Finance Redefined: DeFi ‘Godfather’ Cronje quits, CAKE launches $100M venture...
In this week's DeFi newsletter, we will look at the Andre Cronje debacle, the Polygon upgrade, the rise of ThorChain and the growing value of the DeFi ecosystem with synthetic assets. The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem had quite an eventful week with several new developments and price action. The week started with DeFi “Godfather” Andre Cronje announcing his departure from most of his projects, leading to a massive drop in prices of projects that Cronje was associated with.CAKE DeFi launched a new $100 million venture fund to support Web3 initiatives, ThorChain spiked over 34%....
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Cake DeFi Ventures will fund crypto startups across Web3, the Metaverse, the NFT space, gaming, esports and fintech spaces that complement the company’s core business. Singapore-based decentralized finance (DeFi) services firm Cake DeFi announced the launch of a $100 million venture arm dedicated to serving as accelerators for Web3, gaming, nonfungible tokens (NFT) and other crypto initiatives.The newly launched $100 million venture arm, Cake DeFi Ventures (CDV), will fund crypto startups that complement the company’s core business. According to Cake DeFi, the venture firm “will be focused....
Members of the decentralized finance (defi) community are upset with Yearn Finance founder Andre Cronje over the mishap with Cronje’s secret Eminence (EMN) project. The Eminence protocol gathered $15 million before the project was ultimately hacked before the official launch. According to a recent blog post published on Medium, a group of defi community members plan to sue Yearn Finance founder, Andre Cronje, and fork YFI as well. As news.Bitcoin.com recently reported, there’s been a lack of trust in Cronje’s work since an undercover project that didn’t even launch....
The Fantom price is moving against the general sentiment in the market, while large cryptocurrencies trend to the downside, FTM is reclaiming lost territory. The token is trending to the upside due to speculations about its founder Andre Cronje. pic.twitter.com/SJ0XrCkN8v — iamdefinitelyandre.ftm (@AndreCronjeTech) November 3, 2022 Related Reading: Time To Buy SushiSwap (SUSHI)? Here Are The Levels To Watch At the time of writing, the Fantom price trades at $0.2 with a 17% profit in 24 hours and a 20% profit over the previous seven days. In the meantime, Bitcoin and Ethereum are....
Cake DeFi seeks to strengthen its position in the DeFi and Web3 world. The team will invest up to $100 million into startups and promising projects through its new corporate venture arm. It is a substantial move by the regulated global fintech platform, confirming the need for better industry infrastructure. Cake DeFi Goes The Extra Mile Getting more people into the cryptocurrency fold remains one of the biggest industry channels. Yet, despite growing mainstream and institutional interest, decentralized finance and Web3 remain in the early stages of development. The Cake DeFi team makes....
Crypto developer Andre Cronje popularized the motto “I test in prod”. He was involved in some of the most popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols in the space, such as Yearn Finance and Fantome. In March, Cronje announced his retirement sending a shockwave across the sector. Related Reading | Fantom Foundation Responds To Andre Conje’s Departure In […]