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DeFi
CeFi Failed. DeFi Did Not. But Is That the Whole Story?
Tanks on the street. You’d be forgiven for thinking this was Ukraine. Armoured vehicles patrolling the thoroughfares of a city at war. But it’s not, it’s China. Henan province to be precise. And the tanks have been sent in to protect the local branch of a bank. One embroiled in a scandal as users were…

Research & Opinion
IntoTheBlock: Stablecoin Yields Reveal the Inner Workings of DeFi
Stablecoin Yields Mirror Speculative and Deleveraging Cycles

Podcast
The Ethereum Merge: All Your Qs Answered by EF Researcher Justin Drake
This week on The Defiant podcast we speak to Justin Drake.

Markets
Ether On Exchanges Plummets To 4-Year Low Ahead Of The Merge
Ether held on exchanges has dropped 40% in the past year to 19M ETH.

DeFi
Feds Turn Up the Heat on Crypto with Insider Trading Case Against ex-Coinbase Employee
Former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi and two associates have been charged for allegedly front-running token listings.

DeFi
Curve Finance Has a Stablecoin in the Works
Curve is likely to launch an overcollateralized stablecoin.

Blockchains
Polygon's Embrace of Zero Knowledge Proofs Cranks Up the Heat in Scalability Race
Layer 2 Makes Bold Move to Increase Transaction Speed and Lower Fees

Education
What Is a Metaverse?
Rising Investment and Popularity is Driving Development of a 40-year-old Vision

NFTs & Web3
Axie Infinity Faces Biggest Battle as It Rolls Out Vital Upgrade
SLP Has Lost 98% of its Value as Axie Races to Overhaul Gameplay





