The Maker Foundation has rejected accusations that it has participated in its own recent debt auctions. MakerDAO (MKR) has denied accusations that the Maker Foundation placed the winning bids in all of its recent debt auctions. In a statement shared with Cointelegraph, the Maker Foundation states that it “is not purchasing MKR in the auctions.” […]
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Changpeng Zhao rejects claims that Bitcoin crashed because of the coronavirus, and debate rages on how closely BTC is correlated to the U.S. stock market. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s 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 […]
Continue ReadingBidders in the first MakerDAO debt auction have already committed $2 million of Dai in return for freshly minted MKR tokens. Bidders have already committed to buying Maker (MKR) tokens for a total of $2 million in Dai (DAI) as the first phase of the MakerDAO debt auction reaches its final stages. The majority of […]
Continue ReadingThe first MakerDAO debt auction is underway, and is expected to last anywhere between six and 72 hours. MakerDAO hopes to fill the multi-million dollar gap in the collateral backing its DAI stablecoin following last week’s Ethereum market volatility, as Cointelegraph reported. Today the organization successfully launched its first debt auction to that end. The […]
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Unconventional analysis of two major decentralized finance projects, based on Ethereum and EOS, which recently went through the same storm. On March 11 at 4:56 p.m. UTC, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director of the World Health Organization, stated that COVID-19 can be characterized as a pandemic. Industry experts consider the global uncertainty around this respiratory […]
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The upcoming MakerDAO auction is set to cover the protocol’s losses during the March 12 Ethereum price crash, with its success being critical for the stability of DeFi. The MakerDAO (MKR) community has locked in an auction to cover a multi-million dollar hole in DAI collateral after the sudden Ethereum (ETH) price crash on March […]
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Celsius Network is the first crypto lending platform to become profitable according to its CEO Alex Mashinsky. The Celsius Network is the first major cryptocurrency lending platform that is profitable, according to its CEO and founder Alex Mashinsky. Cointelegraph interviewed Mashinsky to learn more about this achievement, how the latest market downturn has affected its […]
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The MakerDAO governance has added the stablecoin USDC as its third collateral type in an attempt to improve liquidity and Dai price stability. The MakerDAO governance has approved the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin as the third collateral type accepted in the Maker Protocol, according to a community post on March 17. The decision was put […]
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Digital asset security platform Fireblocks has partnered with Compound to provide a bridge for institutional players to enter decentralized finance. Institutional digital asset security platform Fireblocks has announced an integration with decentralized finance (DeFi) lending platform Compound — currently the second-largest application built on Ethereum. Entities storing assets with Fireblocks can now generate passive income […]
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MakerDAO is considering USDC as collateral support to improve liquidity and the tech team has already started preparing the technical transition regardless an executive vote. MakerDAO, leading player in the decentralized finance sector, is facing liquidity risk in an uncertain market. The MakerDAO community is considering adding support for USDC, the cryptocurrency associated with Circle, […]
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