Are emerging markets missing out on DeFi due to gas fees?
Developed economies dominate the traffic rankings for the top DeFi protocols by TVL, with the U.S. and U.K. topping the charts. Despite grand visions of enabling farmers in Vietnam access to the world of global finance via Decentralized Finance, emerging markets could represent as little 10% of visitors engaging with the top DeFi DApps. Proponents have long hoped crypto and DeFi would allow citizens around the world a means to circumvent the barriers created by economic underdevelopment, however the data suggest users from the world’s largest economies dominate the DeFi rankings by online....
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One of the most successful innovations to come out of blockchain technology is the introduction of decentralized finance. Decentralized or DeFi is a broad term used to catalog the decentralized applications that integrate traditional financial services into the crypto world. Decentralized finance applications and protocols are constantly evolving to integrate emerging trends. Over the last few months, the DeFi industry has seen a sudden influx of liquidity-focused decentralized finance projects introducing a new generation of DeFi called DeFi 2.0. Introducing DeFi 2.0 DeFi 2.0 is a new....
Developers of the Sharktron defi project have exit scammed with reports suggesting that TRX tokens worth up to $10 million are missing. The Tron Foundation has confirmed the theft, but is quick to inform Sharktron token holders that a portion of the missing funds has been frozen. The exit scam comes a few weeks after the Sharktron devs issued a press release inviting investors to buy the token. Binance Freezes Part of Stolen Funds However, Justin Sun’s Tron Foundation, seemingly eager to get past this event, has issued a response on Twitter. The statement, which does not state the....
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) applications are now the primary focus within the crypto space. Many believe this might be the killer use case of blockchain technology—an opportunity to deliver all financial services on a peer-to-peer arrangement, and not just payments. The volumes in the DeFi markets are already telling a story of possible massive success in a short time. For example, Uniswap, the most used of the DeFi exchanges, facilitates over US$ 400 million worth of […]
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Over the summer months, Ethereum transaction fees ran hot, causing the DeFi trend and Uniswap token swapping boom to finally run out of steam. But as transaction fees begin to pick up again after a period of inactivity and downtrend, could it be a signal that another phase of DeFi dominance is about to start? […]