Having failed spectacularly the first time around, controversial “experimental” DeFi project YAM is preparing to launch Version 3 on Friday, September 18. After a month of interim governance and auditing, YAM is set to relaunch on Friday, September 18. Please see here for full information: https://t.co/1Mra5biT59 You can view the audit here:https://t.co/VhITXIBIN3 — Yam Finance…
Decentralized finance coins based on Ethereum have undergone strong rejections over recent weeks. Nothing shows this as well as the price action of Yearn.finance (YFI), which has almost halved since its highs of $44,000 set just weeks ago. The coin now trades at $24,000 after it faced a series of technical and fundamental challenges that…
Ethereum has both benefitted and its rep been harmed from the recent explosion in farming for DeFi tokens. As investors poured liquidity into these tokens, sending and locking up so much ETH sent prices of the crypto asset soaring. But it also at the same time sent gas prices spiking even higher. As investors became…
One of the biggest impacts awaiting to hit Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency space is the firm hand of regulation. It is already beginning, starting with Russia’s finance ministry seeking to put holders in prison for non-compliance when it comes to disclosing cryptocurrency valuation accruals. Here’s what this new proposal says, and how…
The Ethereum options market is seeing massive growth as of late, with the total open interest now rapidly approaching $500 million. The vast majority of this open interest still resides within Deribit, with the popular trading platform currently dominating the crypto-options market. Options have been seeing increasing popularity throughout 2020, with investors widely pivoting away…
The composition of Bitcoin’s investor base is rapidly shifting, with smaller investors garnering greater dominance over the total circulating BTC supply. This comes as the dominance of so-called crypto whales sees a sharp decline, signaling that the market is currently seeing inflows of smaller retail investors. This shift comes as more investors start turning to…
The second week of August 2020 has been one of the most exciting weeks for the DeFi ecosystem, following the list of four prominent tokens on global crypto spot and derivatives exchange OKEx. The latest DeFi token to be listed on the platform is Curve Finance’s CRV governance token which became available for spot trading…
On a global scale, few actually own Bitcoin. According to Robert Kiyosaki, the author “Rich Dad Poor Dad,” though, everyone should own the cryptocurrency ahead of the coming “banking crisis.” This comment is in line with the sentiment of an impending collapse in banking and in the fiat currency system that Kiyosaki has extensively shared…
It’s a universal truth: everyone loves free stuff. In fact, stuff that seems like it’s free – but which is actually packaged as a “reward” – is all the more loveable. Such is the attraction of frequent flyer programs which repay consumers for their continued loyalty with discounted flights and upgrades.These programs are ubiquitous, with…
Bitcoin’s recent price turbulence has not been emblematic of its underlying strength, as the cryptocurrency’s hash rate has been plowing higher throughout the past several weeks and months, just setting another fresh all-time high. This metric’s growth signals that demand for the Bitcoin network is incredibly high at the moment, despite many of the cryptocurrency’s…