Following One Decade Of Growth, DeFi Could Guide Bitcoin’s Next
Since 2009, Bitcoin has come a long way while proving its worth, improving its regulatory standing and raising interest globally through media and the internet. From having zero relative value to fiat as a currency in its early days to being valued at $19,783.06 in December 2017, bitcoin has shown immense power. Today, nearly everybody, whether or not they know about blockchain technology, has at least heard of Bitcoin. Below is a timeline meant to express how far Bitcoin has come in such a relatively short amount of time, from inception as a revolutionary concept to an asset that is....
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Experts in blockchain technology and the crypto space take on the question: What impact has DeFi had in 2020, and what can we expect in 2021? Figuring out the point at which decentralized finance began almost always ends up in a rhetorical debate. Some argue that Bitcoin’s (BTC) invention a decade ago marked the start of it, as the major cryptocurrency was the first peer-to-peer digital money and represents the conceptual core underpinning DeFi. Others say — and would be technically correct in doing so — that DeFi started back in December 2017, when Ethereum-based protocol MakerDAO was....
DeFi tokens are attracting investors as bitcoin's rally fades and new protocols are updated.
Cointelegraph Consulting releases some trends and insights featured in their “DeFi Adoption 2020: A Definitive Guide to Entering the Industry.” The majority of DeFi projects believe the industry is far away from maturity, but they are sure that mainstream adoption is likely to occur. This was disclosed on Sept. 21 when Cointelegraph Consulting released the results of a DeFi survey in “DeFi Adoption 2020: A Definitive Guide to Entering the Industry.”The survey showed that 48% of the top projects in the DeFi space expect mainstream adoption to arrive after three to five years, while 8%....
Cointelegraph Consulting releases “DeFi Adoption 2020: A Definitive Guide to Entering the Industry,” to speed up DeFi adoption. Many new users have been attracted to the explosive expansion of the DeFi sector in 2020, seeking to explore the growing selection of finance tools and applications. Not surprisingly, large barriers exist due to complexity, high transactional fees, not to mention the inherent risk of using these relatively new platforms.In an effort to simplify the user experience by providing a knowledge base, Cointelegraph Consulting has released DeFi Adoption 2020: A Definitive....
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are the best form of money, Binance’s CEO says. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that decentralized finance is here to stay despite many DeFi projects showing signs of being in a bubble.In a Nov. 17 interview with Russia’s news agency RBC, Zhao argued that “a lot of DeFi projects are already in a bubble, and I also believe that there are some signs of a bubble in the DeFi industry, but this does not mean that DeFi will eventually disappear entirely.”Zhao went on to say that the DeFi industry has a lot of....