TrustSwap and Yield Launch a New FlashDrop Program to Incentivize Smaller Stakers

TrustSwap — a DeFi project offering a wide range of different services — recently announced the launch of a new program that was created to provide an incentive for smaller stakers.

How Alpha Homora v2 Will Boost Yield Farmes Gains

Via its Twitter handle Alpha Finance Lab has announced the relaunch of Alpha Homora in its second iteration.

Hegic Protocol announces 'gradual' governance launch for long-term users

Hegic will reward long-term traders, LPs, hodlers, and Discord users with its forthcoming governance token. Decentralized finance protocol Hegic has announced a soft governance launch designed to reward its long-term users. According to an April 19 announcement, Hegic intends to reward its most loyal users with its new gHEGIC governance token, straying from the public airdrops and yield farming campaigns that have become a popular means to distribute governance in the DeFi sector. Users hodling gHEGIC will be able to vote in future Hegic Improvement Proposals. Hegic is a decentralized on-chain derivatives protocol that allows users to purchase call and put options to speculate on Ethereum and Wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC).

TrustSwap Rolls Out a New Program on YIELD App — FlashDrop

The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. The DeFi project TrustSwap recently announced the launch of a new product.

Venus (XVS) price aims for $100 amid rising TVL and surge in DeFi users

The total value locked in Venus soared to a record $11.1 billion as DeFi users flock to the platform in search of attractive yields. Binance Smart Chain (BSC) has rapidly risen to prominence in 2021 as high transaction costs and congestion on the Ethereum (ETH) network led smaller-size investors to search for cheaper alternatives. One of the top choices to earn a yield on the BSC is Venus (XVS), an algorithmic money market and synthetic stablecoin protocol that provides a lending and borrowing solution for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.

Is DeFi yield appetite rising again? Enso raises $5M as YFI hits new highs

Enso raises $5 million from top funds and YFI price hits a new record high as the demand for DeFi yield rises. The appetite for DeFi is rising again as blue chips are rallying and yield-earning strategy-sharing platforms, like Enso, are on the rise. Enso, a platform where users can share yield-earning strategies, raised $5 million on April 13 from top US venture capital firms including Polychain Capital and Multicoin Capital. Synthetix (SNX) founder Kain Warwick, Aave founder Stani Kulechov, Dfinity COO Artia Moghbel, and other prominent angels took part in the round. The high-profile fundraising round comes as Yearn.finance (YFI) achieved a new all-time high above $50,000. Why is the demand for yield-earning protocols rising? Protocols like YFI are seeing significant demand once again as DeFi blue chips start to rally off of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) hitting record highs. The appetite for high-risk and high-return plays is clearly increasing, as the cryptocurrency market as a whole enters price discovery. YFI tops yield TVL rankings.

MakiSwap Raises $1.4M From Leading Investors to Build AMM Platform on Huobi Eco Chain

April 14, 2021 – St. John’s Antigua, Barbuda MakiSwap, the number-one decentralized exchange on Huobi Eco Chain (Heco), has raised $1.4 million in seed and private funding to build the most robust and feature-rich automated market maker exchange and yield farming platform on Huobi Eco Chain.

MakiSwap Raises $1.4M to Build AMM Platform on Huobi Eco Chain

[Press Release – St, John’s Antigua, Barbuda, 14th April, 2021] MakiSwap, the number one decentralized exchange on Huobi Eco Chain (Heco), has raised $1.4 million in seed and private funding to build the most robust and feature-rich automated market maker exchange and yield farming platform on Huobi Eco Chain.

Don-Key to take eToro’s approach to yield farming after closing $2.2M round

With the tailwinds of a fresh $2.2 million fundraising at its back, Don-Key aims to become the eToro of DeFi by building a comprehensive social platform for yield farming designed to improve accessibi The post Don-Key to take eToro’s approach to yield farming after closing $2.2M round appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Crypto ‘No Loss’ Lottery Winner Turns $74 Into $40,000

PoolTogether is a crypto lottery that turns yield into lottery tickets.

