DeFi News
How DeFi is devouring traditional finance, bit by bit
2021 will go down as the year the DeFi giant woke up, writes Derek Alia of Futureswap. What lies in store for decentralized finance in the year to come?
Derek Alia
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DeFi – Decentralized Finance
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Regulation
Looking ahead: 3 crypto predictions for 2022
As 2021 draws to a close, what are this year’s milestones and trends to watch in the year ahead? <i>Forkast.News</i> consults experts to find out.
Michelle Lim
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DeFi Innovations
Are liquidity miners mercenary capitalists or infrastructure providers?
Liquidity mining plays a unique role in the DeFi ecosystem. How does it work?
Lily Z. King
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Crypto Trading and Strategies
Here comes the crypto derivatives boom
Investment banks' hunger for a new revenue stream is likely to drive up the popularity and registration of crypto derivatives products.
Forkast.News
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DeFi News
How crypto ETFs can open doors for traditional finance to enter DeFi
Crypto ETFs make it easy to invest in digital assets without the complexities, writes Kevin Tai of Linear Finance. Imagine what a crypto index can do.
Kevin Tai
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Risks in DeFi
BIS: DeFi has few real-economy uses, says ‘decentralization is an illusion’
With suitable regulation in place, DeFi could yet play an important role in the financial system, BIS suggests.
Timmy Shen
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Risks in DeFi
DeFi protocol BadgerDAO suffers $120M exploit
BadgerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on bringing Bitcoin to decentralized finance (DeFi), is the latest to suffer an exploit that was estimated to result in losses of US$120 million. Fast facts Crypto security firm PeckShield said in a Thursday tweet the total loss has amounted to at least 2,100 BTC and 151 ETH. […]
Timmy Shen
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NFTs and Art
What lies ahead for the creator economy in 2022?
A new normal forced by the pandemic is bringing out a wave of creators and influencers for a decentralized economy, writes Alex Shkor of DEIP. Here's what to expect in the year to come.
Alex Shkor
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DeFi Innovations
Why Arbitrum and rollups are dominating Ethereum scaling
Arbitrum is leading the way in Ethereum scaling, according to a new report by Nansen, a blockchain analytics platform. What are the challenges that lie ahead?
Michelle Lim
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DeFi Innovations
Solana’s Ethereum virtual machine Neon integrates Aleph.im for interoperability data
Neon, an Ethereum virtual machine on the Solana blockchain, today announced that it is integrating Aleph.im, a cross-blockchain computing network and decentralized indexing provider, for on-chain data on Solana — a first step towards bringing cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) between Ethereum and Solana. Fast facts Ethereum is currently the dominant blockchain for general-use smart contracts, […]
Michelle Lim
