The team behind tBTC, a decentralized Bitcoin-to-Ethereum bridge, pulled the plug on the system after a yet-undisclosed bug was discovered by software developers. The team behind the tBTC project, an effort to bring Bitcoin (BTC) over to Ethereum (ETH) through decentralized custodians, shut down the bridge just two days after launching it. The decision was […]
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Top venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz looked at four key metrics for three cycles of cryptocurrency showing consistent growth. Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz thinks the past growth of social media, developers, prices, and startups among cryptocurrencies could mean a crypto cycle favorable to investors in the future. The United States-based company released a report […]
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ErisX rolls out CFTC-regulated, physically-settled ETH futures contracts to U.S. traders, but positive spot price action is not a certainty. Crypto exchange platform ErisX is bringing Ether (ETH) futures trading to the United States, becoming the second cryptocurrency derivatives product on offer in the country. The announcement came only a few days after the Chicago-based, […]
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Maker continues to garner criticism due to its onboarding of centralized collateral. The original MakerDAO (MKR) protocol shut down on May 12 at 4 PM UTC after an expedited shutdown procedure was initiated as a result of the Black Thursday events. With Single Collateral DAI, or Sai, only Ethereum (ETH) was usable as collateral for […]
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Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group have partnered to release the Economic Suite, which lets blockchain projects measure how speculative and decentralized they are. The Economic Suite, developed by Flipside Crypto and Prysm Group, is a new blockchain economic tool that will let projects view advanced economic data about their ecosystem. The partnership, whose results were […]
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A single transaction today has created more Wrapped Bitcoin on the Ethereum network, than the total amount of BTC locked in the Lightning Network. One thousand Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) were minted today on the Ethereum network (ETH) — a single transaction that represents more U.S dollar value than the entire Lightning Network. It brings the […]
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Paradigm has incubated its first crypto project — an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol promising fixed-rate lending and interest markets. A researcher from the crypto asset investment firm, Paradigm, has co-authored a whitepaper for a new decentralized finance, or DeFi, lending protocol boasting fixed-interest rates. The whitepaper for Yield protocol was written by Paradigm’s Dan Robinson and […]
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After a meteoric rise, DeFi has suffered several high-profile setbacks. The question is not about whether it will recover, but what needs to be done to ensure recovery. The “hack” of the DAO runs deep into the collective memory of the cryptocurrency community. After an extremely successful crowdfund in May 2016, the DAO lasted a […]
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Crypto analysts AlfaBlock claim that the MakerDAO protocol will need to host several trillion Dai by 2040 to maintain its current market capitalization. Crypto analysts AlfaBlok has published a report that claims the number of circulating Dai will need to increase by more than 70% each year in order for MakerDAO (MKR) to maintain its […]
Continue ReadingThe DeFi lending market MakerDAO has updated its governance protocols to prevent another occurrence of forced liquidations that lead to huge losses. The decentralized finance lending market Maker, like many crypto participants, suffered losses during the price collapse of “Black Thursday” on March 12. The price of Ether (ETH) declined by about 50% within 24 […]
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