Don-Key To Take eToro’s Approach To Yield Farming After Closing $2.2 Million Round

[Press Release – Tortola, BVI, 13th April, 2021, Chainwire] With the tailwinds of a fresh $2.2 million fundraising at its back, Don-Key aims to become the eToro of DeFi by building a comprehensive social platform for yield farming designed to improve accessibility and magnify yield farmers’ potential.

Cometh Partners With Alchemix for “Wizards” Collection of Yield-Generating NFTs

Fast-growing blockchain strategy game Cometh has released its collection of themed NFT spaceships in collaboration with Alchemix, a synthetic token platform that offers self-repaying loans.

Earning Interest on Crypto & Fiat Has Never Been Easier as Nexo Offers Passive Income of up to 12%

Nexo, the trusted digital assets institution that was the first to introduce lending services to the crypto sector has surpassed many traditional investment instruments by also offering high yield returns in the form of daily interest payouts.

DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) Witnesses Massive Growth Following Binance Smart Chain Integration

DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) continues to attain popularity within the decentralized finance sector.

Clever DeFi Offering Easy Yield Farming for Investors

The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Within the rapidly growing cryptocurrency industry, decentralized finance is regarded as the next financial revolution.

Join the DeFi train with Clever DeFi, a yield farming platform with fortnightly interest payments

Yield farming is a phenomenon that has driven decentralized finance (DeFi) in the past 12 months.

Bancor releases no-liquidation lending with Vortex as AMMs continue diversification

Bancor introduced a complex but useful lending and token burn mechanic through its vBNT token. Automated market maker exchange Bancor has rolled out a new mechanism that allows users to increase their capital efficiency while providing liquidity in its pools. Called Vortex, the solution allows users providing liquidity in BNT, Bancor’s utility token, to borrow funds while continuing to obtain yield from swap fees. The Vortex mechanism reworks the existing mechanism of vBNT, a special version of the BNT token that entitles users to participate in governance.

Element Raises $4.4M to Offer High Yield Crypto Loans

Element, a startup composed of DeFi vets and backed by blue chip investors, promises to make high yield crypto returns more accessible.

$EASY As ABC: High-Yield Staking Program Launches on Binance Exchange

This week, Binance and EasyFi revealed that high-yield staking through the EASY token would be enabled, with full integration soon to follow within the Binance Smart Chain.

ApeSwap.Finance: A Friendly Twist on Decentralized Exchanges

Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. Taking “Ape-ing” to the next level with ApeSwap. ApeSwap.Finance, an Automated Market Maker and Yield Farm on Binance Smart Chain, is growing at a rapid pace! Launching just 1 month ago, they’ve already attained over USD 35,000,000 in Total Value Locked, USD 350,000,000 in trading volume, 250,000 unique

Flamingo (FLM) TVL rises as Ethereum gas solutions remain elusive

Flamingo’s total value locked continues to rise as DeFi investors are attracted to the platform's zero-fee transactions and high-yield liquidity pools. Yield farming has grown in popularity over the past year alongside the rise of decentralized finance, but recently the ability to earn a good return has been limited by the high transaction costs on the Ethereum (ETH) network.  As a result, yield farmers have begun exploring options outside the Ethereum network for more accessible opportunities in a low fee environment. One option that has shown steady growth in liquidity since launching is Flamingo Finance (FLM), a DeFi platform based on the Neo (NEO) blockchain and the Poly Network interoperability protocol.

Binance Smart Chain Integrates Wrapped IOTA to Stake, Yield, and Earn

IOTA holders will be able to stake, yield, earn, and participate in more applications on the Binance Smart Chain through wrapped IOTA.

PancakeSwap (CAKE) aims to take a slice out of Uniswap’s DeFi dominance

PancakeSwap has emerged as one of the top DeFi platforms and its Binance Smart Chain integration makes it a liquidity magnet against competitors like Uniswap and SushiSwap. Decentralized finance has taken a back seat to nonfungible tokens over the past month but this hasn’t stopped the top DeFi projects from developing and strategizing how to grow their ecosystems and market share.  One project that has outperformed the field as of late is PancakeSwap (CAKE), the Binance Smart Chain-based automated market maker (AMM) that allows users to exchange tokens and earn a portion of fees through yield farming. Monthly trading volume on PancakeSwap.

