Altcoin Roundup: JunoSwap, Solidly and VVS Finance give DeFi a much-needed re...

Altcoin Roundup: JunoSwap, Solidly and VVS Finance give DeFi a much-needed re...

DeFi is undergoing a revival and this time, it’s happening on Ethereum network competitors. Decentralized finance (DeFi) was the talk of the town in early 2021, but it has since taken a back seat to more appealing sectors like nonfungible tokens (NFTs), memecoins and blockchain gaming. Now that cross-chain bridges and interoperability have allowed for the easier migration of assets to competing chains, a new class of DeFi protocols is arising to challenge those left from 2021.Here’s a look at three DeFi projects that have launched on some of the up-and-coming layer-1 blockchain networks,....


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