The XRP price correction is exacerbated by reports of a looming lawsuit against Ripple. XRP price declined by 21% in two days on Coinbase from $0.5695 to $0.4491. The drop was accelerated by reports on Dec. 22 that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s is preparing a lawsuit against Ripple. Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO […]
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Despite the company’s protestations, it appears the SEC is the latest in a long line of plaintiffs. Ripple will be sued by the SEC for allegedly selling unlicensed securities in the form of XRP tokens, according to Fortune. In a move reminiscent of Coinbase’s recent front-running of a New York Times expose of its alleged […]
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Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus fan tokens surged by 80% to 160% in the last 24 hours as their daily volume spiked to $300 million. On Dec. 14, Binance listed PSG and JUVE, two utility sports fan tokens associated with the Paris Saint-German (PSG) and Juventus (JUV) football clubs. After the listing occurred both tokens surged by 80% […]
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A new pool allows European and Asian users to avoid U.S. dollar exposure. Decentralized stablecoin exchange Curve Finance has added the euro as a secondary currency option following demand from users. As announced in a tweet on Sunday, Curve now has a liquidity pool for switching between the Stasis Euro (EURS) stablecoin and a synthetic euro, sEUR, […]
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A recent paper from a team of DeFi researchers proposes a new conceptual framework for liquidity mining. A new paper released on Thursday from a team of crypto researchers hopes to add to a body of work that will eventually identify “the Black-Scholes of decentralized finance (DeFi)” — an equation that will allow investors and […]
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Bitcoin is currently the center of attention but savvy investors have also noticed that Nexo token has rallied 480% in the last 3 months. Over the past three months NEXO token, the native asset of Nexo’s blockchain-based lending platform, has increased by more than 480%. Since Bitcoin (BTC) traded for $10,000, NEXO price has closely […]
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Decentralizing finance, governance and technology should be the ultimate goal for the DeFi sector. The role of governance in the booming decentralized finance industry is a nascent one, and there are ongoing conversations from key figures in the industry around its purpose and what governance may look like in the future. Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX […]
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Grant programs have their flaws — they often lack transparency and shut out good ideas. Here’s why contests are a compelling alternative. What can contests be used for? Grants are normally reserved for developing infrastructure, apps and other tools, but Free TON says this means other important areas are overlooked. The network’s mantra is to […]
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Decentralization can trigger a transition to a post-scarcity, post-capitalist crypto economy of abundance, while solving species-threatening negative externalities. Decentralization is not a luxury; it is a necessity. In a prescient article in The Atlantic back in 2012, science fiction writer Bruce Sterling referred to the likes of Amazon, Facebook and Google as “The Stacks,” predicting […]
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In a promising sign for the DeFi space, another project devotes itself to complete user compensation following an exploit In a blog post on Saturday night, Warp Finance — the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol to suffer a smart contract exploit — announced promising strides towards recompensating users following a nearly $8 million flash loan […]
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