Frog Nation Imperiled In Wake Of CFO Scandal
The revelation that Frog Nation’s CFO was the co-founder of scandalous crypto exchange has rocked Daniele Sesta’s group.
Google Searches for ‘NFT’ Outrun ‘Crypto’ As Asia Dominates Action
In the latest sign NFTs remain as hot as ever, Google searches for the term continue to outpace ‘crypto’ and ‘Ethereum.’
Messaging App May Bolster NFT Market by Connecting Ethereum Users
Blockscan allows Ethereum users to chat with each other.
Cancel Your Old OpenSea Listings Or Risk Your Precious NFTs Being Spirited Away
Over $1M worth of NFTs were bought at huge discounts due to a listing bug.
LooksRare Surges to $7B Valuation as Torrid Volumes Fuel Staking Rewards
LooksRare is making a move in the NFT market.
Crypto Markets Throw Tantrum as Fed Prepares To Target Inflation
Why crypto investors are concerned about monetary tightening.
Looking Forward to a Greener Ethereum in 2022
Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake this year is expected to cut energy use by 99%.
Oh &#%[email protected]… Seriously!? Top DeFi Debacles of 2021
There were many WTF moments in DeFi this year. Here’s some choice debacles.
Airdrops Delivered Windfalls and Drama to Diligent Defiers
Airdrops emerged as one of the juiciest trends for Defiers in 2021.
Fei Protocol Merges With Rari Capital To Create $2B Liquidity Player
The merger between Rari Capital and Fei Protocol will create a player with $2B in liquidity.
CloneX NFT Prices Spike on Nike’s Acquisition of RTFKT Studio
Nike made a running start into the metaverse with its acquisition of NFT studio RTFKT.
Hybrid AMM DeversiFi Delivers Airdrop and Trading Rewards
DeversiFi, a decentralized exchange (DEX) on the Ethereum blockchain, has launched trading rewards for users who swap tokens on its platform and announced a retroactive airdrop for early adopters. As many as 25,000 DVF tokens, currently valued at $300,000 will be distributed weekly to program participants who trade the following tokens on DeversiFi. Retroactive Airdrop …
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Tutorial: The Degen Savings Portfolio Featuring Abracadabra, Curve and Convex
Leveraged yield farming using Abracadabra, Convex and Curve.
Crypto.com’s Cronos Chain Nears $1B in TVL as Token Jumps 350%
Crypto.com’s exchange and token are surging, with TVL approaching $1B.
Wolf Game NFTs Spark Frenzy with Sales of $52M in Five Days
Wolf Game NFTs caught fire in recent days and big names are snapping them up.
Ape Diaries: Gasless Yield Farming on Aurora, NEAR’s EVM-Compatible Blockchain
This primer explores yield farming on Aurora.
ParaSwap Airdrops PSP Governance Token to ‘Active Users’
ParaSwap Airdrops PSP Governance Token for ‘Active Users’
Curve Turns Off Mochi’s Rewards After ‘Amazingly Scammy’ Tactics Trigger Outcry
Mochi launch reignites the Curve wars as influential Defiers decry its brazen tactics to maximize rewards.
DOT Holders Have Pledged $800M Ahead Of First Polkadot Parachain Auction
Polkadot’s first parachain auction is expected to be a hit with $800M already committed.
Own a .ETH Address? $ENS Tokens Are Headed Your Way in Major Airdrop
ENS Domains, the protocol that issues and manages domain names on the Ethereum blockchain, has announced plans to issue a token and form a DAO to govern the future of the protocol.
Anubis DAO Descends Into the Underworld After $60M Exploit
Anubis DAO, a recently launched fork of Olympus DAO, is engulfed in chaos after 13.6K ETH ($60M) was drained from the protocol today.
Abracadabra To Offer Supercharged Stablecoin Yields By Leveraging Terra’s Anchor Protocol
“Degen” traders are likely salivating at an announcement by DeFi’s rising star Daniele Sestagalli, claiming that they will soon be able to earn high yields from their stablecoins thanks to a new cross-chain, leveraged yield farming protocol. The Abracadabra founder said today on Twitter that a protocol which connects Ethereum with the Terra blockchain to …
Ape Diaries: Yield Farming in the Fantom Zone
This tutorial helps DeFi users learn how to yield farm on Fantom.
Terra and Abracadabra Team Up to Challenge Centralized Stablecoins
For an industry that has decentralization in its very name, DeFi’s reliance on centralized stablecoins remains an Achilles’ heel, making it an easy target for overzealous regulators.
Binance Unveils $1B Growth Fund to Supercharge Blockchain Adoption
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has allocated $1 billion in funding to a new growth fund that aims to kickstart the next phase of expansion for Binance Smart Chain (BSC). According to the announcement, $100M will be earmarked for talent development to enable a “new generation of crypto-native professionals to push crypto adoption forward.” …
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CyberKongz’ 13,000x Leap Spurs ‘Own to Earn’ NFTs But Regulatory Scrutiny Looms
The lines are getting blurred between NFTs and DeFi. Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the Ethereum-based NFT collection that exploded over the summer, has announced that it will issue a “legally compliant” token in the first quarter of 2022. The move is intended to “thoughtfully craft dope utility and governance, benefit our club members, and …
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Polygon Hikes its Minimum Gas Price by 30x in Bid to Foil Spammers
Polygon, the sixth-largest blockchain by assets locked, is increasing the minimum gas price for transactions on its network by a factor of 30. The move comes as the network recently surpassed Ethereum in terms of Daily Active Addresses and is intended to reduce the number of spam transactions on the network. There have been increasing …
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Compound Finance Pays Out Millions in Excess COMP After Buggy Update
Compound Finance’s smart contracts paid users an excess of millions of dollars in COMP tokens after a protocol update was deployed with a flaw in the code. The impact of the bug is limited to 280K COMP tokens and does not affect user deposits or loans, founder Robert Leshner said in a tweet. Just over …
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DAOs Accelerate Token Swaps in Push to Diversify Their Treasuries
DeFi DAOs have made some serious cash in 2021 — but generally only in their native tokens. Now they’re looking to diversify. Fueled by a combination of rising token prices and an explosion in fee revenues as DeFi continues to attract new users, the decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) that act as a management layer for …
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Ape Diaries: The Early Bird Gets The Airdrop
It has historically paid to be early in DeFi — literally. Traders (including yours truly) are betting that will also be the case on Arbitrum and Optimism. DeFi has long fostered a culture of rewarding early adopters, with a great example being last year’s massive Uniswap airdrop in which the decentralized exchange airdropped 400 UNI …