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The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector is riding strong in October after a month-long market lull. The latest charts show figures hitting all-time highs with respect to liquidity stored on these protocols. The total value locked (USD) has established a new peak after soaring above $236 billion on October 26th. According to Defi Llama, the TVL figures have maintained a steady uptrend over the past month. In addition to the broader cryptocurrency realm, DeFi too had a rather...

Minima, a scalable and decentralized blockchain network for value and information transfer, has recently bagged $6.5 million from notable investors in a Series A funding round. Accelerating Mainnet Launch According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the funds acquired from the just-concluded funding round will be used to facilitate the launch of Minima’s Mainnet in 2022.  Minima’s system is designed to seamlessly fit on a mobile or IoT device, allowing every user to...

IOTA – an open-source cryptocurrency and distributed ledger – recently launched its smart contract beta. Network users can now take advantage of the high-speed yet zero-fee transactions functionality that comes with the IOTA network. Smart Contracts on IOTA As reported on Thursday, the beta includes an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), making ERC-20 tokens interoperable with the platform. Furthermore, smart contracts can now be written in solidity (Ether’s programming language)...

What is the best thing the cryptocurrency ecosystem could do to ensure its global success? Boost the dominance of stablecoins. Anyone who disagrees is free to debate with Emin Gün Sirer, CEO of Ava Labs, the company behind the succesful Avalanche protocol, who explained to Business Insider that stability must reign in the world of decentralized currencies if they are to be attractive to the general public. Stablecoins Will Be The Next Big thing ISpeaking to Business Insider,...

Solana – the fast-rising public blockchain platform – has reached an all-time high in TVL on its Defi protocols. This comes amidst a booming cryptocurrency market in which altcoins are beginning to reclaim market share. According to Defi Llama, the TVL in DeFi on Solana reached a new record of $12.7 billion earlier on October 21st. It has since receded to about $12.34 billion at the time of writing. Total Value Locked on Solana. Source: Defi LlamaThis is a greater volume than...

SEBA Bank, a fully regulated Switzerland-based financial institution that offers several crypto services to its clients, announced that customers will now be able to earn yield on their digital asset holdings. SEBA Launches Yield Earning According to an official press release, SEBA Bank has launched a new institutional-grade solution dubbed SEBA Earn, which will allow crypto holders to earn yield on their digital currencies. The bank noted that the sharp growth witnessed...

Celsius Network– a leading cryptocurrency lending platform – recently received a $400M investment from equity firm WestCap and investment group Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ). With this, Celsius is now valued at over $3 billion USD. New Funds For Celsius As stated in a press release, the company’s new proceeds will go towards expanding its product offerings and further bridging crypto to traditional finance. It will specifically focus on developing products...

MetaMask – the rapidly growing and highly popular Ethereum software wallet – plans to bring DeFi to large crypto-related institutions. They have partnered with three crypto custodians to respond to different organizational needs. Namely, those are BitGo, Qredo, and Cactus. MetaMask Brings Defi to Major Crypto Companies ConsenSys – the Ethereum software company that created MetaMask – unveiled the news in a recent blog post. Under the new partnership, institutions will be able...

As part of its ecosystem expansion, a leading DeFi and CeFi aggregator OpenOcean announced the integration of Fantom, an open-source smart contract platform for decentralized applications (dApps), to offer users better trading opportunities. OpenOcean Integrates Fantom Per the announcement, the initiative will also see OpenOcean connect with other Fantom-based decentralized exchanges, including SushiSwap, SpiritSwap, SpookySwap, and Curve. Like all other aggregations, the...

Roughly a month after getting exploited for the second time this year, Cream Finance has reported that it has recovered more than $16 million of the funds. CryptoPotato reported on August 31st this year when the decentralized finance protocol Cream Finance suffered another security breach – this time, roughly $25 million in ETH and AMP were stolen. At the time, the team behind the project promised to investigate the manner and provide frequent updates. Now, approximately a...