DAI

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MakerDAO Weighs Accepting Real-World Assets as Crypto Loan Collateral

Ian AllisonJun 4, 2020

Decentralized finance may soon boast a real-world use case as MakerDao considers accepting freight invoices as collateral for dai loans.

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Why $4M Dai Made From WBTC Matters for DeFi’s Maturation

William FoxleyMay 20, 2020

Crypto lender Nexo minted $4 million in dai on MakerDAO using synthetic bitcoin token WBTC as collateral. Here's why that matters.

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

Brady DaleJul 2, 2020

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

Ethereum

Stablecoins Push Ethereum’s Transaction Count to Highest Since July 2019

Omkar GodboleMay 4, 2020

Ethereum’s transaction counts have surged by 72% since mid-February

DeFi

Dai Lending Rates Rise to One-Month High on DeFi Platform Compound

Omkar GodboleApr 20, 2020

Interest rates on dai deposits have spiked on DeFi platform Compound, another ripple effect of the global financial crisis.

DAI

Lending

MakerDAO Adds USDC as DeFi Collateral Following ‘Black Thursday’ Chaos

William Foxley

MakerDAO has added a third asset to its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, USD Coin (USDC), in response to the system’s flagship stablecoin, dai, continuing to float above its dollar peg.

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DeFi

DeFi Leader MakerDAO Weighs Emergency Shutdown Following ETH Price Drop

Brady DaleWilliam Foxley

A large drop in the price of ether is testing the feasibility of Ethereum's entire system of lending and borrowing.

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Payments

Coinbase Commerce Integrates Dai Cryptocurrency for Merchant Payments

Paddy Baker

This is the first new cryptocurrency added by Coinbase Commerce since it added USDC in May 2019.

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DeFi

PoolTogether DeFi App Announces $1M Investment After No-Loss Lottery Payout Tops $1K

Brady Dale

PoolTogether is announcing a $1.05 million investment round as it adds a USDC pool to its DeFi-powered "no-loss lottery."

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DeFi

Most of MakerDAO’s Asset Value Is in Only a Few Addresses

Omkar Godbole

Though the industry is growing rapidly, a very small portion of addresses hold the majority of assets being locked and borrowed in the DeFi space.

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CES 2020

MakerDAO Pitches DeFi to the Masses at CES 2020

Brady Dale

There's a "digital money" section on the show floor of this year's CES. MakerDAO's DAI is the only crypto with a booth.

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MakerDAO

Dragonfly Capital, Paradigm Buy $27.5M Stake in Governing MakerDAO’s Future

Paddy Baker

Combined, the VCs have the second largest private stake in the MKR ecosystem.

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DeFi

DAI Is Moving Beyond Ether, But DeFi Isn’t Decentralized Just Yet

Leigh Cuen

MakerDAO may be diversifying the assets it works with, but it has a long way to go to decentralize the power to make key decisions.

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Ethereum

MakerDAO Proposes New DAI Ceiling After Hitting $100 Million Cap

Leigh Cuen

MakerDAO loans now hold more than $339 million worth of ether. With the launch of multi-collateral DAI set for later this month, what comes next?

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