DeFi needs a 'killer app' to go next level, says Ripple exec
A panel at the Blockchain Futurist Conference was asked about the future of decentralized finance and what was needed to be done to bring about mainstream adoption. A “killer app” for consumers is what will be needed to bring the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector to a level that draws in a mainstream audience, said Ripple Lab’s head of DeFi markets Boris Alergant.Alergant nade the comments during a panel at the Blockchain Futurist Conference titled "The Future of Decentralized Finance" on Aug. 9, which was covered by Cointelegraph reporters on the ground in Toronto, Canada. Alongside....
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Ripple Labs has been adding more and more high-level officials to its strategic board, and its latest move was to appoint former Yahoo and AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse as its Chief Operating Officer. Garlinghouse became popular in 2006 when an internal Yahoo memo he penned was leaked was published. He also sits on the board of Ancestry.com and became the CEO of Hightail, a file-sharing firm. "There is already incredible momentum for Ripple as a new infrastructure for global payments, and the opportunity to define the actual framework for the Internet of Value is an order of magnitude....
The 2022 Blockchain Futurist conference in Toronto, Canada wrapped up this week. DeFi and institutional adoption of crypto were high on the agenda. You might not know it, but Canada is quietly becoming a major player in the blockchain and crypto scene: Ethereum has strong Canadian roots, Toronto-based 3iQ launched North America’s first physically-settled Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the percentage of active crypto holders in the country has increased steadily over the past two years. Against this backdrop, I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Blockchain Futurist....
The Ripple exec was responding to a question asking whether a majority vote could force the destruction of XRP held in escrow.
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications are now the primary focus within the crypto space. Many believe this might be the killer use case of blockchain technology—an opportunity to deliver all financial services on a peer-to-peer arrangement, and not just payments. The volumes in the DeFi markets are already telling a story of possible massive success in a short time. For example, Uniswap, the most used of the DeFi exchanges, facilitates over US$ 400 million worth of […]
Ripple Labs has appointed former Yahoo and AOL executive Brad Garlinghouse as its new COO. Garlinghouse, who sits on the board of Ancestry.com, became the CEO of file-sharing firm Hightail in 2012. He departed last fall following a dispute over a potential sale of the company, as reported at the time by Re/code. In a press statement about his new role, Garlinghouse said: