DEFI
Decentralized Finance, DeFi as a concept is to be able to offer almost all the financial services available with legacy and centralized institutions, typically banks, but on the blockchain. Whatever traditional services financial institutions provide can be expected to be offered through DeFi. In short, Defi is blockchain-based financial services that traditional financial services map into, creating new services or derivatives stemming from blockchain's unique features. Although we have had concepts like distributed computing and decentralized computing for decades, DeFi is in fact a new concept and an expansion of the application scope of blockchain as infrastructure.
Wintermute-Backed Decentralized Exchange Bebop Expands to Polygon
Following its launch on the Ethereum blockchain in June, Bebop, a decentralized exchange incubated by crypto trading firm Wintermute, has now expanded support to Polygon.
Avalanche Foundation Announces $4m Incentive Program for Trading Platform GMX
Avalanche Foundation has announced it will grant a $4 million incentive in AVAX tokens for the growth of the decentralized trading platform GMX.
DeFi Platform Texture Secures $5M in Funds to Develop Yield Management Tools
DeFi protocol Texture Finance has tapped $5m in funding from P2P Capital amongst others.
Goldman Sachs to Launch Data Service to Classify Digital Assets
Goldman Sachs has floated a new crypto categorization tool dubbed Datanomy
JPMorgan Pulls Off First Live Trade on Public Blockchain
Through the trade, JPMorgan was able to issue tokenized $71,000. It was part of the Singapore central bank's pilot programs that are testing the use of DeFi in the banking sector.
MAS Launches First DeFi Pilot Tests with Polygon and Aave
The Monetary Authority of Singapore has completed a pilot test on DeFi using Polygon and Aave
Cosmos Hub Postpones Vote Date On New Security Model Proposal
After two respective postponements, the Cosmos' vote date to approve proposed changes to the network’s Hub has now been fixed to October 31.
Fantom Collaborates With Dedaub To Automatically Detect Smart Contract Bugs With Watchdog
Scalable layer 1 platform Fantom announced its collaboration with Dedaub to leverage its automated system called Watchdog to look for smart contract bugs in the Fantom ecosystem.
Compound Protocol Halts Supply of Four Tokens Due To Low Liquidity
Decentralized lending protocol Compound has decided to pause the supply of four tokens used as lending assets for collateral on the platform, including ncZRX, cBAT, cMKR, and cYFI.
Listed DeFi Company AQRU unveils Crypto-collateralized Lending Service
UK-Based DeFi firm, ARQU has launched BlockLender to give clients access to crypto credits
Binance "Investing Heavily in DeFi", Tweets CEO CZ
Earlier, CZ announced that the company will be spending more than $1 billion on potential investments and acquisitions this year. According to Binance, DeFi and NFT projects are among the good options.
Crypto Leaders' Stance on DCCPA Bill Polarised, Not Everyone Buying It
After much criticism following his support of the uploaded DCCPA bill, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has again taken to Twitter to explain further on the bill.
PancakeSwap Proposes to Deploy Mainnet on Aptos Blockchain
Developers of the decentralized exchange, PancakeSwap, on October 20, proposed its deployment to the Aptos blockchain due to the chain’s innovative and technical capabilities.
Shapeshift Migrate Users to Open-Source Mobile App Boosting Decentralization
Shapeshift has now created a new open-source app to which users will have to migrate, to take additional steps into complete decentralization.
Bitcoin, DeFi Space See Positive Momentums, NFT Market Declines in Q3
A new report by CoinGecko shows that cryptocurrencies generally led by Bitcoin and DeFi saw some positive little movements in Q3.