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No Collateral, No Problem: Goldfinch Raises $11M to Bring Unsecured Loans to DeFi

Leave a Comment / Dive, News / By / June 17, 2021 / , , , ,

Unsecured loans, long a missing piece in the DeFi puzzle, may finally be coming to open finance. Goldfinch, a DeFi platform that specializes in making no-collateral loans, announced an $11M raise from the likes of Andreeson Horowitz, DeFi Alliance, and other investors. Goldfinch enables borrowers to garner access to unsecured loans without having to go …

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Synthetic Exchange Declares Independence with Own Token

Leave a Comment / Dive, News / By / June 16, 2021 / , , , ,

Kwenta, an exchange interface for Synthetix’s derivatives, has declared itself an “independent project operating outside of the Synthetix core contributors,” according to an announcement post. The project will also issue a token, KWENTA, that will be used to participate in governance and to “bootstrap the community and fuel an early development team.” It’s a sign …

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Liquidations Whack Synthetix

Leave a Comment / Dive, News / By / June 15, 2021 / , , , , , ,

In a sign of volatility in the blockchain-derivatives market, liquidations on the Synthetix platform skyrocketed to $19.4M, on June 11, a 30-fold jump from the next highest level on May 13, according to data from The Graph. . As worrisome as that spike might be, the liquidations were right in line with how the system …

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Synthetix to Add Tokens Linked to FAANG Stocks

Leave a Comment / Byte, News / By / April 21, 2021 / , ,

Synthetix users will soon be able to trade proxies of the most popular US tech stocks. Synthetix, the synthetic derivatives protocol, will launch its Alnilam update tomorrow which includes three Synthetix Improvement Proposals (SIPs) and adds support for eight new assets, including tokens tracking prices for FAANG stocks –– Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google …

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DeFi Stocks Trading Climbs After Robinhood Fail

Leave a Comment / Dive, News / By / March 29, 2021 / , , ,

Synthetic assets trading in decentralized finance is picking up after stock buyers were locked out of traditional markets last week. Platforms like Mirror, FTX, and Synthetix, which are live, and others still in the works like Injective Protocol, allow investors to gain access to traditional stocks and assets via tokens which replicate their price.  Daily …

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