DeFi could be coming to Cardano

IOHK’s Project Catalyst names Liqwid as a potential candidate to receive up to $250,000 in ADA funding. IOHK, the development company behind Cardano, has named a DeFi lending protocol as one of its so-called Project Catalyst ideas — sending a strong message that decentralized finance applications could be coming to the project’s blockchain.  In a […]

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SBI’s digital asset branch and SIX exchange plan joint crypto venture

The new platform aims to establish an institutional corridor between Europe and Asia. Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings have announced a joint cryptocurrency-related venture. According to a Dec. 8 announcement, the firms’ digital asset-related subsidiaries, SIX Digital Exchange and SBI Digital Asset Holdings, are launching a new […]

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Bitcoin price risks losing ‘critical technical level’ as stocks under pressure

Bitcoin faces pullback risk as U.S. stocks begin to drop following a six-week rally. U.S. stocks have started to correct as worries surrounding the pandemic are mounting. Meanwhile, Bitcoin (BTC) price has pulled back below $18,800 on Dec. 8 after struggling to break resistance at $19,500. The daily price chart of Bitcoin (Coinbase). Source: TradingView COVID-19 […]

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The butterfly effect: Why DeFi will force BTC to break its 21M supply ceiling

As DeFi continues to grow and flourish, BTC will eventually be forced to break its 21-million supply limit to remain sustainable and relevant. 2020 was unequivocally the year of decentralized finance. Driven by surging interest and striking breakthroughs, DeFi protocols accelerated financial innovation while reshaping the blockchain landscape. Buoyed by innovations in cross-chain asset gateways […]

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Synthetic assets get real: competition for scalability, new markets heats up

Two new synthetic asset and derivatives platforms look to take a slice of Synthetix’s pie Synthetic assets, one of the most promising use cases for decentralized finance (DeFi), is becoming an increasingly competitive landscape as two new projects aim to bring scalability and new markets to traders. On Friday, decentralized derivatives exchange Injective Protocol began […]

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