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Prediction markets
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.
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By William Foxley
Jul 28, 2020 at 10:06 p.m. UTC
Jul 28, 2020
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Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index
Markets
Gold
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.
Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index
By Daniel Cawrey
Jul 24, 2020 at 8:24 p.m. UTC
Jul 24, 2020
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Aggregate volumes for decentralized trading platforms through July 21, 2020
Markets
Bancor
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.
Aggregate volumes for decentralized trading platforms through July 21, 2020
By Zack Voell
Jul 21, 2020 at 5:38 p.m. UTC
Jul 21, 2020
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0x
DeFi's 'Agricultural Revolution' Has Ethereum Users Turning to Decentralized Exchanges
Decentralized exchanges are seeing more action than ever thanks to a surge in decentralized finance activity.
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By Brady Dale
Jun 30, 2020 at 6:21 p.m. UTC
Jun 30, 2020
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Lending
Following COMP's Surge, DeFi Platform Balancer Begins Distribution of BAL Tokens
Balancer Labs, the maker of an automated portfolio management tool, has confirmed to CoinDesk it has begun distribution of its BAL token.
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By Brady Dale
Jun 23, 2020 at 4:14 p.m. UTC
Jun 23, 2020
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Tech
Oracles
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 token pair they want, so long as it exists on Ethereum.
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By Brady Dale
May 18, 2020 at 6:15 p.m. UTC
May 18, 2020
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DIVE IN: The Coinbase funding provides liquidity for two of the more popular DeFi dapps on Ethereum. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Tech
Coinbase
Coinbase Pumps $1.1M USDC Into DeFi Sites Uniswap and PoolTogether
Coinbase has put $1.1 million in USDC into the pools powering two of the more popular DeFi applications on Ethereum: Uniswap and PoolTogether.
DIVE IN: The Coinbase funding provides liquidity for two of the more popular DeFi dapps on Ethereum. (Credit: Shutterstock)
By Brady Dale
Apr 1, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 1, 2020
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Volatility
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.
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By William Foxley
Mar 13, 2020 at 9:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 13, 2020
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Tech
Dydx
Is It Exploitation Season for DeFi?
Are two recent attacks taking advantage of "flash loans," low liquidity and price oracle issues the first of more to come?
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 18, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2020
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Markets
Ethereum
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.
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By Brady Dale
Jan 14, 2020 at 10:42 p.m. UTC
Jan 14, 2020
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