WINk (WIN) soars as retail DeFi investors flee high Etheruem gas costs

WINk’s low-cost yield farming offerings are attracting retail DeFi investors who have been priced out of Uniswap due to high Ethereum gas costs. Decentralized finance has exploded in popularity over the past year and many analysts have pointed to the 2020 'summer of DeFi' as the primary catalyst for the rallies seen in Ether (ETH)  and Bitcoin (BTC).  In the beginning, investors were able to easily secure 4-digit annual percentage yield (APY) on an almost endless number of attractively priced assets on Uniswap but the increased activity on the Etheruem network eventually led to unsustainable spikes in gas fees and serious network congestion. These skyrocketing gas fees have priced out the average retail investor from participating in even the simplest protocol interactions like token approval or staking.

SushiSwap launches V1 of long-awaited Kashi release

SushiSwap wants to offer a wider net of margin assets than independent DeFi lending platforms. Decentralized exchange SushiSwap has announced the "rolling release" of Kashi, a specialized lending platform specifically designed for margin trading on the exchange, and BentoBox, a dual-purpose yield vault.

MiMo DeFi Protocol: World’s first decentralized lending platform to mint euro stablecoin PAR

Lock up your WBTC, ETH and USDC to mint PAR tokens and earn high-yield APYs through Liquidity Mining Pools. Singapore, 26 March, 2021 - MiMo DeFi has recently revamped its Web App and Wallet with a The post MiMo DeFi Protocol: World’s first decentralized lending platform to mint euro stablecoin PAR appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Tidal to Launch Balancer LBP Following 500x Oversubscribed Polkastarter IDO

PRESS RELEASE. Tidal Finance, a high-yield insurance platform, offers the ability to hedge against the failure of a DeFi protocol or asset.

Tidal to launch Balancer LBP following 500x oversubscribed Polkastarter IDO

Tidal Finance, a high-yield insurance platform, offers the ability to hedge against the failure of a DeFi protocol or asset.

Tidal To Launch Balancer LBP Following 500x Oversubscribed Polkastarter IDO

Disclaimer: The text below is a press release that was not written by Cryptonews.com. Tidal Finance, a high-yield insurance platform, offers the ability to hedge against the failure of a DeFi protocol or asset.

Jeff Garzik’s DeFi protocol Vesper Finance tops $1B TVL in six weeks

Within six weeks of launching, Vesper Finance, a DeFi yield platform co-founded by former Bitcoin Core developer Jeff Garzik, has amassed a $1 billion TVL. Vesper Finance, a recently launched DeFI yield suite co-founded by former Bitcoin core developer Jeff Garzik, has surpassed a TVL of $1 billion within six weeks of launching on mainnet. Garzik, also an executive of blockchain technology firm Bloq Inc, tweeted the news on March 23 while also revealing the team had open-sourced its smart contracts.

Bitcoin is Showing Great Resilience Considering the Surging 10-Year Treasury Yield

Crypto analyst and investor Joseph Young has disclosed that BTC is showing considerable resilience despite unfriendly market forces like the surging 10-year treasury yield.

Pumpy Finance Protocol (PMP) Launches Yield Farming

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Pumpy finance announced the launch of a low-fee Yield Aggregator with Limited Supply on the Binance Smart Chain.

Blow to Bitcoin as Key US Yield Hits Feb 2020 High Ahead of FOMC Meeting

Key Bitcoin Takeaways Bitcoin sell-off accelerated ahead of the US session as US 10-year Treasury yields hit a fresh 13-month peak.

Chasing Liquidity Pools: Crypto Assets and Defi Apps Can Give Yields Up to 400% Annually

While cryptocurrency markets have been red hot and gaining in value, demand for certain assets and liquidity has grown massive.

Alchemix announces $4.9 million raise led by CMS, Alameda, and e-Girl Capital

Established VC firms join more atypical investment entities in positioning the young DeFi protocol for the future A fast riser in the decentralized finance (DeFi) world has announced a $4.9 million raise today led by major industry venture capital groups — as well as some unusual, upstart players.  Alchemix, a DeFi lending protocol whose loans automatically repay themselves via deposits into other yield-bearing protocols, announced on Discord today a $4.9 million raise led by ten investors including industry mainstays CMS Holdings and Alameda Research, as well as upstart crypto VC players such as eGirl Capital.

