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Lossless: The First DeFi Hack Mitigation Tool
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Lossless: The First DeFi Hack Mitigation Tool

Lossless is the first DeFi hack mitigation tool for token creators. Lossless Protocol freezes fraudulent transaction based on a set of fraud identification parameters and returns stolen funds back to the owner’s account.
Defiant Degens: How to Earn Yield with Automated Options Selling on Ribbon Finance
DeFi

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

This is a weekly tutorial on the most compelling opportunities to consider yield farming, written by our friend DeFi Dad, an advisor to the Defiant and the Chief DeFi Officer of Zapper. The goal is to expose more Defiant readers to new DeFi applications and their associated liquidity mining programs. Background on Protocol: Ribbon Finance…
Terra's UST Dip Raises Questions on Algo Stablecoins
DeFi

Terra's UST Dip Raises Questions on Algo Stablecoins

Crypto markets went haywire last week and while extreme volatility is expected from most tokens, stablecoins are the one category designed to peacefully weather the storm. The stablecoin issued by the Terra network, UST, got mixed marks as it dipped well below its peg. UST dropped to as low as $0.89 on May 19, or…
Terra Degen: Playing Both Sides of the Anchor Money Market
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Terra Degen: Playing Both Sides of the Anchor Money Market

Anchor savings has no minimum deposits, account freezes, or signup requirements – it can be used by anyone in the world with access to the internet. Anchor’s money market is a Compound-inspired lending protocol for lending out deposited Terra stablecoins to borrowers. Anchor sources its deposit yields from bAsset-collateralized loans, where rewards of their bAsset…
Index Coop’s Leveraged ETH Token 2x-ed Only on the Way Up –– Here’s Why
DeFi

Index Coop’s Leveraged ETH Token 2x-ed Only on the Way Up –– Here’s Why

In a week where the entire market was gapping down, a curious case was how Index Coop’s indexed token ETH 2x – FLI did not reflect this price action proportionally in relation to its methodology, i.e. if ETH is up X, this index token should be up 2x, while if it’s down X, the FLI…
An Ape-Friendly Guide to DeFi Yield Derivatives
DeFi

An Ape-Friendly Guide to DeFi Yield Derivatives

Generating passive income using DeFi is one of the most attractive things for a newcomer. The interest rates of these protocols are often promoted to be in the range of hundred to thousands % APY, putting the bank interest rates to shame –– but that’s somewhat misleading as returns are calculated on an annual basis,…
Yearn Finance Ecosystem Breakdown –– Pushing the Boundaries of Human Coordination
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Yearn Finance Ecosystem Breakdown –– Pushing the Boundaries of Human Coordination

Yearn Finance surprised the DeFi world late last year when the project announced a flurry of mergers with Cream, Pickle, SushiSwap, Akropolis, and Cover in the span of a week. While the Cover merger ended, the remaining teams continue to collaborate at top speeds enabled by the shared goal of capital efficiency, belief in Yearn’s…
DeFi Protocols Show Resilience in Stress Test
DeFi

DeFi Protocols Show Resilience in Stress Test

In a selloff which saw Ethereum’s ETH and the DeFi Pulse Index basket of DeFi tokens dropping over 20% in an hour and more than 40% overall yesterday, DeFi protocols never stopped running and generally behaved as designed. As DeFi grows to hold $100B in assets with millions of users, yesterday was a test on…
DeFi Outperforms Post Crash as On-Chain Indicators Remain Strong
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DeFi Outperforms Post Crash as On-Chain Indicators Remain Strong

On-Chain Markets Update by Lucas Outumuro, IntoTheBlock Following the biggest crash since Black Thursday, DeFi protocols have managed to withstand major headwinds and liquidations. While DeFi tokens dropped significantly along with the rest of the market, they sustained above their lows relative to Ether and still managed to grow in key on-chain metrics.   The DeFi…
BSC's Venus Protocol Left With Bad Debt After Liquidations
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BSC's Venus Protocol Left With Bad Debt After Liquidations

Binance Smart Chain’s most popular lending protocol, Venus, experienced a massive string of market liquidations totaling over $200M on May 18, and Venus, itself, has been left with $100M in bad debt because of it.  The liquidations were primarily caused by the massive price swing of Venus’ governance token, XVS. The token jumped 88% from…