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It’s undeniable: 2020 is the year of DeFi. Everyone in crypto knows it. If you’ve got a friend interested in crypto, you’ve probably heard them raving and ranting about DeFi this year. Even if you’re not engaged in the crypto realm, you’ve probably seen the word DeFi littered around the news or gleaned whispers of […]

Stably announced its collaboration with the Tezos ecosystem in a release this week. The move will bring the USD-backed stablecoin, USDS, to the latter. From Ethereum to Tezos Stablecoin development project Stably said in a release that its USD-pegged stablecoin, USDS, will be issued and deployed on the Tezos blockchain. The latter is a decentralized, […]

Two of the biggest cryptocurrencies surged skyward over the weekend amidst greater retail interest and improving fundamentals. ADA and DOT surge Cardano and Polkadot logged big gains for speculators and investors over the weekend amidst greater retail interest and improving fundamentals. The former, a decentralized public blockchain that aims to support the deployment of smart […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Lucas Huang, the Head of Growth at Tokenlon, a popular decentralized exchange (DEX). Before joining Tokenlon, Huang spent years working at Kyber Network and Deloitte Consulting. Huang studied computer science at the University of Chicago and accounting information systems at Michigan State University. In the interview, we […]

Analysts have begun to fear a crypto market correction despite the Christmas rally. Bitcoin traded as high as $28,500 this past weekend while Ethereum peaked near $740, an all-time high for BTC and year-to-date high for ETH, respectively. While the medium-term to long-term trend of the crypto market remains bullish, some have begun to fear […]

If you were around during this past summer’s decentralized finance (DeFi) boom, you likely remember the countless “food forks.” After Yam Finance (YAM) launched in August, every project tried to copy it by making cryptocurrencies that were based on foods. The most famous of these Yam-inspired projects is SushiSwap, which has become its own ecosystem […]

On Monday, Dec. 28, Coinbase’s Chief Legal Officer, Paul Grewel, announced via a Medium post that Coinbase will suspend XRP trading on January 19, 2021, pending the SEC lawsuit against Ripple Labs. In the post, Grewel noted: “The trading suspension will not affect customers’ access to XRP wallets which will remain available for deposit and withdraw […]

Bitcoin prices zoomed to $28,000 last week, but one key element of the market remains missing. Where’s the retail at? Data suggests a critical driver of the cryptocurrency market from 2017 is yet to step into the vicious realms of the infamous, volatile, and oft-excruciating space. Analytics service skew tweeted Sunday that “retail interest hasn’t […]

The Bitcoin price has seen a relatively large pullback since December 27, after it hit a peak at $28,422. Following a 6.5% drop, technical analysts and traders are becoming slightly cautious in the short-term. Bitcoin demand came from derivatives, not institutions The Bitcoin rally to over $28,000 occurred during the weekend when institutions are not […]

Vietnamese blockchain startup KardiaChain launches its mainnet tomorrow as it promises of delivering the first fully interoperable and non-invasive blockchain platform. KardiaChain, which recently secured five big-name blockchain validators, including LG CNS, a subsidiary of electronics giant LG, is upgrading its testnet to mainnet 1.0, boasting a unique ‘non-invasive interoperability feature’. This allows different blockchain […]