In the past three weeks, two of the biggest names in DeFi – Andre Cronje and Daniele Sestagalli – have been hyping up crypto twitter on an upcoming collaboration project to be launched on Fantom.The name of the project was finally unveiled to be “Solid Swap” on a recent Frog Radio podcast, an automated market maker (AMM) decentralized exchange.How is Solid Swap … [Read more...] about Enter Fantom’s “Curve Wars”: How Andre Cronje and Daniele Sesta are changing liquidity provision
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CRV Extends Rally as ‘Curve Wars’ Intensify
CRV, the governance token of decentralized exchange (DEX) Curve.Fi, is extending its five-month winning streak as the battle between DeFi protocols for control leads to a demand-supply imbalance.CoinDesk data shows CRV has gained 23% this month, with prices rising 12% to $6.56 in the past 24 hours. The token rallied 127% in the final quarter of 2021 even as market leader … [Read more...] about CRV Extends Rally as ‘Curve Wars’ Intensify
Digital wallet wars are the new browser wars
Most people might not remember that websites once had icons that said, “This site has been optimized for Internet Explorer,” but, two decades ago, it wasn’t uncommon.Just like today’s battle between Web 2.0 monopolies and Web 3.0 communities, at the beginning of the early consumer internet, there was a similar battle waged over who would own the portal to it: A closed-source … [Read more...] about Digital wallet wars are the new browser wars
El Salvador’s Landmark, Elon Musk’s Lowlight, and the Coming Layer 1 Wars
This week on “Opinionated,” we sit down with David Z. Morris, CoinDesk’s chief insights columnist.DZM gives us the highlights and lowlights from 2021, and looks ahead to 2022.His highlight? El Salvador.“For me, the bitcoin policy in El Salvador was the landmark moment of the year,” he says.El Salvador has been buying bitcoin at a rapid clip, attracting bitcoin entrepreneurs. It … [Read more...] about El Salvador’s Landmark, Elon Musk’s Lowlight, and the Coming Layer 1 Wars
‘Curve Wars’ Heat Up: Emergency DAO Invoked After ‘Clear Governance Attack’
The latest salvo in the multibillion-dollar “Curve Wars” might be the most daring yet, and the protocol’s response has revealed deep ideological fissures in the decentralized finance (DeFi) community.Curve.Finance is currently the largest DeFi protocol with $20.8 billion in total value locked (TVL) per CoinGecko. The protocol holds a vital place in the DeFi ecosystem due to its … [Read more...] about ‘Curve Wars’ Heat Up: Emergency DAO Invoked After ‘Clear Governance Attack’