# Inverse Finance acquires Tonic Finance in possible first-ever DeFi protocol merger

# Inverse Finance acquires Tonic Finance in possible first-ever DeFi protocol merger

“# Inverse Finance acquires Tonic Finance in possible first-ever DeFi protocol merger ” In a possible decentralized finance (DeFi) first, Inverse Finance’s governance has approved today a proposal to buyout Tonic Finance in a $1.6 million-dollar deal that will bring Tonic under Inverse’s umbrella.  First floated after “weeks of negotiation” in early April, members of…

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# Lending giant Aave set to launch liquidity mining program

# Lending giant Aave set to launch liquidity mining program

“# Lending giant Aave set to launch liquidity mining program ” With a liquidity mining program set to launch on Monday, Aave could be on the cusp of becoming the dominant decentralized finance (DeFi) ledning protocol.  Earlier today, Aave Improvement Proposal (AIP) 16 reached quorum, meaning that starting on Monday, 4/26 liquidity providers and borrowers…

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# Yearn Finance reveals ‘Coordinape’ decentralized grant distribution platform

# Yearn Finance reveals ‘Coordinape’ decentralized grant distribution platform

“# Yearn Finance reveals ‘Coordinape’ decentralized grant distribution platform ” Yield vault protocol Yearn Finance has revealed today the details of “Coordinape,” a new platform for distributing the $40,000-per-month Yearn DAO community grants budget — just one initiative in a wider effort to further decentralize Yearn’s governance.  Yearn founder Andre Cronje — who said in…

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# Gnosis and Snapshot create tool to bind DeFi governance votes on-chain

# Gnosis and Snapshot create tool to bind DeFi governance votes on-chain

“# Gnosis and Snapshot create tool to bind DeFi governance votes on-chain ” Gnosis and Snapshot have collaborated to develop SafeSnap, a product that allows automatically executing successful governance votes on Snapshot. The module, which combines features of Gnosis Safe Multisig and the Snapshot off-chain governance platform, was released on Tuesday. Snapshot is a “governance-as-a-service”…

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# ‘Better as friends’: DeFi protocols Yearn and Cover announce cessation of merger

# ‘Better as friends’: DeFi protocols Yearn and Cover announce cessation of merger

“# ‘Better as friends’: DeFi protocols Yearn and Cover announce cessation of merger ” Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols Yearn Finance and Cover have announced today the end of a protocol merger process initiated in November last year.  The two protocols were initially linked during a spree of a half-dozen Yearn acquisitions, mergers, or collaborations, the…

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