Genesis Report Highlights ‘Emerging Role’ of Ethereum and Defi in Q2 2021
Genesis Digital, a leading cryptocurrency trading, lending, and custody desk, released its Q2 reports, where it confirms what it calls the “emerging role” that Ethereum and defi have in the industry. The report also confirms that institutional interest in crypto is still rising despite the crash in prices the market experienced in Q2 2021. Genesis Confirms Ethereum and Defi Market Rise Genesis, a big cryptocurrency lending and trading desk, has confirmed that emergent currencies like Ethereum and defi tokens have taken a relevant part of the market, according to its Q2 2021....
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Nansen, a cryptocurrency and blockchain statistics and analytics platform, has issued a report on the growth of decentralized finance (defi) in 2021. The document highlights how defi managed to keep growing, opening the field to new participant chains. Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) also had a notable year, with many new wallets experiencing growth as a result.
Nansen Puts 2021 in Review
Nansen, a blockchain analytics firm backed by Coinbase Ventures and a16z, has presented a report about the behavior and growth that decentralized finance and NFTs experienced in the last year. The....
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The DeFi economy continues to be built on Ethereum. A new report from ConsenSys highlights the extent to which the Ethereum network drives decentralized finance. The Ethereum (ETH) network continues to be a major driving force behind decentralized finance, signaling the continuation of a trend that began around mid-2020, according to a new quarterly DeFi report by ConsenSys. By the end of June 2021, 2.91 million unique Ethereum addresses had interacted with at least one DeFi protocol, representing 65% growth from the previous quarter. “As community driven education, simple user interfaces,....
The latest Q3 DeFi report from ConsenSys expresses concern about DeFi’s threat to ETH 2.0 staking The rise of DeFi and high yielding liquidity provision opportunities could act as a barrier to participation in staking when ETH 2.0 Phase 0 finally launches according to a new report.The ConsenSys Q3 DeFi Report has taken a deep dive into emerging trends and warns that staking on Ethereum’s forthcoming Beacon Chain may be limited by better earning opportunities on decentralized finance protocols.ConsenSys believes it’s likely that Phase 0 of the ETH 2.0 upgrade will launch before the end of....
Tether supplies on Ethereum are dwindling as USD Coin demand grows and grows. USDC has grown much faster than Tether (USDT) in 2021 and it is emerging as the dominant stablecoin on Ethereum thanks to its popularity in DeFi according to Messari.Research by the analytics firm revealed that the demand for USD Coin has grown so much that it has consumed a large chunk of Tether’s market share this year. Researcher Ryan Watkins predicted that in the coming weeks, this could result in Tether' share of the stablecoin supply on Ethereum falling below 50%. He added that over half of the total USDC....