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.
TRON Credited with Powering Record USDT Growth
With all the speculation around future growth of cryptocurrency protocols, it can be hard to gauge fundamental network health accurately. However, one metric that never fails is user adoption, an indicator that can be measured onchain. When applied to TRON, this metric shows that the network’s user base is proliferating very rapidly, with USDT accounting for a significant tranche of all onchain activity.
6 Reasons Why Ethereum Price is Surging
Ethereum is entering new realms of price discovery - here are six reasons why Ethereum is showing significant strength at the outset of 2021 and the ETH price continues to rise.
UMA, XRX, and FUN Gain Over 100% As Best Crypto Performers this Week
As the global crypto market saw increased gains this week, UMA, ZRX, and FUN lead the rallies with more than 100% weekly gains each.
Glassnode’s On-Chain Metrics Reveal DeFi Tokens Are Being HODLed Amid Price Run
Glassnode's on-chain data reveals the percent supply of DeFi tokens (SUSHI, AAVE, and MKR) are getting lower, suggesting investors are HODLing the assets.
Total Value Locked in DeFi Hits $30 Billion as Positive Sentiment Surrounds Cryptocurrency Market
The Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi has topped a new all-time high at $30 billion.
UNI Price Pumps as New Uniswap Addresses Reached 4-Month High
The number of new Uniswap (UNI) addresses has soared to a new 4-month high at 195.917
TrustSwap's SmartLocks Service Locked Up Four Times More than Bitcoin LN
TrustSwap, a DeFi platform dedicated to enabling the execution of timed token purchases, recently announced that its SmartLocks service has officially locked over four times more value than the Bitcoin Lightning Network. While this is a major achievement on its own, it is only one of TrustSwap's many different services and it shows the potential that the project has to dominate the DeFi sector.
Ethereum Mining Difficulty Has Reached an ATH
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has attained a new mining difficulty all-time high of 4,745,167,085,193,270.
Is Ethereum the Future of DeFi? Scalability and Cost Issues Open Door for Cardano and Polkadot
As Ethereum continues to struggle with scalability and cost—traders continue to question the limitations of the Ethereum network and whether it really is the future of Defi.
DeFi and Crypto Community Explode as Robinhood Halts GameStop (GME) Trades
Robinhood’s decision to stop the purchases of GameStop (GME) shares, along with AMC and Blackberry (BBE), has spurred outrage from the cryptocurrency community.
XRP Price Analysis: Why The Bulls Are Not Buying The Dip
As XRP continues its bearish plunges, more investors are shunning the cryptocurrency amid the SEC-fueled uncertainty.
DeFi Projects Continue to Generate Huge Returns as a Decoupling from Bitcoin is Observed
DeFi projects continue to be lucrative, as their market cap has ballooned to $19.7B (+135% in the past month), according to on-chain data provider Santiment.
Why Uniswap is the DeFi Catalyst for Many Projects
If there is one thing that has been made perfectly apparent in the last year, it’s that there is incredible demand for decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions.
Ethereum Exploded by More than 17.4% over the Weekend as Transaction Fees Recorded 205.99% Monthly Growth
New data by on-chain data provider Santiment reveals that the uptrend over the weekend made Ethereum increase by more than 17.4%.
Uniswap Records New ATH, Boosted by Record-Breaking Amount of New Whale Addresses
Uniswap's UNI tokens see an increase in the number of whale holders. This has pushed the DeFi token to an all-time high above $13.