MakerDAO’s Expulsion of Content Team Stirs Debate About Tougher Governance
MakerDAO’s vote to expel its content production team signal a tougher line on governance.
DeFi Investors Brace for Liquidations as MakerDAO and Aave Call in Collateral
Key DeFi platforms are liquidating collateral amid the selloff in crypto tokens.
OlympusDAO Created a Breakthrough DeFi Model – Now It’s Down 93% and Called a ‘Ponzi’
Olympus DAO is under fire after price drop and liquidations.
Defi Project Triggers Uproar by Charging .01 ETH Fee to Join Airdrop
Fees.wtf broke with norms and charged a fee to airdrop recipients, triggering an uproar.
Margin Trading Exchange dYdX to Fully Decentralize in 2022
One of the most widely used exchanges in DeFi plans to fully decentralize by the end of 2022.
Doodles NFTs Soar in Value Thanks to Community Input and Astute Management
The floor price for Doodles, the NFT project, has jumped thanks to a rare mix of management chops, community input and its clever artwork.
New OlympusDAO Fork Aims to Defy Protocol’s Reputation as a ‘Useless Asset’
A new OlympusDAO fork is attempting to overcome the protocol’s controversial reputation with governance ‘meta-tokens.’
ERC-4626 Proposes To Make Yield-Bearing Tokens Their Own DeFi Lego
ERC-4626 has been proposed to standardize yield-bearing tokens.
Sunflower Game Throws Wrench in Polygon’s Gears
Fees on Ethereum scaling solution Polygon are surging to record highs. The cause? A game. Polygon gas prices spiked to an all-time high of a 410 Gwei average. That’s nearly twice as much as the previous high of 226 posted on Dec. 4, according to Polygon’s block explorer.
Osmosis Lights Up the Market with 80% Run in Last 14 Days
Osmosis, a DEX that’s part of the Cosmos ecosystem, is hitting all-time highs.
NFT Investors Shake Lull and Send Market Volume to Four-Month High
NFTs rebounded strongly over the holiday break, indicating the 2021 rally is moving into a new phase.
GM! The DeFi Dictionary Brimmed With Memes in 2021
There were loads of funny and telling DeFi memes in 2021 — here’s some of the most ubiquitous.
Incentive Programs and Rewards Were Nine-Figure Gushers
DeFi incentives and rewards were a major plotline in 2021.
Bored Apes and CryptoPunks Minted Fortunes Beyond Belief in the Year of the NFT
This article is part of our Year in Review series. It’s known: 2021 was the year of the NFT. Million dollar sales of CryptoPunks went from news to a seemingly weekly occurrence. Bored Apes Yacht Club launched in spring at a 0.08 ETH mint price, and now sits at a floor price of over 50 …
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Layer 2s Showed Their Utility But TVL Growth Lagged
Layers 2s had a banner year in DeFi but their TVL still lags.
EIP 1559 and the Advent of ‘Ultra-Sound Money’
The arrival of EIP 1559, Ethereum’s big upgrade, changed the supply-and-demand calculus for the smart contract giant.
A Battle Royale: Layer 1s Vs. Ethereum and Layer 2s
The contest between Layer 1s versus Ethereum and Layer 2s was a big story in 2021.
Dorsey’s Caustic Tweet Sparks Debate About Who Truly Owns Web3
Jack Dorsey’s abrasive tweet about the ownership of web3 triggered some choice debate.
Yearn Finance Changes Up its Tokenomics and YFI Soars 85%
Yearn Finance has soared following a change in its tokenomics.
Strip Mall Icon RadioShack Resurrected as a DeFi Play With Token
RadioShack, the storied electronics brand, is beiing reinvented as a DeFi player.
Polygon’s Surprise Code Change Triggers Questions and Controversy
A Polygon update has triggered controversy over its decentralization status.
Balancer Launches Boosted Pools to Generate More Yield on Liquidity Deposits
Balancer is moving to generate more yield on Aave.
DeFi Kingdoms Challenges Axie Infinity’s GameFi Supremacy with NFT Play
DeFi Kingdoms NFTs are making a splash in GameFi.
Questions Swirl as Solana Loses a Fifth of its Value in Seven Days
Solana, a DeFi darling that vaulted into the fifth most valuable cryptocurrency, has taken the biggest hit of major tokens in the last seven days.
0xMaki Says he ‘Won’t be Returning’ to SushiSwap as it Wallows in a Leadership Crisis
resigning. One of token holders biggest hopes throughout — as price and volume slips — has been that core developer 0xMaki would return. Those hopes may be dashed.
Enso Finance Plans Vampire Attack on Six Major Index Projects
Enso Finance is planning a bold move to pick up customers — a vampire attack on leading index platforms.
Wizards & Dragons NFTs Leapfrog Bored Apes in Latest Play-to-Earn Rally
Wizards and Dragons surged to the top of OpenSea’s charts and became the latest GameFi NFT to catch fire.
Artist Behind Bored Ape Yacht Club to Unveil New NFTs at Art Basel
Seneca, the artist behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, is bringing out new NFTS at Art Basel in Miami on Saturday.