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There’s Now a Token That Tracks Trending WSB Stocks
Degenerative Finance has launched uSTONKS, a synthetic that tracks the ten most bullish Wall Street Bets stocks. The project is a collaboration between Yam Finance and UMA protocol, and is intended to function as a DeFi proxy for hype on Reddit’s WSB. Users who mint and provide liquidity during the first three weeks will receive…
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Elastic Finance: Definition, Use Cases and Framework by AmpleSense DAO
Rebase Tokens and Elastic Finance: They’re Not What You Think Elastic finance (EeFi) offers an exciting monetary and technological innovation, the likes of which has not been seen in the cryptocurrency market in many years. The emerging elastic finance sub-sector – led by Ampleforth – features tokens that experience dynamic supply adjustments called rebases. The…
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"It Was Exciting But Also Terrifying:" Yam Finance's Backstory
In this week’s interview, I spoke with Dan Elitzer and Clinton Bembry, who were part of the founding team of Yam. Yam Finance is an experiment in rebasing cryptocurrencies, plus token incentives, plus full on-chain governance, plus a DAO-like treasury managed by token holders. It’s also testing the power of the emoji and opened the...
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YAM Finally Finds Fertile Ground After Succesful Rebase
Yam Finance’s first successful monetary exercise yesterday marks a new start to DeFi’s original food-based token YAM is an experiment in rebasing cryptocurrencies, plus token incentives (aka yield farming) to drive liquidity, plus full on-chain governance, plus a DAO-like treasury managed by token holders. It’s also testing the power of the emoji. Its Aug. 11…