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One Billion, Two Billion, Three Billion, Four? DeFi’s Knocking on TradFi’s Door

Brady DaleJul 28, 2020

DeFi is an overnight success years in the making. From "The DAO" hack to $3.6 billion in total value locked, here's the history of decentralized finance.

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Crypto Custodian Curv Is Helping Institutions Dabble in DeFi With Compound Integration

Nathan DiCamilloJul 16, 2020

Custody startup Curv is using Compound, the leading lending protocol in DeFi, to help institutions earn interest on idle crypto.

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CoinDesk Live Recap: Ethereum’s DeFi Luminaries Discuss What’s Next

Nathan DiCamilloJul 30, 2020

MakerDAO's Rune Christensen, Compound's Robert Leshner and Uniswap's Hayden Adams discussed the state of the $3.8 billion DeFi market.

Exchanges

Kraken Adds 3 DeFi Tokens – COMP, KAVA, KNC

Zack SewardJul 14, 2020

Riding the surge of interest in yield farming, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is listing three tokens from the world of decentralized finance.

Yield Farming

Compound Tops $1B in Crypto Loans as DeFi Farmers Keep Digging for Yield

Brady DaleJul 13, 2020

Yield farming continues to push Compound to new heights. On Monday, the lending protocol topped $1 billion in loans issued.

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DeFi

Delta Exchange Predicts $40 Price for COMP Ahead of Governance Token Deluge

Brady Dale

One startup has done the math and thinks the true value for Compound's COMP token right now should be more like $40.

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Price

Market Wrap: As Stocks Rally, Bitcoin Trades Above $9.3K for the First Time in 10 Days

Daniel Cawrey

Equities continue to beat bitcoin’s performance, but everything is making gains Monday.

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DeFi

What Is Yield Farming? The Rocket Fuel of DeFi, Explained

Brady Dale

If all these terms ("DeFi," "liquidity mining," "yield farming") are so much Greek to you, fear not. We're here to catch you up.

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Compound

Compound’s ‘Yield Farmers’ Briefly Turned BAT Into DeFi’s Largest Coin

Paddy Baker

The digital advertising token briefly became bigger than ether in the decentralized finance space, thanks to popular lending protocol Compound.

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Yield Farming

There Are More DAI on Compound Now Than There Are DAI in the World

Brady Dale

The amount of DAI deposited on Compound skyrocketed by more than $140 million on Thursday – somehow exceeding the total amount of DAI in existence.

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DeFi

Investment Firm Plans ETF-Like Product for Compound Yield Farmers

Paddy Baker

The investment portfolio will give users exposure to Compound interest rates and, eventually, yield farming.

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Governance

Compound Changes COMP Distribution Rules Following ‘Yield Farming’ Frenzy

Brady Dale

Following a Tuesday governance vote, daily COMP token distributions will change dramatically, starting Thursday.

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DeFi

DeFi’s ‘Agricultural Revolution’ Has Ethereum Users Turning to Decentralized Exchanges

Brady Dale

Decentralized exchanges are seeing more action than ever thanks to a surge in decentralized finance activity.

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DeFi

DeFi Platform Opyn Launches Put Options on Compound Token

Omkar Godbole

Decentralized options marketplace Opyn has launched put options on COMP that will provide a safety net of sorts should COMP’s fortunes take a turn for the worse.

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