Recap: DeFi Week of June 29 🦄
Hello Defiers! Hope you’re having a great weekend and happy 4th to those in the United States 🇺🇸 Summing up this past week: DeFiplatforms’ token incentives, which come on top of the yield they were already generating with lending and borrowing, are causin...
Hello Defiers! Hope you’re having a great weekend and happy 4th to those in the United States 🇺🇸
Summing up this past week: DeFiplatforms’ token incentives, which come on top of the yield they were already generating with lending and borrowing, are causing ripples. There’s now over $100M in BTC circulating the Ethereum economy, driven mainly by WBTC used to farm yield. Stablecoin-focused DEX Curve Finance has shot up to the second-largest decentralized trading platform by volume as traders seek USTD and other stable assets to maximize yield on other platforms. An attacker was able to withdraw $500K from Balancer, which has been at the center of the yield farming frenzy with its BAL token, and hackers have found a way to take unclaimed COMP tokens for the platform.
MCDEX introduced the first ETH perpetual futures contract, Synthetix launched binary options, and 0x released DEX aggregator Matcha. The prediction markets space just got a little more crowded with Omen and Polymarket, and The Graph Raised $5M. Corey Petty of Status writes about security in a self-sovereign world.
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Op-ed
Will a Self-Sovereign World Make Users Pick Between Security and Convenience?
We’ve become used to relying on others for security. We’ve traded ownership, freedom and privacy, for convenience. As we step into this new world, made possible by distributed technology and cryptocurrencies, we need to relearn what the best practices are so that our funds and personal information are kept secure. The question is, can this be done in a way that’s as convenient as trusting others? Does DeFi stand a chance at mass adoption if the answer is no? Corey Petty, security lead at Status, answers these questions in this week’s guest column.
Thursday
Dives
- Stablecoin DEX Curve Surges Amid Yield Farming Boom: As yield farming continues to push demand for stablecoins, one platform is taking the cake.
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- COMP Users Vote to Change Token Incentives: Markets that lend more value will receive more rewards, which will continue to be evenly distributed among lenders and borrowers.
- Matcha is The Hot New DEX in DeFi: Thinkof Matcha like an Expedia or Kayak for finding the best rates when you want to trade ETH or ERC20 tokens on Ethereum.
- Bet on This: Prediction Markets Space Heating Up: Ethereans have been pushing for decentralized prediction markets since before Ethereum itself launched. The latest attempts to crack this use case are Omen and Polymarket.
Wednesday
Dives
- Bitcoin is Buckling Under Ethereum’s Gravitational Pull: There’s now over $100M in BTC circulating the Ethereum economy. Ethereum acts as a gravity well for global financial assets. And Bitcoin is the first victim.
- Key Analytics Behind the Rise of WBTC: IntoTheBlock finds WBTC daily active addresses and transactions of more than $100k surge after the token was added to yield farming. The average balance of a WBTC holder has also increased as a result of the potential to profit from DeFi integrations.
Tuesday
Dives
- bZx About to Jump on Yield Farming Bandwagon: bZx is seeking to jump on the yield farming bandwagon with its BZRX token in search of increasing the total value locked in its protocol.
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- Kyber Announces KNC Makeover Launch Date: Kyber’s Katalyst upgrade, which is going live on July 7, aims to bolster the DEX’s depth and ecosystem integrations by introducing voting incentives, rebates for liquidity and the ability for partners to set their own spreads.
- Synthetix Launches Binary Options: Synthetix, which offers long and short exposure to crypto, fiat currencies and indexes through synthetic tokens, is adding binary options to its exchange.
- The Graph Raises $5M to Build the Web3 Query Layer: The Graph raised $5M from crypto funds including Framework, ParaFi Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group, with continued participation from Multicoin Capital and DTC Capital.
- Careful Out There Farmers; Balancer Exploited Again: Shortly after a hacker was able to withdraw $500k from Balancer pools exploiting deflationary tokens (which Balancer reimbursed), another trader drained unclaimed COMP tokens in several Balancer pools.
Monday
Dives
- Hacker Drains $500k from Balancer Pools: A hacker yesterday drained $500k in tokens from two Balancer Labs liquidity pools in the latest of at least five DeFi attacks this year.
- MCDEX Launches First ETH Perpetual Contract in DeFi: MCDEX today is launching DeFi’s first ETH/USD perpetual futures contracttoday. DeFi traders will now be able to go up to 10x long ETH in a permissionless way.
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- MakerDAO Adds Poll to Raise WBTC Debt Limit: MakerDAO’s MKR holders will now be able to signal their support to raise WBTC debt ceiling to 20m from 10m.
- The DeFinancial Farming Toolbox: TokenBrice: Monolith’s Brice Berdah published “a hitchhiker’s guide to liquidity mining curating tips & tools to help you make the most of DeFi’s agrarian revolution.”
💜Community Love💜
Thanking all the amazing Defiers for the support and love this week (and always)!
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bit.lyBitcoin is Buckling Under Ethereum’s Gravitational Pull and It’s Only The First VictimThe Bitcoin-on-Ethereum issue6:08 PM ∙ Jul 1, 202023Likes7Retweets
The Defiant @DefiantNewsIn today's Defiant: 🚀Examining @CurveFinance's explosive growth ↪️ $COMP incentives change 🍵@matchaxyz launch + tutorial 🔮@Omen_eth & @polydotmarket's take on prediction markets https://t.co/6Ef9ctWARu7:03 PM ∙ Jul 2, 20209Likes3Retweets
The Defiant @DefiantNewsIn today's Defiant: 🚀Examining @CurveFinance's explosive growth ↪️ $COMP incentives change 🍵@matchaxyz launch + tutorial 🔮@Omen_eth & @polydotmarket's take on prediction markets https://t.co/6Ef9ctWARu7:32 PM ∙ Jul 2, 202056Likes18Retweets
andyboyan.eth @andyboyanLittle nugget in @DefiantNews on $KNC @KyberNetwork upgrade: "...those who hold 2k or more KNC (currently ~$2.3k) will also be able to trade on KyberSwap with no protocol fees."11:15 AM ∙ Jul 1, 20205Likes1Retweet
thedefiant.substack.comBitcoin is Buckling Under Ethereum’s Gravitational Pull and It’s Only The First VictimThe Bitcoin-on-Ethereum issue4:44 AM ∙ Jul 3, 2020
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Decrypt Media @decryptmediaAn interview with Liu Jie of China's new DeFi project MCDEX ► https://t.co/swhK3zaA9g https://t.co/us1qDWZADS1:23 AM ∙ Jun 30, 202021Likes6Retweets
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decrypt.coBitcoin is buckling under Ethereum’s gravitational pull - DecryptWith Compound, Maker, and others offering permissionless financial services using Bitcoin as collateral, people are migrating their Bitcoin over to Ethereum8:44 PM ∙ Jul 1, 202024Likes6Retweets
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