DeFi

DeFi

Yearn Merges With Cover, DeFi Protocol’s 4th Deal in a Week

Kevin ReynoldsNov 28, 2020

Yearn is "joining forces" with market coverage provider Cover, capping a busy week in DeFi.

DeFi

Crypto Custodian Copper Aims to Bridge Gap Between DeFi and Traditional Finance With New Tool

Daniel KuhnNov 27, 2020

The new tool, CopperConnect, covers the "DeFi lifecycle" as an asset moves from custody to smart contract and back.

DeFi

‘Basis Cash’ Launch Brings Defunct Stablecoin Into the DeFi Era

Brady DaleNov 30, 2020

With Basis Cash, a team of anonymous developers is making what might be called a fork of a project that never launched.

DeFi

Yearning for Pickle? Two DeFi Protocols Merge

Brady DaleNov 24, 2020

Pickle Finance was recently hit by an exploit in which $19.7 million in DAI was lost.

DeFi

DeFi Protocol Pickle Finance Token Loses Almost Half Its Value After $19.7M Hack

Daniel Kuhn Kevin ReynoldsNov 22, 2020

Popular decentralized finance protocol Pickle Finance was hacked on Saturday, draining $19.7 million in DAI.

DeFi

Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $18.8K as Total Crypto Locked in DeFi Passes $14B

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin is testing $19,000 as DeFi hits another milestone in total crypto locked.

Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hangs Around $18K While Ether Locked in DeFi Declines

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin’s price pulled off the bull road for a rest stop Thursday while ether holders pull out of DeFi.

Opinion

Open Finance Is Better Than Broken Finance

Gregory Keough

Traditional financial services fail to meet the core needs of a global economy. DeFi is not perfect but it's for everyone.

DeFi

DEX Aggregator Rebrands to Slingshot After Raising $3.1M From Coinbase Ventures, Others

Brady Dale

Slingshot exists in an increasingly crowded field of DEX aggregators including 1inch, ParaSwap, Matcha and even MetaMask.

Flash Loans

DeFi Exploits Can’t Be Pinned on Flash Loans, Industry Leaders Say

William Foxley

DeFi’s novel flash loan products aren't to blame for the recent string of exploits, industry leaders say.

ETC

Ethereum Classic Gets DeFi Treatment With Wrapped ETC

Ian Allison

Ethereum Classic wants to play in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space of the blockchain from which it contentiously split in 2016.

DeFi

Origin Protocol Loses $7M in Latest DeFi Attack

William Foxley

Stablecoin project Origin Dollar (OUSD) sustained a re-entrancy attack at 00:47 UTC Tuesday resulting in a loss of funds worth $7 million.