Ethereum Watch

Key Takeaways The price of COMP has increased over 10x since launch, augmenting yields for participants in the protocol Compound gives borrower an edge over MakerDAO, but fundamentals were not the reason for this rally If the price of COMP decreases, the incentives for using Compound will also diminish Whether liquidity mining is a sustainable […]

Key Takeaways Coinbase Pro revealed its preparing to list Compound on its retail platform on June 22. The announcement saw a significant number of investors buy COMP in anticipation of the listing. In the last few hours, this cryptocurrency surged over 200% and it may have more room to go up. The DeFi news category […]

When measuring user adoption rather than value locked in, liquidity and loan providers are the most popular applications in DeFi. Key Takeaways Measuring the success of DeFi apps with total value locked (TVL) shows a distorted picture of the space. Instead, the total number of users is a better indicator of a dapp’s popularity. The […]

Several DeFi projects have fallen to some exploit since the beginning of 2020. But instead of casting the entire sector aside as broken, some investors say that despite these failures, DeFi survived.  Advertisements And in a world full of shortsighted scammers and experiments, that’s very bullish. Did DeFi Survive?  Headlines surrounding the crypto market crash have dominated […]

DeFi protocols are proving their value after providing profit-making opportunities during diverse market conditions. Advertisements Building Financial Utility  In the first half of 2019, as the cryptocurrency market started to rise from multi-year lows, DeFi got its first taste of a bull market as loans on Maker hit an all-time high of $505 million.  Source: […]

A research experiment by Messari highlights how certain sub-niches of DeFi outperformed the rest by linking price appreciation to utility and usage.  Advertisements Dollar Returns From Top Tokens The rise of DeFi was unmistakably a central theme in the cryptocurrency landscape of 2019. Assets locked in open finance protocols surged from $200 million to nearly […]

Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, ether, is losing altitude, with signs suggesting the asset has ended a bull market from December lows with a drop below $200 last week. Advertisements The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently trading at $183 on Bitfinex, representing a 7.3 percent drop on a 24-hour basis. Prices fell 10.18 percent last week […]

The price of ethereum’s native cryptocurrency ether (ETH) surpassed $300 today to hit ten-month highs. Advertisements The world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization climbed above the psychological hurdle at 01:10 UTC and extended gains further to $306 – a level last seen on August 19, 2018. As of writing, ETH is changing hands at […]

Публикуван на 29.05.2019 г. Advertisements An illustrated guide to the lending platform/DeFi app MakerDAO and its tokens, MKR and DAI. Got questions about fluctuating interest rates and collateralization? We’ve got you covered. Subscribe to CoinDesk on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c… Site: https://www.coindesk.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoinDeskTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/coindeskInstagram: https://www.Instagram.com/coindeskNewsletter: https://www.coindesk.com/newsletter/Twitter (Markets): https://www.twitter.com/coindeskmarkets Advertisements CoinDesk is the leading digital media, events and […]

Weekly trading volume for the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market value, Ethereum (ETH), reached its highest notional value in over 17-months on the popular exchange Coinbase. Advertisements In Coinbase’s two most popular ETH markets, ETH/BTC and ETH/USD, a combined total of 3,675,570 units of ETH changed hands from May 13 to May 19, which […]