DeFi proved resilient during the March 2020 and May 2021 market crises
While centralized protocols struggled with the two major market crises of March 2020 and May 2021, DeFi remained resilient. As if 2020 didn’t provide enough nail-biting moments, 2021 is shaping up to be quite an interesting year for cryptocurrency. With the price of Bitcoin (BTC) floating around the $35,000 mark, skeptics and pundits are flocking to the streets of social media to celebrate the long-awaited demise of the decentralized economy. Of course, they quite conveniently forgot that the price of Bitcoin has experienced a 533% increase since the third halving happened in May 2020.....
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Bitcoin price has proved resilient in the face of bad news but traders expect crypto volatility ahead.
Bitcoin proved its store-of-value narrative in 2020, but its growth could bring increased regulatory scrutiny in 2021. The post Bitcoin’s Strong 2020 Could Bring A Bumpy 2021 appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
The amount exploited this year so far surpasses the total amount stolen in all of 2020 and 2021 combined, with the month of March alone beating 2020 by over $200 million. The decentralized finance (DeFi) space has been rife with hacks, exploits, and scams so far this year with over $1.6 billion in crypto stolen from users, surpassing the total amount stolen in 2020 and 2021 combined.Analysis from blockchain security firm CertiK revealed the statistics on May 2 showing the month of March having the most value stolen at $719.2 million, over $200 million more than what was stolen in all of....
The crypto dream is to make the exchange of value global and frictionless, but security and scalability concerns are driving constant trade-offs. Back in 2019, an estimated 99% of crypto-asset transfers took place on centralized exchanges (CEXs), according to the number that was used by main crypto critic Nouriel Roubini. CEXs are likely to remain a central fixture of the crypto trading landscape for the foreseeable future. CEXs are fast and convenient, but typically require traders to deposit funds in an account controlled by the exchange. Unfortunately, history illustrates that this loss....