Ether Soars to Another All-Time High, Carrying DeFi and Rival Coins With It

Total value locked in decentralized finance has hit another milestone, but DeFi proponents would do well to look beyond the effects of the bull market on the gross metric. The total value locked in decentralized finance — a measure of the total value of assets committed to the DeFi ecosystem —has marked a new all-time high close to $40 billion.According to DeFi Pulse, the figure hit the $39.79 billion mark on the morning of Feb. 10. TVL chart by DeFi PulseWhile the bullish milestone is undoubtedly a reflection of soaring prices across the crypto markets, as a metric, total value locked, or....

It’s been a great past day for Bitcoin but not for DeFi coins. After stagnating around $10,700, BTC surged higher to a local high around $10,950 — the highest price in around a week. Decentralized finance coins, on the other hand, have slipped lower. According to data from CoinGecko, some of the top DeFi coins […]

E-commerce giant Paypal’s stock price surged to a new all-time high of $223.16 on Monday, December 14. Since November 12, when the payments giant opened the way for its US customers to start trading cryptocurrency, the stock has soared 17%. Paypal’s Turnaround The stock’s record-breaking performance comes after Paypal recently reported a drop in its third-quarter earnings in October. While that performance subsequently forced Paypal not to provide preliminary guidance for 2021, there is, however, a belief that the cryptocurrency trade service will result in a turnaround....

Lucrative DeFi investing opportunities and increasing participation from institutional investors are driving the amount of Bitcoin and Ethereum held on exchanges to new lows. Recent global developments have put a spotlight on the cryptocurrency sector as people across the world begin to question the decision making process of governments and central banks. Multiple metrics like the increasing amount of Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) locked in DeFi, soaring transaction and on-chain activity and the plummeting BTC and Ether reserves of top exchanges show that investors are becoming....

Interoperability-focused projects that offer cross-chain bridges and lucrative liquidity mining pools are seeing an influx of funds right as DeFi’s TVL hit a new all-time high. Altcoins and DeFi tokens have been on a tear for the last two weeks  and as the end of August approaches many projects are seeing their tokens reach for new all-time highs.Data shows that a majority of the top-10 DeFi tokens gained more than 20% in the past 30-days, with projects like Bancor (BNT) and THORChain (RUNE) seeing gains in excess of 115%. Top-10 DeFi assets by price. Source: MessariHere’s a look at some....