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“# Here’s why IOST, Horizen (ZEN) and Avalanche (AVAX) surged as Bitcoin crashed ” Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent plunge could have been caused due to profit-booking by institutional investors, according to a report by crypto fund manager CoinShares. The report noted a sharp drop in institutional inflows during the first week of the new year and…
“# Synthetix (SNX), Compound (COMP) and Maker (MKR) soar as Bitcoin stabilizes ” On Jan. 11, Bitcoin saw a steep correction as it dropped to around $30,500. It began to recover swiftly after the initial correction, rallying above $36,000 in the next 24 hours that followed. DeFi tokens, including Synthetix (SNX), Maker (MKR), and Compound…
“# OCC’s Brian Brooks thinks that DeFi can root out bias and fraud in traditional banking ” In an opinion piece published in the Financial Times on Tuesday, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks put forward the need to reconfigure banking regulations for an age of algorithms. Brooks, who currently leads the Treasury’s Office…
“# Bancor v2.1 report: Swap fees exceed impermanent loss insurance costs ” Bancor has released a status report for its v2.1 decentralized exchange upgrade covering the performance of its decentralized exchange over the last three months. According to the document, the total liquidity increased by almost 100% resulting in the platform earning about $1.12 million…
“# DeFi coverage protocol expands protection against centralized exchange hacks ” DeFi coverage protocol Nexus Mutual expanded the list of centralized exchanges eligible for incident protection. Users trading on Binance, Kraken, Coinbase and Gemini are now able to buy protection in the event of an exchange hack or prolonged withdrawal downtime. The project announced the…
“# Speed vs quality? Ethereum 2.0 optimism is high, but the road is long ” Ethereum has consistently followed a roadmap for its continual evolution to a proof-of-stake consensus protocol, and 2020 saw the groundwork for Ethereum 2.0 soundly laid. The smart contract blockchain has firmly established itself as a platform backed by the second-most…
“# Binance and Orbs sponsor new accelerator for DeFi startups ” Orbs, an Israeli blockchain company building a public blockchain infrastructure project, and Binance, announced Monday the launch of a new accelerator for the DeFi ecosystem. Named DeFi.org, the accelerator focuses on supporting research and development of open-source software and community development in the DeFi…
“# Aragon merges with Vocdoni to improve governance for DAOs ” Aragon, a platform specializing in managing decentralized autonomous organizations, announced a merger with the Vocdoni protocol, a blockchain voting and governance solution provider. Unlike the Yearn.finance mergers, this acquisition has a much more traditional nature. Aragon has acquired Dvote Labs OU, the company behind…
“# Ethereum layer-two network to offer batched Tether payments ” Popular stablecoin Tether (USDT) is the first token to go live on the Hermez layer-two network, the company announced on Monday. As part of the collaboration, batched USDT transactions will be possible once the Hermez network officially launches in early 2021. David Schwartz, project lead at…
“# Solana (SOL) trading volume soars as DeFi investors seek ETH alternatives ” 2021 got off to a quick start and the current crypto bull market has seen assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) shoot to new all-time highs on an almost daily basis. While new price highs are positive for investors, they do…