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Sepolia

DeFi News

Ethereum Closes In On Proof-of-Stake After Sepolia Testnet Merge

The Sepolia testnet activated PoS consensus on Wednesday at block number 1,450,409.

Sepolia is the second of three testnets to merge their proof-of-work (PoW) execution layers with their PoS consensus layers before the upgrade can take effect on Ethereum’s mainnet.

yyctrader July 6, 2022

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NFT News

NFT Lending Volume Soars on Action by Whales

Speculation Swirls NFTfi is Prepping an Airdrop

Samuel Haig July 6, 2022

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Dive

Compound Goes Multi-Chain in Major Upgrade

Leading DeFi Protocol Unveils Code for Third Iteration

Samuel Haig July 6, 2022

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Op-ed

Make NFTs a Gaming Tool Instead of a Sales Hustle

David Kim July 6, 2022

NexoVauld

DeFi News

Nexo To Acquire Competing Crypto Lender Vauld

Aleksandar Gilbert July 5, 2022

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DeFi News

MakerDAO Members Vote On $100M DAI Vault for Bank

Samuel Haig July 5, 2022

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DeFi News

SushiSwap Votes to Let Traders Offset Carbon Emissions

Samuel Haig July 5, 2022

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DeFi Tutorials

Survivors of 2018-20 Crypto Winter Show the Way Through New Bear Market

Claire Gu July 5, 2022

Earn passive income with idle NFTs using inventory staking on NFTx

DeFi Tutorials

Earn Passive Income With Idle NFTs Using Inventory Staking on NFTx

Robin Schmidt July 5, 2022

3AC Liquidation Celsius Layoffs Voyager Freezes but BlockFi Strikes a Deal

DeFi Videos

3AC Liquidation, Celsius Layoffs, Voyager Freezes but BlockFi Strikes a Deal

Robin Schmidt July 4, 2022

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DeFi News

Ethereum Difficulty Bomb Delayed to Mid-September

Aleksandar Gilbert July 4, 2022

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Byte

Polygon and Fantom Services Restored After Phishing Attack

Aleksandar Gilbert July 1, 2022

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Markets

Crypto Broker Voyager Suspends Withdrawals and Trading After 3AC’s Loan Default

Owen Fernau July 1, 2022

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Markets

FTX Reaches Deal to Acquire BlockFi for Up to $240M as CeFi Lenders Buckle Under Market Pressure

Aleksandar Gilbert July 1, 2022

Ryder Ripps is in deep trouble. Heres why BAYC

DeFi Videos

Ryder Ripps Is in Deep Trouble. Here’s Why (#BAYC)

Robin Schmidt July 1, 2022

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Dive

Axie Infinity Guilds Rush to Aid Players as GameFi Pioneer Craters

Axie Players and Guilds Hope Origin Upgrade Will Revive Beloved Game

Samuel Haig July 1, 2022

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Dive

GBTC Discount Widens to 36% as Legal Fight With SEC Looms

Owen Fernau July 1, 2022

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Byte

Three Arrows is Under Investigation in Singapore for Providing False Information to the Country’s Central Bank

Aleksandar Gilbert June 30, 2022

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Dive

MakerDAO Jolts its Members with Bold Governance Proposals

Storied DeFi Player Struggles to Balance Growth and Decentralization

Owen Fernau June 30, 2022

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Dive

Polkadot to Form ‘Fellowship’ of Tokenholders as Part of Major Upgrade

Samuel Haig June 30, 2022

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DeFi News

North Korea’s Lazarus Group Linked to $100M Harmony Bridge Hack

Samuel Haig June 30, 2022

Identity in the Metaverse The Future Is Disco

DeFi Videos

Identity in the Metaverse – The Future Is Disco

Robin Schmidt June 30, 2022

MEVOpEd

Op-ed

Allaying Regulators’ Concerns about MEV is Doable and Necessary

Block Validators and Block Builders To Play Key Role After The Merge

John Jefferies June 30, 2022

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Breaking News

Arbitrum Pauses Odyssey as Gas Prices Spike

Owen Fernau June 29, 2022

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Breaking News

Three Arrows to be Liquidated as Teneo Takes Control of Assets

Aleksandar Gilbert June 29, 2022

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Op-ed

Puncturing the Hype About Illicit Finance in Crypto

Data Shows TradFi Remains the Channel of Choice for Dirty Money

Alex Shipp June 29, 2022

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DeFi News

Optimism’s TVL Doubles as Trading Activity Surges on Layer 2s

Samuel Haig June 29, 2022

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INTERESTING DIVES

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Web3 Could Unleash Innovation by Overturning Age Bias in Startups

