Top Fundraising Events of August 2024: Story Protocol Is on The Front with $80M - defi, story

Top Fundraising Events of August 2024: Story Protocol Is on The Front with $80M

Story Protocol leads August 2024 fundraising with $80M, followed by Arch Lending’s $70M, showcasing continued investor interest in DeFi.

Shahzaib Ahmed
Trump crypto venture peeves allies: ‘Huge mistake… the juiciest DeFi target ever’ - defi, trump, world, huge

Trump crypto venture peeves allies: ‘Huge mistake… the juiciest DeFi target ever’

The latest Trump family business venture — originally pitched as a DeFi platform dubbed “The Defiant Ones,” but has since been rebranded as World Liberty Financial — is fraught with controversy just days after it was unveiled. While Trump’s eldest…

Anthony Patrick
DeFi Total Value Locked Plummets by 14% in August and NFT Trading Volume Drops by 16%: DappRadar - defi, dappradar, value

DeFi Total Value Locked Plummets by 14% in August and NFT Trading Volume Drops by 16%: DappRadar

New data from market intelligence firm DappRadar reveals that the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) plunged during the month of August. In its industry report for August 2024, the crypto analytics platform unveils that while la

Mehron Rokhy
Uniswap settles CFTC charges, Polygon’s new ‘hyperproductive’ POL token: Finance Redefined - polygon, key, defi, token

Uniswap settles CFTC charges, Polygon’s new ‘hyperproductive’ POL token: Finance Redefined

The CFTC’s director warned that other DeFi ecosystems may also be fined for offering illegal trading services, while Polygon’s native token executed a key technical upgrade.

Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai
API3 launches new oracle solutions for better DeFi efficiency - defi, api3, new

API3 launches new oracle solutions for better DeFi efficiency

API3 unveiled a new generation of solutions designed to make decentralized finance faster, more efficient, and more sustainable. API3 is focusing on improving the infrastructure behind DeFi to ensure long-term growth and better performance for develo

Micah Zimmerman
THORChain Hard Forks: Why Is RUNE Down 70% And Still Dumping? - defi, thorchain, bitcoin, rune, usdc, dex, hard

THORChain Hard Forks: Why Is RUNE Down 70% And Still Dumping?

THORChain, a cross-chain decentralized exchange using Cosmos technology, successfully conducted a hard fork yesterday, September 4. However, while the update was highly anticipated, sellers still needed to press on, looking at the formation in the da

Dalmas Ngetich
DeFi and social dApps lead in monthly unique wallets for August – DappRadar - dappradar, dapp, raydium, defi

DeFi and social dApps lead in monthly unique wallets for August – DappRadar

DeFi and social dApps saw a notable rise in daily unique active wallets (dUAW) in August, as the overall dApp industry hit a record 17 million average dUAWs, up 9% from the previous month, according to a DappRadar report. DeFi Decentralized exchanges

Gino Matos
Trump’s New DeFi Project Could Be a Magnet for Hackers - defi, trump, new

Trump’s New DeFi Project Could Be a Magnet for Hackers

Over the past week, the leadership of the Trump Family’s new World Liberty Financial (WLF) DeFi project has come to light. Their relative inexperience in crypto has many in the industry, including Trump advocates, concerned that the project is vulner

Veronica Irwin
COTI and PriveX Join Forces to Bring Privacy-Centric Perpetuals Trading to DeFi - coti, defi

COTI and PriveX Join Forces to Bring Privacy-Centric Perpetuals Trading to DeFi

COTI and PriveX team up to boost DeFi with privacy-centric perpetuals trading, integrating COTI's advanced confidentiality layer into PriveX's DEX.

