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The Binance Smart Chain powered DEX has surged in popularity in recent months as DeFi newbies flock to the platform to avoid paying heavy gas fees on Ethereum. Figures from on-chain data providers indicate that the record figures for BSC and PancakeSwap have indeed surpassed that of the Ethereum network, despite its record price high of $3,100 today. PancakeSwap’s analytics dashboard does not appear to be updating TVL and volume figures, but its daily transaction count is...

As the bull market rages on, it’s easy to get caught up in success stories. However, it’s paramount to know that it’s not all rainbow and butterflies – losses happen, and they hurt, especially if you’re not prepared or overtrade. An investor tweeted about how he lost his entire $185k portfolio in just 3 weeks. This is verifiable via his Ethereum address. The thread is sobering, and it’s a great read for traders to go through to remember that bull markets don’t last forever,...

Jigstack, a DeFi project aiming to govern high-quality revenue-generating network solutions on Ethereum, has successfully raised $3 million in private and public funding rounds. The protocol plans to utilize the funds to build the DAO of the decentralized finance sphere. Jigstack Raises $3M in Funding Rounds Describing itself as the “missing piece of DeFi,” Jigstack is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), which engineers and deploys institutional-grade decentralized...

Polygon, an easy-to-use platform for Ethereum scaling and infrastructure development, has recently launched a $100 million fund intended to improve the accessibility of the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to more users. According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the fund, known as “#DeFiforAll,” is geared toward effectively introducing millions of users to the various decentralized products and platforms available. Polygon’s Fund to Support DeFi for 3 Years The...

$50 million worth of various cryptocurrencies has disappeared from the automated market maker platform running on the Binance Smart Chain – Uranium Finance. While the team behind the project claims the funds were stolen, the cryptocurrency community speculates of a possible rug pull. $50M Gone From Uranium Finance The DeFi project took it to Twitter today to explain the exploit which targeted its v2.1 token migration event. More specifically, Uranium argued that the hackers...

The ongoing crypto bull market has positively impacted various companies and services connected to the industry. Just six months after topping one million monthly active users, the popular Ethereum wallet MetaMask has reached another milestone at five million. MetaMasks Tops 5M Monthly Users CryptoPotato reported back in October 2020 when MetaMask – the cryptocurrency wallet software supporting Ethereum-based digital assets – reached one million monthly active users. A lot...

Reef Finance has announced that its Substrate-based mainnet will see the light of day in May 2021. Called Reef Chain, it promises to “make DeFi easy” by enabling developers to use a highly scalable and fully EVM-compatible network that’s integrated into the Polkadot ecosystem. Reef Chain Coming in May Reef Finance is a cross-chain DeFi operating system allowing traders to access liquidity from centralized and decentralized exchanges through its smart liquidity aggregator and...

French game publisher Ubisoft has partnered with Tezos, becoming an official corporate validator node on its blockchain. Nomadic Labs, a research and development team within the Tezos ecosystem, announced the partnership via Twitter.  ?@Ubisoft is exploring #Tezos technology by becoming a corporate baker. ? Welcome to the ecosystem!Read the announcement: https://t.co/ZM1IzBTVCM#blockchain #DigitalTransformation #crypto #Ubisoft pic.twitter.com/6wKCQIFAOJ — Nomadic Labs...

The ecosystem of the Binance Smart Chain continues to expand. With a range of available applications spanning various segments of the industry, BSC has recently reached another milestone, with its daily transactions being 200% more than these on Ethereum. The ecosystem is bound to expand even more following the recent inclusion of KeyFi to the popular BSC-based decentralized exchange, ApeSwap. KeyFi Comes to BSC KeyFi brings forward an AI-powered DeFi aggregator. Its native...

Deutsche Telekom has invested in Celo, an open-sourced proof of stake (PoS) blockchain designed to allow mobile phone access to decentralized finance projects. The German telecommunication giant is the first such company to join the Celo network. Deutsche Telekom Invests in The Future of DeFi Founded in 1995, Deutsche Telekom is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe. The Bonn, Germany-headquartered giant announced on Tuesday the purchase of an undisclosed amount...