Theme DeFi

Solana surpasses its rival blockchain Ethereum in terms of decentralized exchange volume. A significant development in the crypto landscape!

Despite some glimmers of hope with Bitcoin and some L2, the DeFi sector suffered a heavy drop of $10 billion in April.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi), threatened by the Biden administration, could become illegal. This affects investors' trust and financial autonomy.

The DeFi sector is experiencing a brilliant rebound thanks to Ethereum. In this article, we explain why and how.

The Bitcoin network has just crossed a major milestone with over 65 million ordinal registrations recorded to date. This massive adoption has generated colossal network fees, surpassing $458 million.

Receiving a legal notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) plunges Uniswap, a flagship of decentralized finance, into the heart of a regulatory storm. This news, occurring in a context of increasing cryptocurrency regulation, raises crucial questions about the future of DeFi and highlights the compliance challenges that these platforms must now confront.

Restaking is a new evolution of staking in decentralized finance (DeFi). This new form of staking allows users to reuse their already staked cryptos to secure other decentralized protocols and products. This emerging trend offers not only opportunities but also significant risks for Ethereum.

Despite price volatility, Solana is experiencing exponential network growth, defying expectations.

While the crypto market is going through a consolidation phase, Portal, Theta network, and Stacks manage to stand out!

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been a revolutionary leap forward, promising an open financial system without centralized control. It's a haven for innovation and democratization of finance. However, like any emerging technology, it faces growing pains. Among the most pressing challenges is the fragmentation of liquidity across multiple blockchains, which has created a maze of siloed platforms that can be difficult for users to navigate. This article explores how the fragmentation of liquidity is a significant barrier to the industry's growth and how two emerging solutions—Agoric Orchestration and Inter Protocol—are addressing these issues with innovative approaches.

Fueled by the excitement for DeFi, Akash, The Graph, and Render have seen their prices surge by 15% in 24 hours. Quite an achievement for these cryptocurrencies.

The Total Value Locked (TVL) in the context of decentralized finance (DeFi) defines the total value of assets locked in DeFi protocols and smart contracts. In other words, it measures the total amount of locked and utilized cryptocurrencies in various decentralized financial services, including liquidity pools, borrowing and lending protocols, decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms, among others. TVL is often seen as an indicator of the popularity and adoption of different DeFi protocols. It acts as a barometer of this crypto ecosystem. Indeed, according to recent data, the TVL of DeFi is in its best shape thanks to the dynamism of Ethereum. This article explains the ins and outs of this trend.

The crypto industry has been booming since the advent of registrations. These digital data open up new perspectives for the Bitcoin network and other platforms. On one side, there are Bitcoin Ordinal registrations that bring a new dynamic to the pioneering blockchain. On the other side, registrations on EVM-compatible blockchains like Ethereum have seen rapid growth followed by stabilization. Although their future remains uncertain, registrations are a promising track for extension to a wide range of blockchains. In this article, based on a Binance report, we explore the landscape of registrations, analyzing their impact on the Bitcoin network and EVM-compatible blockchains. This is done with a focus on platforms active in this field.

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has reached an important milestone by surpassing $60 billion in locked crypto assets.

Explore how Bitcoin is getting involved in DeFi, revealing immense potential despite significant risks.

While Solana is showing a downward trend, investors are wondering about the future of the cryptocurrency. The assessment of its performance!

A reduction in the Fed rates in 2024 could encourage crypto investors to turn to DeFi returns and stablecoins.

The Chainlink crypto network becomes a DeFi engine in 2023 by revolutionizing financial collaborations and use cases.

The CFTC has published a detailed report on DeFi, highlighting the lack of accountability and AML/CFT compliance in the crypto space.

Despite Ethereum's dominance, many blockchains like TRON are competing for the top spots in terms of TVL.

Throughout this year, the crypto ecosystem has shown remarkable dynamism in almost every segment. However, according to recent data, artificial intelligence (AI), GameFi, and memecoins have emerged as the most captivating topics for investors.

The funds stolen in hacks and scams related to cryptocurrencies reached 2 billion dollars in 2023, compared to 4 billion in 2022.

Like VanEck, Bitwise, and Bitget before it, the Messari platform recently published a fairly comprehensive summary of the crypto industry in 2024. The company projects what it believes will be the major trends in this constantly developing market. Messari addresses almost all segments of the crypto industry in 10 key points, from investment to peer-to-peer infrastructure, layers-1, CeFi, DeFi, crypto products, and even the key figures to follow in the crypto sector in 2024. As you may have understood, Messari's projections, spanning 192 pages, aim for completeness. However, this article's goal is not to provide a comprehensive review, but rather to focus on some of the most relevant points mentioned.

The Solana DeFi ecosystem is currently experiencing exponential growth. In the space of just one week, transaction volumes on Solana-based decentralized exchanges (DEX) have surged by 54%, reaching a record high of 3 billion dollars.

The brilliant bitcoiner and entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasan has just published a scathing critique of the American state in its handling of the FTX case. According to him, the SBF case reveals the immense level of corruption within the establishment.

November 2nd, 2023 / Zug, Switzerland:  The NEAR Foundation announced today that Coin98––a multichain wallet and defi platform with more than 7 million users across 170 countries––has launched a decentralized dapp store powered by the NEAR Blockchain Operating System (B.O.S). Coin98’s innovative marketplace offers an intuitive app store interface to streamline access to a range of apps on prominent Ethereum Layer-2 ecosystems, greatly increasing accessibility and discoverability for users. 

It's a fact: decentralized finance (or DeFi) and crypto are well and truly present on the European market. In a detailed report, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) takes a close look at this new financial era. Read on for more details!

No cryptocurrency transaction should go unnoticed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), as they develop a suitable system to track cryptocurrency exchange flows throughout the European territory. Several European central banks have joined them in this initiative. Let's take a closer look!