Dash rolls out Ethereum DeFi bridge with staking and yield farming

Dash is set to release its Ethereum decentralized finance bridge after months of testing. Payments-focused crypto project Dash (DASH) is officially launching its Ethereum DeFi bridge. According to an announcement issued on Wednesday, the foray into decentralized finance is made possible via a partnership with DeFi gateway protocol StakeHound and will see Dash holders able to interact with DeFi protocols on the Ethereum chain. Dash holders will be able to stake their tokens and participate in yield farming while also gaining exposure to lending markets and arbitrage opportunities within the Ethereum DeFi matrix. Holders of ERC-20 wrapped stDASH tokens will also reportedly be able to provide liquidity on automated market maker platforms like Uniswap and earn a portion of the transaction fees in the process. To facilitate the Ethereum bridging process, StakeHound will provide wrapped stDASH tokens which are a one-to-one representation of the Dash holder’s balance.

Beware the ides of March: Bitcoin slumps as Treasury yields and the dollar rise again

Bitcoin sees weakening momentum as the US dollar recovers and Treasury yields rise. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is struggling to break past $51,000 on March 8 as the US Treasury yield is rising again while the US Dollar Index (DXY) is at the highest levels in over three months. The global stock market, including equities in the US and Asia, have pulled back in tandem as the Senate's stimulus approval sparked inflation fears. BTC (orange) vs.

YIELD App Launches Ethereum Fund, Gives Users up to 20% APY

PRESS RELEASE. ESTONIA — MARCH 8, 2021 — YIELD App, the DeFi wealth management platform bridging traditional and digital finance, is pleased to announce the launch of its Ethereum fund, allowing users to earn high-interest returns on their Ether (ETH).

The number of BTC held on exchanges crashed 20% in 12 months

Long-term accumulation and the increasing popularity of DeFi yield protocols is siphoning Bitcoin away from centralized exchanges. Data from on-chain crypto information aggregator Glassnode indicates the number of Bitcoin held on centralized exchanges has fallen by roughly 20% in 12 months. The data suggests investors are accumulating BTC and withdrawing them from exchanges into cold storage, creating a supply crunch.

Big Data Protocol Staking Surges Over $6 Billion in Latest DeFi Frenzy

The hottest thing in decentralized finance at the moment is Big Data Protocol which has seen staking in its various yield farms surge over the weekend.

DeFi summer 2.0? 'Gen 2' tokens on a tear amid wider market slump

Decentralized finance 'Gen2' tokens sprint forward as the broader DeFi market gasps for air As some brand-name decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens sputter, a crop of new projects have emerged that are catching strong bids on the back of aggressive yield farming programs, generous airdrops, and significant technical advances.  It’s a set of outlier projects pushing forward on both price and fundamentals that has led one crypto analyst, eGirl Capital’s mewny, to brand them as DeFi’s “Gen 2.” feels like theres a gen 1 and gen 2 of defi tokens now the former is stagnant and the latter is pampinghas nothing to do with fundamentals.

Big Tech sell-off and rising Treasury yield pin Bitcoin price below $50K

A sharp spike in the 10-year US Treasury yield and an extended Big Tech sell-off is weighing on cryptocurrency prices as investors flee risk-on assets. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to struggle below $50,000 on March 5 as a spike in the 10-year Treasury yield to 1.62%, its highest level in over a year, has taken a toll on global financial markets and hit risk-assets especially hard.  At the time of writing the S&P 500 and Dow are up 0.46% and 0.64% but the tech sector sell off continues as companies like Apple and Tesla continue to slump further.  Economists see rising bond yields as the result of improvements in the economy thanks to the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and the expectation that economic activity will ramp up as the rate of coronavirus infections drop. The

Yield App launches Ethereum fund; gives users up to 20% APY

YIELD App, the DeFi wealth management platform bridging traditional and digital finance, is pleased to announce the launch of its Ethereum fund, allowing users to earn high-interest returns on their E The post Yield App launches Ethereum fund; gives users up to 20% APY appeared first on AMBCrypto.