Mushu Butt
Bitcoin DeFi Applications May Surpass Ethereum in Two Years - bitcoin, defi, ethereum

Bitcoin DeFi Applications May Surpass Ethereum in Two Years

Bitcoin-based DeFi applications are rapidly increasing. Ethereum faces high transaction fees and scalability issues. Continue Reading:Bitcoin DeFi Applications May Surpass Ethereum in Two Years The post Bitcoin DeFi Applications May Surpass Ethereum

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Donald Trump’s Crypto Project Says Mission To Spread US-Pegged Stablecoins Throughout the World - donald trump, defi, trump, world

Donald Trump’s Crypto Project Says Mission To Spread US-Pegged Stablecoins Throughout the World

Former President Donald Trump’s decentralized finance (DeFi) project has issued a statement on its roadmap. In a new thread on the social media platform X, World Liberty FInancial – formerly known as The DeFiant Ones – says that its main mission is t

Mehron Rokhy
Flow Brings World Tour Builder Series to Singapore Following Crescendo Upgrade - defi, world, flow

Flow Brings World Tour Builder Series to Singapore Following Crescendo Upgrade

The series invites builders to develop the next killer app across consumer DeFi, sports, social, and onchain gaming on Flow.

Decrypt Staff
Cosmos (ATOM) On Downward Spiral With 23% Losses As Market FUD Worsens - solana, atom, balanced, chain, polygon, defi

Cosmos (ATOM) On Downward Spiral With 23% Losses As Market FUD Worsens

The market has been seen to further dip as major cryptocurrencies continue to fall towards their most recent support levels. This only amplified the losses of the altcoin market to bring tokens like Cosmos (ATOM) down to the ground. According to Coin

Christian Encila
Major Crypto Exchanges Tease Solana Liquid Staking Tokens, Will SOL Takeoff? - liquid, bg, crypto, bitcoin, boost, sol, ton, chart, sanctum, three, second, solana, defi

Major Crypto Exchanges Tease Solana Liquid Staking Tokens, Will SOL Takeoff?

Three major crypto exchanges teased the launch of new Solana-based products. The trading platforms shared mysterious hints on their official X accounts, suggesting their entry to Solana’s Liquid Staking ecosystem. The news received a positive reactio

Rubmar Garcia
Trump Hints At New Plan To Make US ‘Crypto Capital’ - defi, trump, new, nft

Trump Hints At New Plan To Make US ‘Crypto Capital’

Trump hints at a new plan to make the US 'crypto capital' of the planet, after revealing a new DeFi platform and NFT project.

Crypto Trader Says Ethereum on Cusp of Breaking Out, Updates Outlook on Bitcoin and One DeFi Altcoin - eth, ethereum, one, bitcoin, crypto, defi

Crypto Trader Says Ethereum on Cusp of Breaking Out, Updates Outlook on Bitcoin and One DeFi Altcoin

A closely followed crypto analyst says that Ethereum (ETH) is on the brink of a swing to the upside while updating his outlook on Bitcoin (BTC) and decentralized finance (DeFi) altcoin Maker (MKR). In a new strategy session, crypto trader Ali Martine

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Polygon’s Multi-Chain Investment Powers EMC’s AI and DeFi Breakthrough - gpu, ai, defi, polygon, emc

Polygon’s Multi-Chain Investment Powers EMC’s AI and DeFi Breakthrough

TL;DR Polygon Ventures led a $20 million funding round for EMC, focused on integrating computing power with decentralized AI. EMC will launch a Layer 1 blockchain designed to enhance GPU computing capabilities in AI and DeFi projects. The fusion of A

Market Awaits Trump’s Plan to Make US World Crypto Capital - bitcoin, world, defi, 2024, eric, trump, crypto, donald trump

Market Awaits Trump’s Plan to Make US World Crypto Capital

Markets remain on the lookout after an announcement that Donald Trump has a big plan for crypto, which will be revealed on Thursday afternoon. Evidence of the anticipation is a strong move for Bitcoin (BTC), eyeing the $61,000 threshold as the US ses

Lockridge Okoth
Aptos network integrates Nillion for privacy-preserving apps - ai, defi, aptos

Aptos network integrates Nillion for privacy-preserving apps

Aptos will be able to support confidential DeFi, private AI assistants and more.

Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell
Binance Hints at Launch of $BNSOL on Solana - solana, defi, launch

Binance Hints at Launch of $BNSOL on Solana

This move signifies Binance’s continued expansion into the DeFi space. It also highlights the growing importance of liquid staking within the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Binance Expands into DeFi with Upcoming $BNSOL Launch $BNSOL is expected to serve

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