When it comes to the proliferation of DeFi, we’ve been quite impressed by the amount of talent and focus many of the sectors leading products

Yearn.finance has rapidly become the darling of the burgeoning DeFi space. The Ethereum-based protocol’s native token, YFI, rallied from its starting price of $3 to

As one of the leading DEXs, Kyber Network has been gradually raising the bar for DeFi exchange potential. In the lastest ecosystem report, Kyber shared

Decentralized exchanges, or DEXs as popularly called, are one of the hottest topics in the crypto space in 2020, growing from niche obscurities as early

Just today, MakerDAO teamed up with prominent exchange, OKEx, to offer the Dai Savings Rate (DSR) to its customers via its platform. From December 23,

One of the biggest crypto funds just bought another $2m of Yearn.finance (YFI) Source link

Tornado.cash has just released version 2 of their privacy mixer on Ethereum, which will expand its compatibility to ERC20 tokens, beginning with Dai. Additional improvements

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are unique digital assets that cannot be replicated, have been all the rage over recent months. As CryptoSlate has extensively reported,

The Maker Foundation completed another capital raise today from two prominent venture capital funds through the sale of MKR tokens. With this deal, venture capital

With billions of dollars on the line, it is no surprise that the decentralized finance (DeFi) space has been rife with hacks and exploits on

When it comes to comparing DeFi lending platforms, the first thing people tend to focus on is APR – their prospective rate of return for

This Ethereum-based DeFi token is up 3,000% in the past week alone It appears that “aping” into new decentralized finance (DeFi) coins is back in

Bitwise – the cyrptocurrency asset manager- has enabled the trading  of their crypto index fund for traditional brokerage accounts. Previously, the Bitwise 10 Crypto Index

It should come as no surprise that Ethereum is currently undergoing rigorous preparation for a transition to Proof of Stake via eth2 (or Serenity) in

A variety of barriers exist against the mainstream adoption of DeFi products and services. All of the obvious things such as accessibility, simplicity, and user-experience

The last time the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies surpassed $500 billion, in December 2017,  the industry had no idea a world-shattering crash was waiting

As we step into a new year, the hot topic surrounding DeFi is that of undercollateralized loans. Whereas 2019 paved a solid foundation for the

The popular in-browser extension to access the Ethereum network announced an offering aimed at institutional adoption yesterday. MetaMask introduces institutional DeFi tools Ethereum browser wallet

Update 1/21/20: Set Protocol Social Trader has launched Set Protocol has quickly emerged as one of the leading solutions for traders to take advantage of

Unlike Ethereum, which treats the ERC-20 and ERC-721 standards fundamentally different from ether (ETH), Cardano has taken a much more token-friendly approach to this functionality,

One confusing and little-known crypto sub-category has been exploding in size recently: rebase tokens. Rebasing is a crypto concept popularized by Ampleforth (AMPL), an algorithmic

For those actively involved with DeFi and the Ethereum ecosystem at large, it’s well known that Dai – a decentralized stablecoin issued through the MakerDAO

Just ahead of the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, Andre Cronje of Yearn Finance prepares for the next phase of DeFi growth with a flurry of

This past Monday, freelance developer Micah Zoltu released a blog post highlighting a major vulnerability in Maker DAO’s new Multi-Collateral Dai system. For those unfamiliar

Everything Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak touches turns to gold, apparently. The tech pioneer’s latest project, an Ethereum-based crypto-asset called Efforce (WOZX), is up 102 percent

Thesis, the team behind the cross-chain tBTC token, have vocalized their intentions to bring ZEC to Ethereum in a recent GitHub proposal. The proposal includes

In my time analyzing Ethereum addresses over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed an interesting trend: prominent funds such as Polychain Capital and prominent figures

Earlier this week, Synthetix implemented a new protocol upgrade, Capella, featuring two new Synthetix Improvement Proposals (SIPs) surrounding the protocol’s issuance policy.  The two SIPs

The average DeFi coin is up 50% sice end of October, outperforming Bitcoin’s 38% rally | CryptoSlate Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum,

As the value locked within DeFi continue to rise, the need to insure that capital becomes more and more vital to the long term success

New research suggests financial risks may not be the only concern for users of DeFi products and dApps, with several “critical but non-financial” issues plaguing

For those who were keeping tabs on Kyber’s DeFi Hackathon winners, you may recall our article mentioning DeFiZap – a tool to quickly interact with

Thus far, decentralized finance (DeFi) has been a trend largely focused on Ethereum. While there are products such as Wrapped Bitcoin,  there is a lack

Uniswap, one of the leading decentralized exchanges (DEXs), has distributed over $1M in fees to liquidity providers. Congratulation to @UniswapExchange poolers who collect equivalent of

The Ethereum decentralized finance (DeFi) space was just hit with a “rug pull,” with unknown developer(s) dragging in $12 million in what seems to be

As the DeFi ecosystem continues to grow, it comes as no surprise that the narrative of composability – or applications being able to connect and

While many expected Bitcoin to steal the show as it has set a new all-time high, this has not been the case: unlike in October,

For those of you who have been keeping up with the DAO space, you may have heard of MetaCartel – a DAO aimed at funding

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) can present a new paradigm for various old-world ideologies (except for ones that involve iced teas).  Popular examples include the managing

As blockchain products continue to push the boundaries on value transfers through the use of different crypto-economic models, we have the opportunity to explore the

YIELD.app, a project that describes itself as a “simpler” decentralized finance (DeFi) banking platform, has raised close to $5 million in a hybrid funding round

Yearn.finance (YFI) is in the midst of massive expansion plans, acquiring Ethereum-based protocol upon Ethereum-based protocol to achieve its ambitions in the DeFi space. It

Curv is teaming up with MetaMask to allow institutions to be able to invest in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols with institutional-grade custody options. Curv is

Why this Ethereum DeFi coin has surged 400% in two days All eyes may be on Bitcoin right now but in the decentralized finance (DeFi)

For those who have been keeping up with what many regard as the largest project in the DeFi ecosystem, today marks a historic day for

Multicoin Capital Leads $1.15M Seed Round for DeFi Protocol Swivel Finance Source link

Bitcoin and Ethereum may be crashing but this hasn’t stopped DeFi projects from gaining traction. While decentralized spot exchanges such as Uniswap and SushiSwap have

The past year has been marked pivotal growth for the DeFi ecosystem as a whole. In particular, some major feats the industry has seen include: