed. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been ranging between $9,800 and $10,500 for nearly a week after a short fall from almost $12,100 seen on Sept. 1. As BTC struggles to show any distinctive price movement, […]

USDC now capable of 1000 transactions per second with near-zero fees

September 9, 2020cashtechnews

The asset’s new multichain partner makes it so. As part of an initiative bringing stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) to other blockchains, USDC is now available on the public Algorand blockchain. This is in addition to its existing availability as an Ethereum-based token. Offering USDC on Algorand gives the asset layer 1 scalability, touting more than […]

Challenging Ethereum 2.0? Competing blockchains are seizing the moment

September 9, 2020cashtechnews

Ethereum 2.0 will lose the first-mover advantage its first iteration had. How does it stack up against the extensive competition in 2020? After several years in development, Ethereum 2.0 is now more tantalizingly close than ever before. Despite a shaky start with the Medalla testnet, it seems that development is still on track. Prysmatic Labs […]

The rise of DEXs: Fueled by DeFi and ready to disrupt the status quo

September 8, 2020cashtechnews

With Uniswap surpassing Coinbase, are decentralized exchanges taking over, or is it just a fad? Uniswap recently surpassed Coinbase Pro in trading volume, overtaking one of the most popular centralized exchanges in the space after reaching around half a billion dollars in daily volume. Although Coinbase Pro is by no means the largest exchange out […]

Global P2P trade volume plummets amid crypto crash

September 8, 2020cashtechnews

While many centralized exchanges benefited handsomely from the recent sell-off, P2P trade on Paxful dropped by almost 50% this week. The recent crypto market slump has driven massive trade volumes on centralized exchanges, but peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platforms actually saw a sharp decline in activity. Latin-America was the only region to buck the trend. The […]

DeFi ain’t just about tokens, quality use-cases to overcome challenges

September 6, 2020cashtechnews

Decentralized finance has taken the crypto world by storm, reshaping the space. Blockchain technology is disrupting every sector of the global economy with its limitless opportunities and innovative products. Decentralized finance is one of the sectors that has been trying to shake the traditional financial ecosystem. The multitude of DeFi applications emerging all over the […]

The Care Bears, Roger Ver, and Tesla shenanigans: Bad crypto news of the week

September 5, 2020cashtechnews

Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast. While Bitcoin stays under its $12,000 ceiling, you can take your pick of future price predictions. The Winklevoss Brothers say that the coin will reach $500,000 and maybe even $600,000 if governments start to include it in their currency reserves. The twins didn’t put a date on that […]

Powering DeFi market: Overview of the top 5 DEXs by total trade volume

September 5, 2020cashtechnews

As trading volumes across many top DEXs continue to soar, 2020 is shaping to be the year of DeFi tech. One of the most groundbreaking advancements to come out from within the realm of blockchain technology is the concept of a decentralized exchange. In its most basic form, a DEX can be thought of as […]

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Yearn Finance shuns governance token with new stablecoin lending protocol

Stablecoins post triple-digit growth in 2020, but institutional rivals loom

Bitcoin price balances at $10K: Discussing BTC’s next big move

USDC now capable of 1000 transactions per second with near-zero fees

Challenging Ethereum 2.0? Competing blockchains are seizing the moment

The rise of DEXs: Fueled by DeFi and ready to disrupt the status quo

Global P2P trade volume plummets amid crypto crash

DeFi ain’t just about tokens, quality use-cases to overcome challenges

The Care Bears, Roger Ver, and Tesla shenanigans: Bad crypto news of the week

Powering DeFi market: Overview of the top 5 DEXs by total trade volume

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