The DeFi party and decentralized oracle boom have come to a conclusion, but only now Justin Sun has shown up with a Chainlink impersonator built on Tron. Has the sun set on this trend, or does the crypto project frontman have something revolutionary up his sleeve? Tron Founder Introduces TRX-Built Chainlink Imposter As DeFi Trend…
Bitcoin recently exploded above $13,000 and came dollars way from setting a higher high and confirming a new uptrend. Altcoins, however, haven’t responded as well, and one cryptocurrency capital manager has a theory as to why. Su Zhu believes that because most altcoins haven’t delivered on the promises from three years ago, that when Bitcoin…
The price of Curve Finance’s governance token CRV spiked by more than 100 percent as the decentralized exchange (DEX) experienced a massive surge in trade volume. Earnings Curve Finance processed about $2.8 billion worth of trades on Monday, almost 450 percent higher than its previous record high in September 2020. The jump in its trade…
Since the summer peak of the DeFi explosion, top Ethereum-based tokens from the space have dumped considerably due to becoming overvalued too quickly, and Bitcoin suddenly stealing up any flowing capital share. But while this happened, the total USD value locked in DeFi applications continued to climb right along as if nothing ever happened. Is…
AAVE was trading higher on Friday, continuing a rebound that followed a massive 45 percent price crash between October 15 and 21. The decentralized finance token rose by up to 9.87 percent to establish an intraday high above $40. Its latest upside move brought its total retracement up by circa 25 percent, leading analysts to…
Bitcoin price exploded yesterday, sending altcoins reeling. Today, however, alts have recovered but still haven’t caught up to the top cryptocurrency. One crypto analyst, comparing past market cycles, believes that altcoins are going to “tank” against Bitcoin, taking them to the maximum point of financial opportunity. After the violent shakeout last time around, altcoins rocketed…
Earlier this week, all eyes were on Bitcoin, not DeFi. The leading cryptocurrency shot a handful of percent higher while altcoins actually began to move lower against the dollar, sometimes by 5-10%. Some DeFi coins actually dropped 15% on the day that Bitcoin shot 2-3%. This trend did not persist, though. Altcoins have begun to…
The DeFi boom and an explosion of ROI across altcoins helped bring bullish sentiment back to crypto, and it helped push Bitcoin above $10,000 and hold the key level for the longest stretch ever. But while altcoins had regained some lost ground against the most dominant cryptocurrency, BTC dominance has potentially reversed, and if closes…
The decentralized finance (DeFi) market is slumping as large-cap tokens like Uniswap (UNI), Yearn.finance (YFI), and Maker (MKR) decline. Atop the lackluster performance of major tokens, the volume of the Uniswap decentralized exchange has substantially dropped. On September 1, when Uniswap surpassed Coinbase Pro in daily volume, it processed $953.59 million of volume in 24…
The price of Dash’s native token of the same name jumped 12 percent in the last 24 hours as traders assessed its entry into the booming “DeFi” space. According to an announcement on Monday, the decentralized autonomous firm entered a partnership with StakeHound, a protocol that creates stake-backed tokens for users looking to access decentralized…