DeFi

Cryptocurrency lending firm Celsius (CRYPTO: CEL) says it is pausing all withdrawals, swaps and transfers between accounts. What Happened: Celsius said in a statement late Sunday it is taking the steps “due to extreme market conditions.” “We are announcing that Celsius is pausing...

Thetanuts Finance has introduced decentralized "vaults" that diversify users' risk by spreading yield-earning assets around numerous decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. What happened: The newly-launched Thetanuts Stronghold Index Vault allows its users to stake their...

By Chris Cleverly Technology shapes our everyday lives and is changing the world for good. It is of utmost importance that we harness it as best we can to solve some of our greatest challenges such as food insecurity. I firmly believe that blockchain and cryptocurrency have a great role to play in...

Emelie Olsson, Director Artist Relations & Founder, CORITE With the rise of younger, more tech-savvy fans and the impending arrival of Web 3.0, the sports, media, and arts industries are undergoing a digital revolution. For many businesses, the choice is clear: adapt or lose ground to more...

Founded in 2016, 0x is one of the first ever DeFi protocols created. Pronounced “zero-ex”, this tech stack reduces transaction costs for users of decentralized exchanges (DEXs) on Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH).  0x Raises $70M: We spoke with 0x founder Amir Bandeali at the Permissionless...

Benzinga traveled to Permissionless, a cryptocurrency, DeFi and NFT conference hosted in West Palm Beach. Industry leaders among the likes of top VCs spoke at the event, and we have insider takes on the Terra Luna collapse, as well as what these founders, executives, and developers have been...

Mirror Protocol, a DeFi application built on the Terra (CRYPTO: LUNA) blockchain, has seen $2 million in user funds drained over the weekend thanks to a pricing error. What Happened: According to a May 29 alert from Mirroruser on the protocol’s community forum, the Mirror Protocol suffered an...

Billionaire investor Mark Cuban took to Twitter to share his thoughts on the recent drawdown in crypto prices. What Happened: “Crypto is going through the lull that the internet went through,” he said in a tweet on Monday. Crypto is going through the lull that the internet went...

By Alex Mizrahi, CTO of ChromaWay Play-to-earn gaming (P2E) has changed the lives of millions of people around the world — and has the potential to change millions more. The scale of its success has proved something of a double-edged sword, however. A growing number of critics are coming to...

By Yubo Ruan, Founder of Parallel Finance. Cryptocurrency began in 2009 with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). In the first few years of its existence, user experience was a far cry from what it is today. Most people who had purchased Bitcoin typically possessed strong technical skills. The goal of...

By Amit Gajjala DeFi investors have many innovative tools at their disposal. One of the newest is liquid staking, which is a lever that unlocks liquidity for investors without sacrificing the reliable returns of staking tokens within a proof-of-stake protocol. Thanks to this powerful tool,...

Aave (CRYPTO: AAVE) has emerged as the most traded cryptocurrency by the 1,000 biggest Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) wallets in the past 24 hours, as of press time late Tuesday. What Happened: Aave was also ranked sixth among the ten most purchased tokens and stood second among the most used smart...

This article was originally published on SmartContent and appears here with permission. “Imagine the ideal protocol. It would have the most trustworthy third party imaginable — a deity who is on everybody’s side. All the parties would send their inputs to God. God would reliably...

Earlier this year, WonderFi Technologies Inc (NEO: WNDR) announced its intention to acquire First Ledger Corporation, the parent of Bitbuy, the first approved crypto marketplace in Canada. The deal, which ran north of $160 million, puts WonderFi in a better position to further unlock easy and...