FTX said customers are demanding access to DeFi products.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slides to $11.8K; Uniswap at $7M in Monthly ETH Fees
Bitcoin heads to bearish territory while the Ethereum blockchain’s gas fees continue to be pricey.
Uniswap’s August Volume Topples July $1.76B Record in Less Than Two Weeks
Uniswap reported $TK billion in monthly volume as of Wednesday.
Decentralized Exchange Volumes Rose 174% in July, Topping $4.3B and Setting Second Straight Record
Uniswap reported 41% of July’s decentralized exchange volume.
Dharma Adds Uniswap Trading in Bid to Become ‘the Robinhood of DeFi’
Dharma, the Coinbase-backed decentralize finance startup, is adding token-exchange protocol Uniswap as its latest in-app offering.
CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum’s DeFi Luminaries Discuss What’s Next
For decentralized finance (DeFi) to make its mark, it must reach beyond the crypto bubble, said MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen. “Compared to where we’re going next, we’ve still just scratched the surface of what this technology will do,” Christensen, whose lending platform recently topped $1 billion in committed assets, said. He was joined by fellow […]
5 Years After Launch, Predictions Market Platform Augur Releases Version 2
Augur v2 has all the bells and whistles: Interplanetary File System (IPFS), 0x Mesh, MakerDAO’s dai and Uniswap’s v2 oracle network.
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $9,600 as Gold Hits High, Uniswap Liquidity Over $100m
Bitcoin is up for the week, gold gets a new high and DeFi keeps growing.
July’s Decentralized Exchange Volumes Have Already Topped June’s Record, Reaching $1.6B
DEX trading volume already beat June’s record, passing $1.6 billion as of Tuesday.
What Is Yield Farming? The Rocket Fuel of DeFi, Explained
If all these terms (“DeFi,” “liquidity mining,” “yield farming”) are so much Greek to you, fear not. We’re here to catch you up.
DeFi’s ‘Agricultural Revolution’ Has Ethereum Users Turning to Decentralized Exchanges
Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are seeing more action than ever thanks to a surge in decentralized finance (DeFi) activity.
Following COMP’s Surge, DeFi Platform Balancer Begins Distribution of BAL Tokens
Balancer Labs, the maker of an automated portfolio management tool, has confirmed with CoinDesk that it has begun distribution of its BAL token.
Uniswap V2 Launches With More Token-Swap Pairs, Oracle Service, Flash Loans
The headline feature of the new Uniswap will be the ability for anyone to create any pool pair they want, so long as it exists on Ethereum.
Coinbase Pumps $1.1M USDC Into DeFi Sites Uniswap and PoolTogether
Coinbase is putting its digital dollars where the traction is. Announced Wednesday, Coinbase has deposited $1.1 million in USDC stablecoins into the pools powering two of the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on Ethereum: Uniswap and PoolTogether. The investment comes via the USDC Bootstrap Fund, which the company launched in September 2019. “With USDC, […]
Thursday’s Market Madness Strained Ethereum’s Killer App: DeFi
So many people were trying to use the Ethereum blockchain during Thursday’s market meltdown that many applications simply stopped working as intended.
Is It Exploitation Season for DeFi?
Are two recent attacks taking advantage of “flashloans,” low liquidity and price oracle issues the first of more to come?
Traders Turn to DeFi to Capitalize on Tuesday’s Crypto Market Spike
Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications are popping off Tuesday, and the ETH price spike isn’t the whole story.
Meet the Decentralized Fashion House Bringing Overpriced T-Shirts to Ethereum
Saint Fame, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), is part fashion house, part ethereum subculture.
At Blockchain Week, Maturity Is the Motto as Ethereum Organizations Push Toward 2.0 Upgrade
Improved relations between the Ethereum Foundation and ConsenSys point to a governance shift that could have major implications for the network’s goals.
A David vs. Goliath Battle Is Brewing in Ethereum Decentralized Exchange Race
Data provided to CoinDesk shows that one of the biggest ICOs ever isn’t guaranteeing success for Bancor. For two days last week, the three-month-old Uniswap saw more volume.
