DeFi

DeFi

Harvest Finance: $24M Attack Triggers $570M ‘Bank Run’ in Latest DeFi Exploit

William FoxleyOct 26, 2020

Harvest Finance has seen its total value locked drop by more than $500 million in the 12 hours since being hit by a flash loan attack.

DeFi

Notional Launches Out of Stealth to Bring Fixed-Rate Lending to DeFi

Doreen WangOct 26, 2020

Notional enables fixed-rate debt on Ethereum using a new on-chain automated market maker.

Ocean Protocol

Ocean V3 Brings Wave of Data Monetization Tools to Ethereum

Ian AllisonOct 27, 2020

A third version of Ocean Protocol has been released, fleshing out its vision for “datatokens” and decentralized data marketplaces.

Harvest Finance

Uniswap, Curve Daily Trading Volumes Surges Past $2B, Likely Driven by Harvest Attack

Omkar GodboleOct 26, 2020

Daily trading volume on Uniswap surged by over 1,200% to a record $2.04 billion, surpassing the previous record high of $953.59 million registered on Sept. 1 by a big margin.

DeFi

Harvest Finance Token Plummets 65% After Attack Saps DeFi Site of TVL

William FoxleyOct 26, 2020

A possible exploit in DeFi protocol Harvest Finance has caused the site's TVL to drop sharply, along with the price of its FARM token.

DeFi

Market Wrap

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Sticks Around $13K While Ether Locked in DeFi Dips

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin’s price continues its upward trend while ether holders withdraw crypto from DeFi.

DeFi

Lossless Lottery PoolTogether Opens Up to More Coins, More Prizes

Brady Dale

PoolTogether v3 will enable more ERC-20 tokens, more yield sources and more prize distribution schemes for the DeFi savings game.

Opinion

Forget Ethereum, DeFi Is Being Built on Bitcoin

Edan Yago

Edan Yago looks to reclaim "decentralized finance" as Bitcoin's, not Ethereum's, turf.

DeFi

Harvest Finance Doubles Total Value Locked to $704M in One Week

Muyao Shen

Harvest Finance’s dramatic growth took place during a time when enthusiasm around the DeFi space has slowly hit a wall.

USDC

USDC Is Coming to Solana Blockchain in Potential Boost for Non-Ethereum DeFi

Zack Voell

USDC moves to Solana – its fourth blockchain – one week after also landing on Stellar.

Stablecoins

Tether Still Dominates Stablecoins, but USDC and Dai Are Winning DeFi

Muyao Shen

USDC and DAI seem to have found their niche as the preferred stablecoins in decentralized trades.

DeFi

With COMP Below $100, a Look Back at the ‘DeFi Summer’ It Sparked

Brady Dale

Compound's governance token, COMP, fell below $100 early Tuesday. The DeFi token kicked off the yield farming craze way back in June.

Governance

Uniswap’s First Governance Vote Ends in Ironic Failure

Sebastian Sinclair

The vote had been intended to decide whether or not to reduce the threshold required to make and pass proposals on the DeFi protocol.

First Mover

First Mover: OKEx Private Key Snafu Sends Bitcoin Lower as China DeFi Rises

David PanOmkar GodboleSebastian SinclairBradley Keoun

OKEx withdrawal suspension sends bitcoin lower, China becomes hotbed of DeFi development, Filecoin first-day trading leaves market cap above $800M.

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