DeFi users got a fat stimulus check, but Uniswap’s token fell short of the community’s inflated expectations. The biggest event of this week was definitely the sudden release of Uniswap’s token, UNI, which enriched many DeFi users by at least $1200 each. Uniswap gave 400 of its tokens to anyone who had ever traded with […]
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47% of Bitcoin options expire next Friday, meaning BTC could be on the verge of a trend defining move. The open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options is just 5% short of their all-time high, but nearly half of this amount will be terminated in the upcoming September expiry. Although the current $1.9 billion worth of […]
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Tether supply surges to $15 billion but it could still be a house of cards The surging DeFi sector has resulted in a mass minting of Tether in 2020 — including $3B last month alone — which has pushed its market capitalization over $15 billion. At the beginning of the year there was just over […]
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Polkadot snatches yet another oracle provider from a different blockchain. Distributed storage project Bluzelle will be collaborating with the Web3 Foundation to bring its oracle system for use in the Polkadot decentralized finance ecosystem. The project formally announced on Sept. 15 that it would integrate its services with the Polkadot network, specifically its price oracle […]
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PwC, Swiss blockchain investment firm CV VC and Cointelegraph have released a report discussing the current blockchain ecosystem. From enterprise blockchain adoption to the rise of decentralized finance, it seems like the blockchain landscape is constantly evolving in different ways. While impressive, it’s important to understand how blockchain is being applied within various industries. In […]
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It is no secret that Binance’s vision of DeFi involves many centralized aspects. Following the launch of Binance’s Smart Chain, an Ethereum-compatible blockchain with a keen focus on decentralized finance, the exchange is now doubling down on its strategy to attract DeFi projects. At the company’s World of DeFi summit on Thursday, Binance’s CEO Changpeng […]
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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 […]
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NFT marketplace Rarible has received an undisclosed investment from CoinFund amid a transition to community governance New York-based crypto investment firm CoinFund has made an undisclosed investment into the digital art-focused non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace, Rarible. According to a September 8 announcement from Rarible, funds from the pre-seed round will be used to develop a […]
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Bitcoin DeFi is coming, but it’s not really on Bitcoin. A decentralized exchange built on the Liquid network is opening for early access on Monday. Called TDEX, the project has announced its entry into an Open Alpha stage. It’s being built by Sevenlabs — a firm that provides consulting and white-labeling services in addition to […]
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Liquidity is one of the most important factors in a cryptocurrency exchange or brokerage’s long term success. A trading venue’s liquidity represents how easily a trader can use the platform to exchange one asset for another. If a trader sends a market order to buy or sell an asset and the venue can’t find enough […]
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