Introduction For financial institutions that issue fixed-value liabilities that are backed by assets whose value is unknown, bank runs are a common phenomenon. Recently, Iron Finance, a DeFi protocol, suffered a similar collapse in its infrastructure that saw the...
For decades, humans have been starved for options when it comes to availing of financial services. With DeFi, this comes to an end. While DeFi doesn’t remove the existing system, it offers users of financial services an improved and...
The largest hack in the history of DeFi has hit cross-chain protocol Poly Network, a development that has seen the firm lose $612 million in multiple cryptocurrencies. “We are sorry to announce that #PolyNetwork was attacked on @BinanceChain @ethereum...
NFTs have taken the digital art and collectibles niche by storm. While the first-ever NFT, Quantum was created by Kevin McCoy on May 3, 2014, it was only in 2020 that NFTs caught mainstream attention. In 2020 and 2021,...
Introduction The DeFi space has grown immensely in the past few years. The growth of DeFi has led to the launch of many DeFi protocols offering different financial services like lending/borrowing, derivatives, and payments. While lending platforms like Maker...
Binance Chain and Binance Smart Chain are different blockchains belonging to the same ecosystem. Binance Coin (BNB) is the native token of the Binance ecosystem. Binance Chain was an earlier version that was fraught with issues that undermined the...
Yield farming is one of the most trending topics in the world of DeFi. While the DeFi summer is known for the surging prices of DeFi tokens, it is yield farming that provides the most value in the DeFi...
TLDR: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a growing industry that promises to disrupt Traditional Finance (TradFi). DeFi is a set of decentralized, permissionless protocols that provide financial services without a middleman or central authority to facilitate operations. There is a...
In the crypto world, UniSwap is a popular decentralized exchange (DEX) that is a force to be reckoned with because of the incredible features it offers. It is currently being hosted on the Ethereum blockchain and allows its users...
Recently, Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Square (NYSE: SQ) announced a new business that will focus on the growing Decentralized Finance (DeFi) network. Square has always had an interest in cryptocurrency and it aims to build its DeFi protocols...
