DeFi | ForkLog - Part 90

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ForkLog 50 30.07.2020

Circle and Genesis to Develop DeFi Products Built on the USDC Stablecoin

Genesis Global Capital, the lending arm of Digital Currency Group, and the cryptocurrency company Circle, which manages the USD Coin (USDC) ecosystem within the Centre consortium, will join forces to create DeFi protocols built on the stablecoin.

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ForkLog 15 29.07.2020

Vitalik Buterin: Many Underestimate the Risks of Smart Contracts in the DeFi Ecosystem

Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s co-founder, says many participants in the DeFi market underestimate the risks associated with smart contracts. He said this on the Unchained podcast.

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ForkLog 170 29.07.2020

What is decentralised finance (DeFi)?

What is decentralised finance (DeFi)? Decentralised finance (DeFi) is the idea of an open, trustless ecosystem of financial applications and services built on public blockchain networks. The term DeFi refers to the market for decentralised applications (dapps) in financial services and transactions, including lending, trading and borrowing. Such peer-to-peer systems allow anyone to access traditional […]

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ForkLog 25 28.07.2020

Synthetix shifts to a decentralized governance model

The largest platform for decentralized derivatives, Synthetix, has moved to a decentralized governance model. This was reported in the project's blog.

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ForkLog 33 28.07.2020

CoinGecko publishes DeFi book in Russian

The analytics service CoinGecko released the first edition of the book 'How to DeFi' in Russian.

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Krzysztof Shpak 625 21.07.2020

Total Value Locked in DeFi Surpassed $3 Billion

The total amount of funds locked in DeFi services has reached $3.01 billion, according to the DeFi Pulse portal.

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Krzysztof Shpak 444 27.04.2020

Government Blockchain Consultant: Smart City Comes After Smart Citizens

Technologies are constantly changing modern society. Back in the day, VCRs disrupted home entertainment. Sometime later, social media disrupted news networks and communication. But once in a while, technologies bring about tectonic shifts in all areas of life at once.

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Krzysztof Shpak 729 31.03.2020

Ethereum May Not Be Able To Handle DeFi Workload: What It Could Mean for Decentralized Finance

The growth of decentralized finance may be choking other types of transactions in the Ethereum network. As the DeFi sector is highly reliant on Ethereum, this means a lot for both the blockchain network and the very near future of decentralized finance.

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Krzysztof Shpak 698 28.03.2020

Will Global Crisis Kill Off DeFi? Stakeholders’ Perspective

The Black Thursday shook the entire DeFi sector along with the wider crypto-industry. This time, DeFi wasn’t the much-needed salvation, despite its relative successes over the past couple years. Yet, the crisis brought up the significant potential of decentralized finance, when compared to its traditional counterpart.

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Krzysztof Shpak 1075 27.03.2020

Black Thursday for DeFi: Wounds to Lick and Lessons to Learn

The market crash of March 12th presented the DeFi sector with a real trial. Even the DeFi flagship MakerDAO couldn’t withstand the crisis losing $8 million to unscrupulous network participants during what is now known as Black Thursday. Yet, it’s not the only recent problem of the DeFi sector.

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Krzysztof Shpak 695 21.03.2020

Alex Mashinsky on DeFi: Just Circulating Everything Inside the System Is not Going to Make Bitcoin Go to 100,000

How much more do banks earn from investments than their clients? Do they screw poor people over? Is DeFi a viable alternative system for banking? How can we entice more users to join DeFi systems? What business models allow private funds working with DeFi to become a bridge to the world of cryptocurrencies for the […]

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Krzysztof Shpak 306 09.03.2020

Can Blockchain Actually Disrupt?

These days, new streaming services pop up like forest mushrooms after a warm summer rain. The contagious example of Netflix prompted others to run their own media empires. There are now streaming services by Amazon, Disney, Apple, NFL, and CBS. In music, there are Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Music. It seems everyone is trying […]

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