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Andre Cronje is undoubtedly one of the best-known names in the cryptocurrency field lately, especially when it comes to decentralized finance (DeFi).On July 17th, 2020, Cronje announced the release of various products under yearn.finance, as well as the governance token for the protocol called YFI.It didn’t take long for users to realize the potential of the platform, which, coupled with YFI’s incredibly scarce supply of 30,000 tokens, drove its price to the sky. Now, Cronje hints that he’s...

The launch of Uniswap’s governance token UNI caught the cryptocurrency market left, right, and center. Some folks who received the airdrop for being a loyal Uniswap user before September 1, dumped it on the market to avail their free helicopter money. Some held on.Nonetheless, UNI got listed on Coinbase Pro, Binance and it’s price shot through the roof. It’s now on number 32 as per CoinGecko. But can it break into the top 10?UNI Token Price Pumps, Dumps Then Again PumpsAs reported by...

This week was nothing short of exciting. Bitcoin started trading at around $10,300 but was on a positive note throughout the entire time. It increased gradually, without any sharp and somewhat surprising movements, and managed to add about 6.5% to its value.The cryptocurrency tapped the important psychological and technical resistance at $11,000 but failed to conclusively close above it. Still, Bitcoin regained a serious portion of the total market capitalization as its dominance increased by...

Cryptocurrency fake giveaway scams continue to emerge frequently, and the latest example involves the popular DEX protocol Uniswap. Just a day following the UNI token release, scammers began promoting fake UNI giveaways by impersonating Uniswap’s creator – Hayden Adams.Fake UNI Giveaways On YouTubeAs CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the popular decentralized token swap platform launched its long-anticipated native token called UNI. The announcement was accompanied by news that Uniswap will...

There’s never a dull day in the cryptocurrency market. From food-based meme coins that attract billions of locked value and generate extremely high yield, to a likely mistake that caused the price for a token to surge half a million percent in a few hours – there’s something for everyone.Buying the Wrong UNIUNI (the latest one) is the governance token of the largest decentralized exchange protocol and automated market maker, Uniswap.As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the token generated...

Most of the cryptocurrency market has been relatively calm in the past 24 hours. Bitcoin trades around $11,000, and Ethereum jumps by 2% to $385.Most of the attention went to Uniswap’s governance token (UNI) that launched yesterday. After listings on the most prominent digital asset exchanges, UNI trades at $5.3.Bitcoin Remains Below $11KAs reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency attempted to overcome the $11,000 mark. It seemed successful initially, but the move rapidly reversed,...

They say crypto’s biggest appeal lies in how fast one can acquire ‘Lambos,’ fly ‘to the moon’ and get their ‘numbers to go up.’ The Lambo aspect is still relevant as folks are making insane money day in and day out. The other two, not so much.Although traders still bet on prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), and other crypto assets, cryptocurrency trading or investing is not the set method for generating humongous wealth presently. DeFi’s yield farming has taken the centre stage in the quest to...

 As the DeFi space continues to boom, developers have come up with yet another iteration of a Uniswap-like automated market maker. Zeroing down on the meme-based food token craze, the platform is called BurgerSwap. BUIDL it, and they come. I do not know who built this one, but it’s already live on #BSC.BurgerSwap https://t.co/hsFQCZ8bcq— CZ Binance (@cz_binance) September 12, 2020BurgerSwap, unlike SushiSwap or other alternatives, is based on the Binance Smart Chain. It’s an implementation of...

Yield farming is a popular topic in the DeFi space for some time now. We know you may have many questions regarding yield farming – What is it? Why is it generating so much buzz?Let’s start with a simple statistic. In 2020, the DeFi space is so far growing at a rate of 150% in terms of total value locked (TVL) in dollars. In comparison, the crypto market capitalization has so far grown at a rate of only 37%.Many experts give credit to yield farming for the astounding growth of the DeFi space...

The latest two DeFi protocols to pump and dump worthless tokens have been Hotdog and Pizza as the food meme trend continues. They are essentially clones of other defi platforms, some of which are clones themselves.The latest is a Uniswap clone called Hotdog that, just like SushiSwap, promised better APYs and shares in governance tokens. Yield farmers, dubbed degens from the word degenerate, flocked to the platform in hopes of similar gains that SushiSwap made.DeFi Pump and DumpHOTDOG tokens...