Fears of Rising Interest Rates Tanks Bitcoin and European markets

Stock markets took a bath over night as the US Federal Reserve refused to increase spending in the face of rising interest and yield rates.

Bitcoin Stablizes With Insitutional Support, But Volatility Could Hit in March

The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Cryptocurrencies made a strong bounce back as the yield of the benchmark 10-year Treasury bond fell below 1.5% to 1.429% after a week's surge.

New staking and governance features back Ocean Protocol’s 40% rally

Ocean Protocol’s new governance features and the ability to yield farm OCEAN tokens are improving the fundamentals of the decentralized data monetization platform. Data collection, aggregation and analysis have become some of the largest profit generators for companies like Facebook and Google who have designed an array of algorithms purposed with harnessing user data in order to better optimize the user interfaces of their applications and their online marketplaces.  While collecting the data is the ultimate objective, the events of the past few years have also shown that securing it and ensuring that the privacy of customers and users is protected is imperative. Combining data collection with the ability to securely store it on a distributed ledger seems like a natural fit, and Ocean Protocol (OCEAN) is one blockchain project that is looking to capitalize on the monetization of data.

Aavegotchis sell out in under one minute as NFT euphoria continues

The highly anticipated yield-bearing NFTs have hit the market. After a string of delays related to congestion on the Ethereum blockchain, the Aavegotchi nonfungible tokens have hit the open market — where they stayed for not even a full minute, the team reported to Cointelegraph. The Aavegotchi project attempts to create digital collectibles with real value backing them through an integration with Aave and its aTokens, interest-bearing representations of funds supplied to the DeFi protocol.

Cross-chain bridges and DeFi integration are pushing these 3 altcoins higher

Cross-chain interoperability and lucrative DeFi yield opportunities appear to be supporting the price recovery in Cardano, Matic and Stacks. The cryptocurrency market is showing signs of progress following a multiday sell-off that saw the total market capitalization drop by more than $400 billion as Bitcoin's (BTC) price briefly fell below $46,000.  While the majority of altcoins have entered a consolidation phase that includes a retest of underlying support levels, several projects have started to regain lost ground after new developments reignited investors' optimism.

YFBTC Yield Farming is Now Live, Offers Opportunity to Earn BTC’s DeFi Alternative

The popular emerging DeFi token, YFBTC has recently announced the launch of its yield farming program enabling Bitcoin hodlers to farm additional returns.

Earn Yield Farming Rewards with DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP)

PRESS RELEASE. DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) is a decentralized yield farming platform that allows liquidity providers to earn rewards in Ethereum and its native token DYP.

Web-based YIELD App looks to tackle DeFi's 'inherent complexity'

YIELD App launched the public beta of its web platform Friday.

Ethereum devs grumble as Harvest Finance and Value Defi eye Binance Smart Chain

Two Ethereum-native DeFi protocols are headed to Binance Smart Chain, but critics doubt the layer-1 has staying power Today, yield aggregator Harvest Finance and multi-service platform Value DeFi — two Ethereum-native decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols accounting for nearly a billion dollars in total value locked between them — announced planned expansions to Binance Smart Chain, the smart contract platform built by crypto exchange giant Binance. Not everyone in the Ethereum community is ready to take BSC seriously, however.

BadgerDAO partners with Yearn.Finance to build sustainable Bitcoin vaults

Bitcoin in DeFi gets a promising boost as two major yield vault projects join forces Today, Bitcoin-on-Ethereum yield vault project BadgerDAO and fellow yield vault platform Yearn.Finance announced a partnership designed to bring Yearn’s sustainable vault expertise to Badger.  “Today we’re excited to develop a partnership that will bring our teams together to further accelerate best in class BTC vaults for the industry,” BadgerDAO said in a blog post.

How BTCST Provides In-demand Exit Options for Bitcoin Miners

The world is in search of yield.

yearn.finance Reveals Details on Hack That Triggered $11 Million Loss

Decentralized finance (DeFi) yield aggregator yearn.finance (YFI) reveals the details of a hacking incident that caused a total loss of $11 million to the network.

