Success in DEX? Fast-growing crypto exchanges may hurt DeFi investors
As DEXs continue to accrue billions of dollars in TVL within days of their launch, some question whether they are manipulating their numbers. With the rise of various meme-coins over the last year or so, a whole host of decentralized exchanges (DEXs) have continued to emerge and accrue massive sums of liquidity seemingly overnight. As a result, a number of security firms have started to call into question over the recent weeks regarding the overall security and transparency of these platforms.For example, DEX ShibaSwap, which has been able to capitalize on the budding popularity of the....
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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 […]
Aave, SushiSwap, and other major DeFi bluechips are rallying hard despite Bitcoin's consolidation. DeFi blue-chips, including Aave (AAVE) and SushiSwap (SUSHI), have been rallying hard in the past several days while Bitcoin is seeing range-bound consolidation at around $35,000 as of Jan. 17. Both AAVE and SUSHI prices have risen by more than three-fold since December, within merely a month. Investors attribute the bull run of DeFi tokens to the market “re-rating” the major DeFi projects.SUSHI/USDT 1-day price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.comWhy is DeFi projects like SUSHI and Aave....
A Bank of International Settlements (BIS) executive, Benoît Cœuré, says that crypto is “growing very fast” and ”becoming mainstream in different ways.” Emphasizing that decentralized finance (defi) is a “wake-up call” for financial regulators, he said countries “are likely to agree on a global framework for crypto next year.”
BIS Officer Sees Defi as a Wake-up Call for Regulators, Global Policy Expected Next Year
Benoît Cœuré, a member of the BIS Executive Committee who is currently....
Defi became a $100 billion sector last year, propelled by the success of endless protocols devoted to lending, trading, savings and investment. Despite recent market choppiness, many crypto investors and commentators believe the industry will continue its astronomic growth – with one boldly predicting that DeFi could achieve a market cap of $800 billion by […]