Analytical data reveals that DeFi’s total value locked registered a minor dip from the past week, falling to a value of $56.45 billion. Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of key decentralized finance (DeFi) insights, a newsletter crafted to bring you some of the major developments over the last week. This past week, the…
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More than 50% of AAVE’s recent gains appeared after Aave Companies proposed to launch a native stablecoin. The price of Aave (AAVE) has more than doubled in a month, but its bullish momentum could be reaching a point of exhaustion. AAVE price tests key inflection level Notably, AAVE has surged by over 103% after bottoming…
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More troubling news is coming out regarding Celsius (CEL), as its so-called Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing on July 14 has revealed a deficit of close to USD 1.2bn for the crypto lender. According to a new document filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York, Celsius holds USD 4.3bn in…
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Bitcoin, Uniswap, Polygon and Aave turned green just a day after the highest CPI print in over 40 years. Crypto investors found cause for celebration on July 14 as the market experienced a positive trading session just one day after the Consumer Price Index (CPI) posted a June print of 9.1%, its highest level since…
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After reportedly returning all of its debt to DeFi lending protocols, troubled crypto lender Celsius (CEL) said it has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings in the US in an attempt to stabilize its business. CEL dropped following the announcement. At 03:03 UTC, CEL trades at USD 0.538 and is down 25% in a day, recovering from…
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The state financial regulator alleged that Celsius violated state security laws by offering high crypto interest rate accounts to customers and unethically using clients’ funds to invest in illiquid products. Vermont’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) issued a warning against troubled crypto lending firm Celsius on Tuesday, reminding users that the crypto lending firm is…
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Troubled crypto lender Celsius (CEL) appears to have no intention of being frozen out of the crypto world – and is continuing to take action to avoid possible insolvency as it has been hurriedly repaying the debts it owes. Blockchain analytics data shows that Celsius has recently repaid some USD 78.1m worth of USD coin…
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols “don’t need to get bailed out,” and were “designed specifically to avoid this bullshit,” the founder of DeFi protocol Compound (COMP), Robert Leshner, has said. Discussing the troubles currently faced by centralized crypto lenders like Celsius (CEL), Voyager Digital, and BlockFi in a recent episode of the Unchained Podcast, Leshner said…
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The firm cited better interest rates from traditional finance loans and regulatory risks in mulling the bond platform. Porter Finance, a decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol based on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, announced Tuesday that it was shutting down its bond issuance platform. In explaining the discussion, Porter Finance said: “Looking forward, we are not…
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