Finance Redefined: MakerDAO goes green and BoA bullish on DeFi, Oct. 1–8

Finance Redefined: MakerDAO goes green and BoA bullish on DeFi, Oct. 1–8

Mirror opens decentralized blogging to the public, a Bank of America report is bullish on DeFi, and MakerDAO considers climate initiatives. Welcome to the latest edition of Cointelegraph’s decentralized finance, or DeFi, newsletter.Blogging platform Mirror expanded to the public market this week. Read on to discover the impact of this move for Ethereum wallet holders. What you’re about to read is a more succinct version of the newsletter. For a comprehensive summary of DeFi’s developments over the last week, subscribe below.Mirror expands blockchain blogging to the publicThis week, Mirror,....


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