Debridge kicked off its LFG Vault for DBR tokens, giving active members of its ecosystem and Jupiter’s community an exclusive opportunity to acquire tokens at a locked-in price. With a focus on fairness and stability, the launch introduced a new token sale model designed to curb gas wars and market volatility. Debridge Releases A New…
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While decentralized finance (defi) continues to innovate, it still lacks a critical component that has long been foundational in traditional finance: fixed-income products. I sat down for a great conversation with Jerry Li, co-founder and CEO of Term Structure, who introduced me to the idea of fixed-income products in crypto. Why Fixed-Income Could Be the…
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Canza Finance has partnered with stablecoin issuer WSPN to provide secure and efficient financial solutions to users in Africa and other emerging markets. With the integration of WUSD into Canza Finance’s ecosystem, African users will be able to smoothly convert fiat currencies to the WUSD stablecoin. Boosting RWA and Defi Adoption Africa-focused fintech firm Canza…
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This piece is the second half of a guest post by Emiri, published originally on Blocmates. Read Part One here. Blocmates is an invaluable crypto news and educational resource that offers clarity in the often complicated and jargon-filled crypto space. Blocmates is especially adept at covering new decentralized finance (defi) projects, which are arguably at…
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This piece is a guest post by Emiri, published originally on Blocmates. Blocmates is an invaluable crypto news and educational resource that offers clarity in the often complicated and jargon-filled crypto space. Blocmates is especially adept at covering new decentralized finance (defi) projects, which are arguably at the forefront of the entire crypto industry. Tapioca…
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On Tuesday, two Bitcoin-centric layer two (L2) initiatives successfully secured funding from strategic investors. Botanix Labs, a startup focused on developing a decentralized Turing-complete L2 EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), garnered $11.5 million. Meanwhile, the Bitcoin L2 ZKM attracted $5 million during a pre-seed investment phase. Bitcoin L2 Projects Gain Momentum With New Financing Rounds Throughout…
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Aave Labs proposed a significant upgrade to its protocol, aimed at enhancing features like its stablecoin GHO, introducing a Unified Liquidity Layer for better integration, and improving the protocol’s architecture for cross-chain liquidity across both Ethereum and non-EVM layer-1 platforms. The update also focuses on automatizing interest rates based on market conditions with Chainlink data…
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The total value locked (TVL) in decentralized applications (defi) experienced a 7% decrease, dropping $10 billion in April, with defi’s ecosystem ending the month at $138.6 billion despite a widespread outflow of funds from several blockchains, such as a significant drop in Avalance and Solana. Despite the overall downtrend, Bitcoin, Base (a Layer two blockchain…
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While the Bitcoin network is poised to see significant growth in its Layer-2 (L2) ecosystem, “finding an optimal mechanism to maintain finality” on the network remains an inherent limitation that prevents this from happening, Mithil Thakore, the co-founder and CEO of Velar, has said. Thakore also identified the yet-to-be-optimized “bridging of native Layer-1 (L1) assets…
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Blockchain security firm Peckshield revealed on Feb. 26 that an exploiter labeled address associated with the Kyberswap hack had bridged approximately 800 ether tokens from Arbitrum to the Ethereum blockchain. On the same day, the Kyberswap team unveiled revised dates for reimbursing users impacted by the hacking. Kyberswap Hacker Starts Moving Funds Peckshield Alert, a…
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