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"We Need to Democratize Access to DeFi": DeFiZap's Nodar Janashia
Most liquidity in decentralized finance is coming from VCs, Janashia says.
👻 Scary Leveraged Loan on Aave
GM Defiers! Happy Friday. Today we get kind of cypherpunk, kind of technical, with our content. Our leading story is on the Gauntlet team sounding the alarm on a large cbETH position on Aave which is just a 9% move away from being liquidated and potentially dragging others with it. Meanwhile, Cryptosat, a team of…
The AI/Web3 Intersection Will be Mindblowing: Push's Rajat
In this week's episode we interview Harsh Rajat of Push Protocol.
⚔️ Fei Community Up In Arms Over Dissolution Plan
Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News Fei Community Up In Arms Over Dissolution Plan GitPOAP Raises $4.28M To Build Out On-Chain Credentials Aztec To Beef Up Controls After Alleged FTX Warning Ethermine To Drop PoW Ethereum Post-Merge
🦄 Recap: DeFi Week of Oct. 30
Hello Defiers! Happy weekend! Errors and opportunities. The duality of DeFi was on vivid display this week, or as Gala Games’ Jason Brink put it, web3’s capacity to be both “a blessing and a curse.” That line was from Sam Haig’s eye-opening story on a mistaken $1B hack of Gala’s token after
😲 Microstrategy Could Have Pocketed $1.3B if Saylor Had Bought ETH
Hello Defiers! Here’s what we’re covering today: News Microstrategy Could Have Pocketed $1.3B if Saylor Had Bought ETH JPMorgan Dives into DeFi After CEO Trashed Crypto as ‘Ponzi’ Polygon Scores Deal with Instagram to Support NFT Creators Multichain Says User Funds Safe in Response to Questions
⍺ DeFi Alpha: Using Opyn’s ETH Zen Bull Strategy To Capitalize On Low Volatility
Trade with up to 25X Leverage using Kwenta Decentralized Perpetuals on L2
Crypto in Q1; Prices & TVL Up, Hacks Down
Happy Friday, Defiers. It's time to take stock of what the highlights for DeFi and crypto were in the first three months of the year.
Uniswap's UNI Instantly Becomes One of DeFi's Most Widely Held Tokens
Hello Defiers! Of course, the big news today is the launch of Uniswap’s UNI token. DeFi’s largest DEX, the Etheruem dapp that’s processing more fees than Bitcoin itself, and the first decentralized exchange to beat a major centralized counterpart in daily volume, today airdropped 400 UNI directly into the wallets of anyone who had interacted…
🎙️Starkware Founders: Ethereum Could Surpass Visa's Transaction Speeds Within Months
This week on The Defiant Podcast we speak with Uri Kolodny and Eli Ben-Sasson, the co-founders of Starkware, one of the leading Layer 2 scaling solutions for Ethereum. Post Merge, Ethereum continues to rely on scaling solutions like Starkware and will continue to do so, according to the network’s long-term roadmap.