Growing list of billion-dollar crypto ‘unicorns’ suggest the best is yet to come

More than 53 blockchain projects have emerged as multi-billion dollar market cap crypto unicorns, a signal that the 2021 bull market is just getting started. In the traditional investing world ‘unicorn’ is a term used by venture capitalists to describe a privately held startup valued at more than $1 billion.  Typically these startups have strong fundamentals and oftentimes a first-mover advantage that helps them rapidly rise in value to become prized investment opportunities for yield-seeking funds.

Whales profit as high Ethereum gas fees sideline retail DeFi investors

High gas fees on the Ethereum network are making it nearly impossible for retail investors to interact with DeFi protocols but the same doesn’t apply to whales. Since early 2020 the decentralized finance sector has been recieved a lot of attention due to its cutting-edge innovation and the lucrative high yield opportunities offered to cryptocurrency holders.  Despite these features, this week’s record-high gas fees show that the sector is still having growing pains and the absence of a suitable layer 2 solution could be pushing smaller investors away from DeFi. Investors attempting to place a trade on Uniswap or simply approve a new token on their favorite DeFi platform will have noticed the dent these actions have put on their ETH wallet.

After Yearn exploit, attacker funds frozen and reimbursement plans developing

Seized funds bring the damage down to $9 million as multiple communities ponder the next step in reimbursing user funds Following an exploit last night that cost yield vault project Yearn.finance $11 million in stablecoin DAI, crypto community members from multiple projects have rallied to mitigate the effects, reclaim exploited funds, and reimburse affected users.  First reported by the project at 5:09 pm EST, the exploit was a complex arbitration attack on Yearn’s version 1 DAI yield vault.

DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) Prepares to Take 2021 Head on with New Developments as TVL Surpasses $60M

Decentralized Finance, DeFi in short, is a rage these days as one of the most versatile applications of cryptocurrency’s underlying blockchain technology.

UniFarm Launches Group Farming with DeFi Giants

With yield farming becoming one of the most popular ways to earn sometimes frankly staggering returns on investment, 2020 saw platforms such as Compound take the spotlight as leaders of the DeFi farming movement.

Following Balancer V2 protocol announcement, yield farming still in development

The team is awaiting community input to determine the parameters of V2's liquidity mining Automated market maker Balancer announced today a widely-anticipated second version of its decentralized exchange protocol, featuring a host of upgrades centered on “security, flexibility, capital efficiency and gas efficiency"  — but yield farmers are left wondering about the all-important liquidity mining details, which are still in development.

Winklevoss-led Gemini Launches High Yield Crypto Accounts

Gemini's new Earn service works kinda like a savings account for crypto.

One Big Pool: Balancer’s New Version Cuts Down Transactions and Gas Fees

Version 2 of the DeFi site also has an "asset manager" where idle funds earn yield.

Gemini Partners With Crypto Lender Genesis to Offer 7.4% Yield on Customer Deposits

The product is part of Gemini’s attempt to bring in new crypto investors with bank-like products.

AuDeFi Is Introducing Cryptium, a High-Yield, Low Volatility Crypto-Annuity

The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Economic meltdowns are bound to occur in the future, and currency devaluation is one of the repercussions as governments tend to print more money.

Gamified yield farming with nonfungible tokens

Game developers are now trying to use the foundational premise put forth by NFTs and to marry the idea with that of yield farming. The concept of yield farming has gained a lot of traction over the past year or so particularly because it enables crypto owners to stake their assets in return for tangible returns within short time windows.

$45B DeFi market cap and soaring TVL suggest the best is yet to come

The decentralized finance market cap has reached $45 billion as the total value locked in DeFi continues to rise to new highs. The decentralized finance sector continues to charge full steam ahead as multiple tokens notch new all-time highs and the total value locked in DeFi protocols grows with the passing of each week. Data from Messari shows projects like AAVE, Uniswap (UNI), SushiSwap (SUSHI) and Synthetix (SNX) have all rallied by double-digits, creating a positive feedback loop as more users engage with the protocols to yield farm and capitalize on flash loans.

Ethereum Rally Fuelled by DeFi, Can Bitcoin Get Some of This Fuel Too?

