Analysis
DeFi
This Ethereum coin hit $40m and retraced 75% in the 24 hours after its launch
It seems that the fears of a DeFi bear market were overblown. As made abundantly clear by the launch of a recent Ethereum-based yield…
DeFi
LEND, the DeFi darling up 5,000% in 2020, is about to undergo a critical upgrade
Aave has quickly become a flagship product in Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem. The decentralized money-market, where users can trustlessly borrow and lend crypto-assets like stablecoins,…
DeFi
Chinese state TV just shilled DeFi and Ethereum to hundreds of millions of users
Over the past few years, Chinese authorities have undergone a strong crackdown on most things crypto in the country. Late last year, the Shanghai…
DeFi
Responding to 1,000%+ spike in Ethereum fees, Synthetix is testing layer-2 tech
It's been quite the year for DeFi. But due to natural constraints on the Ethereum blockchain, this period of growth has meant that transaction…
DeFi
DeFi is spreading beyond Ethereum: Single Neo app gains $300m after launch
Thus far, decentralized finance (DeFi) has been a trend relegated to Ethereum—and Ethereum only. Per DeFi Pulse, the top twenty DeFi applications by total…
DeFi
Hype is growing about the “v3” upgrade for Ethereum DeFi’s leading app, Uniswap
Hands down, Uniswap is one of the most important decentralized apps on Ethereum. The decentralized exchange, which operates on an automated market maker system,…
Merge
Not all Ethereum users are excited to stake on ETH2’s Beacon Chain
The launch of Ethereum 2.0's first phase (a.k.a. “phase 0” or “Beacon Chain”) is rapidly approaching. As reported by CryptoSlate, Raul Jordan of Prysmatic…
DeFi
Yearn.finance (YFI) yields are plunging: is this a risk for the Ethereum DeFi darling?
It's fair to say that it's been a slow past few weeks for the decentralized finance space. Due to a confluence of trends including…
Analysis
Synthetix’s founder: crypto and DeFi still in the earliest inning of its next growth cycle
As Bitcoin and especially Ethereum's DeFi ecosystem has drawn down from its recent highs, analysts have been left wondering what phase of the market…
DeFi
How 50 individuals got over $500,000 in Ethereum tokens for free: MEME
If you've browsed Crypto Twitter over recent weeks, you likely know of a project called MEME. The platform, which allows users to generate and…
DeFi
Yearn.finance’s founder and others aren’t bullish on Uniswap’s current governance model
Last week, the decentralized exchange Uniswap shocked the crypto world when it released its own token, UNI. The launch was predicated on fully decentralizing…
DeFi
Top VC says amid 40% drop: the fundamentals for Ethereum have never been better
It's been a bloodbath in the DeFi market over recent days. The best case in point of this trend is Yearn.finance (YFI) — largely…