Major DeFi founders back play-to-earn game that hopes to be next Flappy Bird
A new play-to-earn (P2E) blockchain game that hopes to emulate the addictive success of 2013 mobile phenomenon Flappy Bird has drawn backing from some of DeFi’s biggest names. Kain Warwick from Synthetix, Stani Kulechov from Aave, Tyler Ward from Barnbridge, angel investor Santiago Santos (ex-ParaFi Capital) and 0xmaki from Sushi joined a pre seed round […]
Uniswap (UNI) gains nearly 50% in 24 hours as China’s latest crypto purge boosts DEX tokens
Uniswap (UNI) prices staged a solid rebound after crashing last week in the wake of China’s decision to intensify its anti-Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency rhetoric. UNI price gained 14.90% on Monday to reach an intraday high of $26.26. UNI/USD’s climb came a day after it dropped to a monthly low of $17.63. As a result, […]
SushiSwap’s token launchpad, MISO, hacked for $3M
Joseph Delong, chief technology officer of decentralized finance (DeFi) platform SushiSwap, announced that a hacker compromised the supply chain of its token launchpad platform, MISO. According to Delong, the “anonymous contractor with the GH handle AristoK3 injected malicious code into the Miso front end,” replacing the auction wallet address with their own and subsequently acquiring 865 […]
Surge in activity and token prices show ‘DeFi Summer 2.0’ already started
After a blistering start to 2021 saw token valuations and trading volumes surge to ignite the current bull market, the DeFi sector as a whole took a break while the NFT sector stepped into the limelight. While investors’ attention was elsewhere, DeFi prices have had time to consolidate and project developers were able to focus […]
Leading DeFi projects launch $100M global adoption initative
A consortium of leading decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols today announced a collaborative $100 million financial inclusion venture titled “DeFi for the People.” The DeFi applications involved in the project — AAVE, SushiSwap, Curve, 0x and PoolTogether, amongst others — will together provide up to $100 million in educational initiatives, grants, and incentives in an effort […]
DeFi TVL hits a record $157B as Ethereum competitors attract investors
Altcoins and DeFi tokens have been on a tear for the last two weeks and as the end of August approaches many projects are seeing their tokens reach for new all-time highs. Data shows that a majority of the top-10 DeFi tokens gained more than 20% in the past 30-days, with projects like Bancor (BNT) […]
These 3 metrics suggest there’s still time for another ‘DeFi Summer’
Decentralized finance (DeFi) has been a big part of the explosive growth seen across the cryptocurrency ecosystem in 2021 as decentralized exchanges like Uniswap and SushiSwap and lending protocols like Aave and Compound have added a new dimension of token utility. Data from Messari’s DeFi Asset index shows that over the past 30 days, a majority […]