Ethereum (ETH) rally has been fuelled by decentralized finance (DeFi), but what if there were a simpler way to use bitcoin (BTC) in DeFi too - the yield opportunity would lead to more demand and to institutional levels of capital, according to blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis' chief economist. At 11:00 UTC, ETH is trading at USD 1,398, after it had hit an

Yearn.finance team proposes $225 million YFI token mint

Community members and contributors are moving forward with a plan to build a treasury and better incentivize developers. After a week of at times rancorous debate, an 11-author team of Yearn.finance core contributors and community members have submitted today a proposal to increase the supply of YFI by 6666 tokens — a quantity worth roughly $225 million at today’s prices. The proposal is the culmination of a wider discussion about developer incentives for decentralized finance’s (DeFi) original yield vault project.

Core contributors, investors debate Yearn token mint

After a stormy weekend for DeFi's original yield vault, dust is settling and a path forward is being paved What started as a simple governance proposal to build a war chest for the the Yearn.finance development team has now spilled over into a wider conversation about incentivization, sustainability, and fair project launches in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space.  On Wednesday, Jan.

Here's why Bitcoin or altcoins aren't the best bets

Neither Bitcoin nor any of the market's popular altcoins are the best bets to yield maximum returns.

Sick of yield farming? Your liquidity could save Earth from the Daleks

A new scheme from Reality Gaming Group is offering NFT trading cards from Doctor Who: Worlds Apart as an incentive to liquidity providers. The decentralized finance craze has provided endless opportunities for token holders to farm yield through staking their assets in a wide variety of liquidity pools. But for those who yearn for something a little more tangible than yet another “worthless” token in return for locking up theirs, Reality Gaming Group has another option. The Doctor Who: World’s Apart and Reality Clash developer is offering a liquidity boost and rewards program featuring NFTs from its portfolio of games. The scheme has launched alongside an RCC/ETH liquidity pool on Uniswap and offers rewards to those who stake a minimum of $200 worth of RCC tokens into the pool. The rewards comprise of three elements: a percentage of the Uniwap fees, a 100,000 RCC per month drop distributed between pool participants, and exclusive NFTs worth hundreds of dollars. The amount of NFTs that stakers can receive depends on the amount of time that liquidity is deposited in the pool. Rewards will be randomly chosen from across all four of the games in the RGG stable, and over a six-month period may comprise five Doctor Who: Worlds Apart trading cards, along with ten or more from the other three games.

Lido Protocol Does Eth 2.0 Staking but With a DeFi Twist

There's a new yield farm for those backing Ethereum 2.0.

Proof-of-Work and Yield Farming: Binance and Poolin Launch Tokens Backed by Bitcoin Hashrate

There’s a new type of token gaining popularity in the crypto space with the launch of coins that are backed by a specific amount of proof-of-work (PoW) hashrate.

Remember Yield Farming? DeFi Exchange 1inch Hopes So

Decentralized exchange aggregator 1inch is passing out even more governance tokens to yield farmers on it’s platform

Origin Brings Back Interest-Earning OUSD Stablecoin Following $7M Hack

Origin is relaunching its yield-generating stablecoin following a November attack that drained OUSD holders of $7 million.

Ethereum: The Last Bastion for Yield

US Treasury and corporate bonds are returning lower yields than ever.

Tackling Volatility Issues for Liquidity Providers with DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP)

[Featured Content] The field of decentralized finance (DeFi) continues to expand, dismissing a lot of speculative notions that last year’s advance was a bubble-like move.

Expert: Defi Could Be a Common Term in the Financial Industry in 2021

The founder of defi-related fintech Yield believes 2021 will be the year that decentralized finance (defi) becomes a “common term” in the financial industry, as the sector is now taking it seriously and building R&D labs. The

YieldFinanceFarm Next Generation Rewards Maximizing DeFi Farm – 2nd YIF Presale Is Live

PRESS RELEASE. Yield Finance Farm attempts to correct a few major issues plaguing the market at this time.

OpenDAO Builds New Yield Dollar Interface on Top of UMA, Accepts BTC as Collateral

PRESS RELEASE. OpenDAO is proud and excited to announce that it is one of the first DeFi projects to participate in UMA’s dapp mining program.

DYP Launches Staking and Governance DAPP

DeFi Yield Protocol (DYP) has launched its staking and governance DAPP that looks to improve earning opportunities for users.