James Whitley February 22, 2022

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Buying Real World Assets By Leveraging Crypto

Shahar Abrams February 16, 2022

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Cancel Culture Comes to Crypto as Offensive Tweets Trigger Flurry of Ousters

Owen Fernau February 9, 2022

DEFI TUTORIALS

Defiant Degens: How to Farm Up to 152% APR in Balancer Polygon Pools

DeFi Dad July 22, 2021

Defiant Degens: How to Mint DeFi’s 1st Volatility Index by Volmex Finance

DeFi Dad June 22, 2021

Defiant Degens: How to Farm IONX on Charged Particles

DeFi Dad June 8, 2021

Defiant Degens: How to Earn Yield on Your BTC via DeFiDollar and Badger Finance

DeFi Dad June 2, 2021

Defiant Degens: How to Earn Yield with Automated Options Selling on Ribbon Finance

DeFi Dad May 25, 2021

Defiant Degens: How to Farm stkAAVE Lending and Borrowing on Aave

DeFi Dad April 27, 2021

DEFI 101, GUIDES, & EXPLAINERS

MetaMaskGuide

What is MetaMask?

MetaMask is the Gateway to Blockchain Apps: Here’s The Defiant Primer

Arya Ghobadi March 15, 2022

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The Ultimate Beginners Guide To The Axie Infinity Game and Marketplace

Kurt Ivy February 16, 2022

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DeFi 2.0 Primer: Decentralized Finance is Poised to Expand its Reach But Challenges Loom

Mason Marcobello February 4, 2022

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What is DeFi? The Ultimate DeFi 101 Guide to Ethereum, Layer 2s, Yield Farming, and More

Mason Marcobello December 13, 2021

DEFI NEWS : TRENDING LAST 24HRS

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Ethereum Difficulty Bomb Delayed to Mid-September

The Merge is set to be delayed by at least three months.

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Zero Knowledge Proofs Can Save the Metaverse From Becoming a Dystopian Surveillance State

Bijan Shahroki argues that Big Tech will turn the metaverse into a surveillance state unless zero knowledge...

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Survivors of 2018-20 Crypto Winter Show the Way Through New Bear Market

MakerDAO, Uniswap and OpenSea Weathered the Last Downturn

MAKER100MDAIVaultForBank

MakerDAO Members Vote On $100M DAI Vault for Bank

Proposal Would Advance Push into Real World Assets

CompoundIII

Compound Goes Multi-Chain in Major Upgrade

Leading DeFi Protocol Unveils Code for Third Iteration

NexoVauld

Nexo To Acquire Competing Crypto Lender Vauld

“We've signed an indicative term sheet with Nexo to acquire up to 100% of Vauld,” co-founder Darshan...

NFTLoanVolume

NFT Lending Volume Soars on Action by Whales

Speculation Swirls NFTfi is Prepping an Airdrop

SushiswapCarbonOffsets

SushiSwap Votes to Let Traders Offset Carbon Emissions

DEX Joins Forces with Polygon and KlimaDAO in Climate Change Move

3AC Liquidation Celsius Layoffs Voyager Freezes but BlockFi Strikes a Deal

3AC Liquidation, Celsius Layoffs, Voyager Freezes but BlockFi Strikes a Deal

Is it over? Is this the future? Sadly, the answer, is no. The catastrophic fallout of the UST collapse...

Sepolia

Ethereum Closes In On Proof-of-Stake After Sepolia Testnet Merge

Sepolia is the second of three testnets to merge their proof-of-work (PoW) execution layers with their...