Developed economies dominate the traffic rankings for the top DeFi protocols by TVL, with the U.S. and U.K. topping the charts.
BTC rewards app Lolli raises $5M from Reddit founder, Serena Williams, and more
The freshly raised capital will go toward expanding Lolli’s BTC online shopping rewards internationally.
‘No loss’ lottery protocol PoolTogether among most utilized protocols in DeFi: Messari
Since launching its V3 iteration in October, PoolTogether has paid out more than $750,000 in risk-free lottery returns.
Jeff Garzik’s DeFi protocol Vesper Finance tops $1B TVL in six weeks
Within six weeks of launching, Vesper Finance, a DeFi yield platform co-founded by former Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik, has amassed a $1 billion TVL.
U.S. miner Blockcap plans to have 40,000 ASICs operational by Q4
Despite launching in December, Blockcap plans to possess an operational hashrate of 3.5 EH/s by 2022.
100,000 investors deluge Casper Labs’ token sale, with most expected to miss out
More than 100,000 investors are trying to participate in CasperLabs’ offering on CoinList, but only about 12,000 are likely to secure tokens.
Bitcoin mining stocks have outperformed BTC by 455% over the past 12 months
While Bitcoin is up 900% in the last 12 months, shares in the four largest publicly-traded mining firms are up 5,000% over the same period.
Morgan Stanley rumored to be eyeing stake in top Korean exchange Bithumb
Korean media has reported that Morgan Stanley is in talks with Bident — who owns a 10% of Bithumb Korea.
After painful birth, NEM’s tokenization blockchain ‘Symbol’ is live
NEM has launched its tokenization chain, Symbol, despite pre-mainnet configuration issues pushing the launch back by two days.
Bank of America claims it costs just $93 million to move Bitcoin’s price by 1%
Bank of America strategists have estimated that it takes in-flows of just $93 million to move Bitcoin’s price by one percent.
SEC issues first ever charges over phoney ‘insider information’ on darknet
The SEC has taken action against a Californian man for fraudulently offering insider stock trading tips on a darknet marketplace.
‘Deflationary’ Eth2 could flip Bitcoin: Messari analyst
Senior research analyst at Messari, Ryan Watkins, predicts that Ether could overtake Bitcoin as the top crypto asset once its Eth2 overhaul is complete.
Irish crypto firms will impose Anti Money Laundering ID checks from April
Irish companies operating with crypto, and the firms servicing them, will have to adhere to AML and CFT for the first time starting next month.
Bitcoin’s price doubled in 75 days — How long until the next 100% leg up?
Historical analysis suggests that the amount of time it takes for the Bitcoin price to double may accelerate during this bull run.
Alameda Research invests $2M into crypto market maker Efficient Frontier
Alameda Research has invested $2 million in a Tel-Aviv-based market maker claiming to process nearly $10 billion in volume monthly across 50 crypto exchanges.
New EIP hopes to quell tensions between Ethereum’s miners and developers
A new Ethereum Improvement Proposal could offer a path to compromise between Ethereum’s miners and developers, but few in the community appear to support the EIP.