Stablecoins Push Ethereum's Transaction Count to Highest Since July 2019
Ethereum’s transaction counts have surged by 72% since mid-February
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May 4, 2020 at 5:41 p.m. UTC
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Dai Lending Rates Rise to One-Month High on DeFi Platform Compound
Interest rates on dai deposits have spiked on DeFi platform Compound, another ripple effect of the global financial crisis.
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Apr 20, 2020 at 7:27 p.m. UTC
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Why MakerDAO Should Consider Negative Interest Rates for Dai
To keep dai near its $1 peg, the Maker community should consider negative interest rates. The cost to users may be worth it, says columnist J. P. Koning.
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Apr 20, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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MakerDAO Users Sue Stablecoin Issuer Following 'Black Thursday' Losses
A lawsuit against the Maker Foundation claims the DeFi platform “intentionally misrepresented the risks associated with CDP ownership.”
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Apr 14, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
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MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise
The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralizatio...
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Apr 3, 2020 at 10:11 p.m. UTC
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How MakerDAO's Stablecoin Survived the Crash, Smart Contract Bugs and Full Decentralization
How do DeFi stablecoins actually work and what happened during the sudden, precipitous drop in crypto prices earlier this month? On today's show Andreas M. Antonopoulos leads...
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Mar 29, 2020 at 2:16 p.m. UTC
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For DeFi’s Sake, Maker Should Take Blame for Black Thursday Losses
While the system did not technically malfunction, a confluence of factors enabled a few opportunists to win the collateral auctions despite placing extremely low bids.
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Mar 25, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. UTC
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MakerDAO Adds USDC as DeFi Collateral Following 'Black Thursday' Chaos
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...
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Mar 17, 2020 at 4:10 p.m. UTC
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MakerDAO's Problems Are a Textbook Case of Governance Failure
MakerDAO could have planned for its "Black Swan" event last week.
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Mar 17, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. UTC
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Thursday’s Market Madness Strained Ethereum’s Killer App: DeFi
So many people were trying to use the Ethereum blockchain during Thursday’s market meltdown that many applications simply stopped working as intended.
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Mar 13, 2020 at 9:50 p.m. UTC
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