# DeFi won’t last long without unlocking Bitcoin’s 0B treasure chest

# DeFi won’t last long without unlocking Bitcoin’s $250B treasure chest

“# DeFi won’t last long without unlocking Bitcoin’s $250B treasure chest ” Decentralized finance is a fairly new, nuanced concept for mainstream audiences. At its core, DeFi promises a revamped global financial system equipped with savings, loans and inventive yield-earning opportunities that enable innovative financial products without centralized gatekeepers. Since Jan. 1, this promise has…

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# Circle’s high-yield USDC business accounts take aim at DeFi

# Circle’s high-yield USDC business accounts take aim at DeFi

“# Circle’s high-yield USDC business accounts take aim at DeFi ” Originally launched as an attractive alternative to traditional fiat business accounts for Internet-based ventures, the latest features for the Circle Business Account appear to take aim at a different kind of competitor: the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.  Circle, the Goldman Sachs-backed payments company and…

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# Blockchain adoption 2021: Going mainstream through enterprise use

# Blockchain adoption 2021: Going mainstream through enterprise use

“# Blockchain adoption 2021: Going mainstream through enterprise use ” American market research company Forrester recently released its blockchain predictions for 2021. The report reveals interesting findings, noting that 2020 has been an important year for growth in the enterprise blockchain and distributed ledger technology space.  Martha Bennet, principal analyst at Forrester and a co-author…

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# Ethereum fees declining as DeFi markets cool

# Ethereum fees declining as DeFi markets cool

“# Ethereum fees declining as DeFi markets cool ” The DeFi bubble seems to be slowing down in the last months of 202, with fees and confirmation times retreating back to less formidable levels. “ETH fees are way down suggesting the DeFi madness has abated for now,” Josh Olszewicz, also known as CarpeNoctom on Twitter, told…

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# Zero-sum game: DeFi declines while Bitcoin booms

# Zero-sum game: DeFi declines while Bitcoin booms

“# Zero-sum game: DeFi declines while Bitcoin booms ” The co-founder of crypto data aggregator Markets Science, Twitter-user ‘Bitdealer,’ has shared a chart  indicating negative correlations between 11 top DeFi tokens and BTC over the past 45 days to Nov.1, with AAVE showing neutral correlation and UNI showing confluence if less than 0.1. Seven of…

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# 0x charts path towards cross-chain asset exchange and liquidity aggregation

# 0x charts path towards cross-chain asset exchange and liquidity aggregation

“# 0x charts path towards cross-chain asset exchange and liquidity aggregation ” In a blog post on Friday, 0x Labs product manager Theo Gonella laid out the protocol’s ambitious plans to direct development towards a promising, if technically tricky horizon for permissionless exchange: seamlessly connecting the growing constellation of viable layer-1 blockchain platforms. The Ethereum-based…

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