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While Bitcoin remains rangebound, to an extent, last week had some very exciting trading days. Towards the beginning of the week, BTC was trading at around $9,200 until last Saturday when it suddenly dropped and touched a low of $8,833, which remains the lowest point for the week. From there, BTC recovered and even made a failed attempt to climb back above $9,300.As it came to no fruition, the cryptocurrency experienced another sharp decline, losing $300 in minutes yesterday. It consolidated...

Decentralized finance markets have reached their highest ever levels in terms of the total amount of crypto collateral locked in smart contracts across the nascent ecosystem.DeFi: The Quickest Growing Sector in CryptoThe recent liquidity farming craze has catalyzed DeFi markets so much that they have now become the quickest growing sector in the crypto industry. Total value locked (TVL), which is a measure of how much crypto collateral is locked up in smart contracts, has just hit an all-time...

The trading volume of decentralized exchanges (DEX) has gone past the $5 billion milestone in the first six months of 2020, which is a significant increase from the 2019 performance.June 2020 Sets DEX Trading Volume ATHIn a tweet on Wednesday, Dune Analytics informed that the DEX trading volume for the first half of 2020 totaled about $5.1B. This figure represents a five-fold increase from the same period in 2019, providing further evidence of the significant growth of DEX platforms.We are...

Bitcoin attempted to conquer the $9,300 but to no fruition. The price pulled back and failed to breach the level. Meanwhile, the DeFi market continues to boom, with numerous projects marking double-digit daily increases.Bitcoin Price Fails at $9,300Bitcoin didn’t manage to claim $9,300 yesterday and has since retraced to its current trading level at around $9,200.As CryptoPotato reported, this is a vital level to watch in the short-term and should provide a good indication of how confident...

Decentralized Finance – kurz Defi – ist, innerhalb der Bitcoin-Szene der Megatrend schlechthin. Andreas Antonopoulos zufolge ist Decentralized Finance (zu Deutsch: dezentrale Finanzen) der beste Weg, um ein passives Einkommen mit Bitcoin zu erzielen. Auf DeFi-Plattformen können Sie ohne Zwischenhändler Geld und Coins leihen, verleihen und sparen. DeFi birgt aber auch Risiken....

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) ecosystem has once again come under attack as a decentralized automated market maker exchange suffered losses close to half a million dollars yesterday.Balancer Lost $500k In Pool VulnerabilityDeFi project Balancer has lost about $500,000 worth of multiple tokens to a hacker due to a vulnerability in two of Balancer’s pools. News about the hack emerged on social media on Sunday evening, but Balancer did not issue an official report until this morning.According...

Compound (COMP) could be nearing a local price top, soon after the Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) token recorded a 258% growth in ten days.And while “yield farming” has driven much of that growth, the Compound community has passed through a development proposal that would see incentives taken away from would-farmers.Local COMP Top Incoming?Blockchain analysts at Santiment predict Compound could be nearing a local top after the token took the top spot in their social media...

The cryptocurrency industry may soon welcome a new category of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications as privacy-focus coin Beam (BEAM) plans to execute its second hard fork, which would give DeFi apps a privacy layer.According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, the system-wide upgrade dubbed Beam Eager Electron 5.0 is expected to occur today, at exactly block 777,777.Beam Settles With BeamHash IIIThe hard fork of the Mimblewimble-based privacy coin will be the last “planned...

Decentralized finance (DeFi) project Balancer Labs officially announced the launch of its native governance token BAL on the Ethereum mainnet, with the price of BAL tokens increasing significantly following the launch. Balancer Follows Compound’s LeadThe news of the BAL governance token launch was made by CEO and Co-founder of Balancer Labs, Fernando Martinelli, via a Medium blog post on Tuesday (June 23, 2020). According to the announcement, the team is employing an “on-chain governance...

Hey Informanten, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 908. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Wirecard steckt in Schwierigkeiten, Haven Protocol (XHV) – DeFi kombiniert mit Anonymität & Jim Rogers Bitcoin fällt auf 0. [embedded content] 1.) Wirecard steckt in Schwierigkeiten – wie sieht es mit Krypto-Debitkarten aus?https://blockchain-hero.com/wirecard-steckt-in-schwierigkeiten-wie-sieht-es-mit-krypto-debitkarten-aus/ 2.) Haven Protocol (XHV): DeFi kombiniert mit...