# Money Legos keep stacking! Finance Redefined 4/21-4/28

# Money Legos keep stacking! Finance Redefined 4/21-4/28

“# Money Legos keep stacking! Finance Redefined 4/21-4/28 ” Happy Wednesday fellow DeFi degens!  I was expecting to spend a large portion of this edition of Finance Redefined analyzing Aave’s liquidity mining program. There was some anxiety from investors that the emission of 2,200 $AAVE per day (which would translate to roughly 5% of the…

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# QuickSwap (QUICK) gains 420% as Polygon’s (MATIC) L2 network attracts new liquidity

# QuickSwap (QUICK) gains 420% as Polygon’s (MATIC) L2 network attracts new liquidity

“# QuickSwap (QUICK) gains 420% as Polygon’s (MATIC) L2 network attracts new liquidity ” As the Ethereum network progresses along the slow, steady path toward Ethereum 2.0 and the full transition to proof-of-stake, layer-two solutions have arisen as the best solution to the current challenges associated with high gas fees and network congestion. One layer-two…

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# Balancer v2 and Gnosis’ ‘CowSwap’ take aim at MEV with planned integration

# Balancer v2 and Gnosis’ ‘CowSwap’ take aim at MEV with planned integration

“# Balancer v2 and Gnosis’ ‘CowSwap’ take aim at MEV with planned integration ” Decentralized exchange Balancer and DeFi platform Gnosis have announced today a planned integration dubbed the Balancer-Gnosis-Protocol (BGP), a collaboration that will combine Balancer’s v2 pool mechanisms with Gnosis’s DEX aggregation and batch auctions designed to mitigate miner extractable value (MEV).  Balancer’s…

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# Decentralized insurance could save DeFi from contagion, according to ShapeShift report

# Decentralized insurance could save DeFi from contagion, according to ShapeShift report

“# Decentralized insurance could save DeFi from contagion, according to ShapeShift report ” Decentralized finance has many of the hallmarks of previous cryptocurrency bull markets: incredible gains, extreme volatility and massive risks. In a new report, leading noncustodial cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift explains the four biggest risks facing DeFi investors and why the emerging field of…

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