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Markets
Lido
Liquid Staking Platform Lido Surpasses 6M Ether Deposits as Shanghai Upgrade Spurs Inflows
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade spurred deposit inflows to liquid staking protocols, including to the largest player Lido.
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By Krisztian Sandor
May 4, 2023 at 6:03 p.m. UTC
May 4, 2023
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(Maverick Protocol)
Technology
Dex
Decentralized Exchange Maverick Rolls Out Liquidity Incentives for Price Stability
Maverick's rewards system lets token issuers target a specific price range, offering more efficient incentives than rival Curve Finance and helping pegged assets such as stabl...
(Maverick Protocol)
By Krisztian Sandor
May 2, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
May 2, 2023
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Finance
Transunion
Credit Agency Giant TransUnion Will Deliver Credit Scores for Crypto Lending
TransUnion, one of the largest credit agencies in the U.S., will off-chain credit scores for blockchain-based loan applications in a way that maintains the privacy of consumer...
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By Krisztian Sandor
Apr 20, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Apr 20, 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Defi
What DeFi Must Sacrifice to Appease Regulators
The “internet financial system” is a pro-compliance, but pro-privacy framework to build crypto protocols which satisfy regulators and consumers.
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By Markus Maier
Apr 17, 2023 at 1:12 p.m. UTC
Apr 17, 2023
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Finance
On-chain data
Lending Platform Maple Prepares New U.S. Treasury Pool; MPL Token Rises 23%
Maple’s pool will allow accredited investors and corporate treasuries based outside of the U.S. to invest in U.S. Treasury bonds on-chain, CEO Sid Powell said in a community c...
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By Krisztian Sandor
Apr 11, 2023 at 3:55 p.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2023
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French regulators are considering how to treat decentralized finance. (Alexander Kagan/Unsplash)
Policy
Regulations
DeFi Could Be Forced to Incorporate and Certify, French Central Bank Says
Regulators are seeking to extend EU laws to cover decentralized structures in finance.
French regulators are considering how to treat decentralized finance. (Alexander Kagan/Unsplash)
By Jack Schickler
Apr 11, 2023 at 10:47 a.m. UTC
Apr 11, 2023
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Diving Into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance
Video
Blockchain
Diving Into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance
Decentralized Finance, also known as DeFi, effectively lets people be their own bank by replacing traditional institutions with trustless, transparent, and immutable code in t...
Diving Into DeFi to Navigate the New Wave of Finance
By CoinDesk Staff
Apr 5, 2023 at 8:27 p.m. UTC
Apr 5, 2023
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Technology
Arbitrum
Arbitrum Airdrop Shows Interest in DeFi, Researcher Says
DappRadar's Pedro Herrera says decentralized finance may be benefiting from the troubles at traditional banks and regulators' actions against centralized exchanges.
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By Fran Velasquez
Apr 3, 2023 at 5:35 p.m. UTC
Apr 3, 2023
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Obligate is a fully regulated platform in Switzerland. (Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)
Markets
Decentralized finance
Blockchain-Based Debt Protocol Obligate Records First Bond Issuance on Polygon Network
Swiss commodities trading firm Muff Trading AG issued corporate bonds using Obligate’s decentralized finance platform, which is set to open to the public on March 27.
Obligate is a fully regulated platform in Switzerland. (Stephen Leonardi/Unsplash)
By Krisztian Sandor
Mar 22, 2023 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
Mar 22, 2023
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(Lido Finance)
Markets
Lido
Lido Finance Weighs Sunsetting Liquid Staking on Polkadot, Kusama
The proposal comes as MixBytes, Lido’s partner developer firm for Polkadot and Kusama liquid staking, announced it would stop supporting the networks.
(Lido Finance)
By Krisztian Sandor
Mar 9, 2023 at 12:26 a.m. UTC
Mar 9, 2023
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