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Crypto-Based Effort to Decentralize Global Finance Hits $1 Billion Market Cap

Crypto assets dedicated to decentralized finance (DeFi) have collectively hit $1 billion in market capitalization. DeFi is designed to give…

April 15, 2020

Morgan Creek Digital Bets on Bitcoin-Backed Loans in Next Phase of Decentralized Finance

Morgan Creek Digital has joined a funding round for Atomic Loans, a Canadian startup that is developing Bitcoin and crypto-backed…

April 14, 2020

Financial Giant TD Ameritrade Joins Alliance to Boost Crypto Startups and Decentralized Finance

Online trading platform TD Ameritrade is joining a new alliance to promote crypto startups and decentralized finance (DeFi). Dubbed the…

April 13, 2020

Coinbase Launches New Way to Earn Interest on Crypto, Supports Wrapped Bitcoin, Ethereum and ERC20 Tokens

[the_ad id="50945"] Crypto exchange giant Coinbase is giving its users a new way to earn interest on their cryptocurrency with…

March 26, 2020

Crypto Insider Says Flash Loans Threaten DeFi As Hackers Steal Nearly $1 Million in Ethereum (ETH)

Flash attacks on decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms will be the new normal, according to Haseeb Qureshi, managing partner at Dragonfly…

February 27, 2020

Litecoin Creator Charlie Lee Drops the Hammer on DeFi, Calls It ‘Theatre’, ‘Semi-Centralized’ and ‘The Worst of Both Worlds’

DeFi or decentralized finance is one of the hottest buzzwords in crypto. The term refers to platforms that can automate…

February 17, 2020

Decentralized Finance Must Break Through the Crypto Bubble, Says Binance Research

Binance says the decentralized finance (DeFi) movement is growing, but has yet to make a dent in the mainstream. In…

January 17, 2020

Coinbase Says Cryptocurrency Creating ‘Quantum Leap’ in the Functionality of Money

Leading digital asset exchange Coinbase says the growing decentralized finance movement is creating a globally accessible and more open alternative…

January 7, 2020

2020 Banking Faces Digital Trends, Branch Closures, the DeFi Movement and Ethereum’s Dai

Revolutionary changes in banking are underway. With governments and central banks around the world exploring central bank digital currencies in…

January 1, 2020

Stablecoins Catch Fire: Residents of Bermuda Can Now Pay Taxes in Coinbase-backed Crypto

The government of Bermuda has announced that it will now accept cryptocurrency for tax payments. In addition to taxes, Bermuda's…

October 17, 2019