Total Value Locked in DeFi Climbs to New Record

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Total Value in DeFi Climbs to New Record

Value in decentralized finance platforms approached $800 million, a record, amid a broader crypto rally, and as savers rushed to earn higher deposit rates. […]

As Climate Change Worries Rise, ETH Has Green Way Out

BlackRock’s Larry Fink sent a letter to his fellow CEOs sitting at the heads of the companies his firm invests about $7 trillion of client assets in. He said they should confront climate change, as not doing so will hurt shareholders in the long term. So what does that mean for crypto? […]

Visa Bets on No-Card Transfers (DeFi Bets on No-Bank)

Visa plans to buy Plaid, which connects end users’ bank accounts with fintech apps such as Venmo or Acorns, for $5.3 billion. […]

New Charity System: Donate Without Spending Money

The team behind rDai, which lets users redirect interest earned on their Dai, have now built rTrees. […]

Token Sale Regulations in the U.S. Continue to Tighten

The SEC alerted users “to use caution” before investing in so-called “initial exchange offerings.” […]

Liquidators, The Secret Whales Helping DeFi Function: Tom Schmidt

Tom Schmidt of Dragonfly Capital analyzes the role and state of liquidators in DeFi

Paul, Streamer of Money @PaulRBergHow to do founder vesting web3 style: 🖨️ Mint the company shares as ERC20 tokens 💳 Assign it all to a 1-of-n multisig ⏳ For each founder, create a @SablierHQ stream w/ their equity allocation & set the duration to 4 years If a founder leaves, anyone can cancel their stream.8:08 PM ∙ Jan 14, 202052Likes7Retweets

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About the author: I’m Camila Russo, a financial journalist writing a book on Ethereum with Harper Collins. (Pre-order The Infinite Machine here). I was previously at Bloomberg News in New York, Madrid and Buenos Aires covering markets. I’ve extensively covered crypto and finance, and now I’m diving into DeFi, the intersection of the two.