Tag Archives: DeFi News

Polygon, the Ethereum layer-2 solution formerly known as Matic Network, has released the first version of its network enabling developers to deploy ETH-compatible chains using the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Dubbed Polygon SDK, it marks the start of Ethereum’s transition into a multi-chain ecosystem. Polygon SDK Arrives Ever since the protocol’s rebranding from Matic Network to Polygon, announced earlier this year, the team has strived to turn Ethereum into an Internet of...

Justin Sun’s TRON has partnered with BSCPad to develop and release the first IDO launchpad build on its blockchain. Dubbed TRONPAD, it will take place exclusively on BSCPad and aims to mimic the latter’s recent success. TRONPAD Coming From TRON and BSCPad Advertised as the “fastest-growing launchpad in the DeFi space,” BSCPad saw the light of day recently but has already become a leader in terms of transactions and customers. It’s one of the major forces behind the explosive...

Huobi Group, the holding company of the leading cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi Global, has recently launched a new subsidiary geared towards decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and mergers and acquisitions. Huobi Devotes $100M to DeFi In a Thursday press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company noted that it has already deployed $100 million to this new venture investment arm dubbed “Huobi Ventures.” The ultimate goal of this new subsidiary...

deFIRE is a decentralized smart order routing engine being built for the Cardano ecosystem incubated and supported by Occam and powered by the industry leader in cross-chain liquidity provision, Changelly.  It offers execution services across decentralized exchanges (DEX) such as token swaps, order routing services across DEXs, and providing intermediary services between order flow originators and ultimate execution venues.  deFIRE’s goal has managed to draw the attention of...

E-commerce giant eBay has become the first in its industry to catch the non-fungible tokens (NFT) mania, as the company is now allowing the sale of NFTs on its platform. According to Reuters on Tuesday (May 11, 2021), eBay said that it would enable the sale of NFTs for digital collectibles such as video clips, images, or trading cards on its marketplace. Meanwhile, the ability to list and sell NFTs would be open only to whitelisted sellers. This could mean that the platform...

The automatic market maker (AMM) running on top of Ethereum, Balancer, announced that Version 2 of its platform is already live. It promises lower gas costs, a redesigned interface, and an enhanced user experience. Balancer V2 Arrives Built on Ethereum, Balancer is a DeFi protocol enabling users to trade ether and ERC-20 tokens in a trustless, permissionless environment. By providing liquidity to a Balancer pool, they can also earn a portion of the trading fees paid to the...

QANPlatform – a project that is on a mission of building a quantum-resistant hybrid blockchain protocol, secured investment from various venture capital funds to build a DeFi ecosystem. QAN Successfully Closes a Funding Round of $2.1 Million The question of whether or not existing blockchain-based PoW networks would stand the test of a quantum computer is one that’s been discussed for quite some time. To this date, many believe that a quantum computer is the most serious...

The data-agnostic oracle network supporting multiple blockchains, ORAO, will launch its general data product on top of TRON. The two parties announced a partnership earlier, with ORAO claiming it chose TRON due to the significantly lower transaction costs compared to other networks. ORAO to Launch Products on TRON Described as a “blockchain agnostic oracle platform built to support any number of chains,” ORAO operates with protocols working on top of Polkadot, Ethereum,...

Ethereum layer-two protocol, Metis, announced that they’ve successfully closed $4 million in a brand new funding round. $4 Million of Funding for ETH Layer Two Solution Metis Metis is an Ethereum layer-two protocol. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the company managed to raise another $4 million in a growth round that was led by the likes of Master Ventures, Oasis Capital, AU21, BMW Capital, Consensus Lab, Genblock Capital, M6, and so forth. This gives...

The cryptocurrency community has been particularly creative when it comes to finding new ways to bootstrap projects and raise funds. In late 2017 and 2018, we saw the appearance of initial coin offerings (ICOs), where teams would raise money by selling a part of their total token supply to the public. This created an absolute euphoria as these freshly minted coins would multiply in value once they were listed on an exchange and open for trading. Quick Navigation: ICOs were...