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As the crypto industry rides another bull cycle into 2025, there is renewed optimism that decentralized finance, or DeFi, will see a wave of mainstream adoption. ... DeFi protocols are ready to ...
DeFi promises to allow investors to “become the bank” by giving them opportunities to lend money peer-to-peer and earn higher yields than those available in traditional bank accounts.
In December, Injective launched a Testnet for a DeFi trading platform built on top of its layer. [2] In April 2021, the platform raised $10 million in a "party" funding round with participation from billionaire Mark Cuban. [3] In July, Injective underwent a "CosmWasm mainnet" upgrade in order to bring scalable smart contracts to Injective. [4]
Open protocols can help reform the financial system, says our columnist. But they need to come with safeguards consumers understand.
Uniswap Labs is a software company in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space, founded in 2018 by Hayden Adams. [10]In 2022 Uniswap Labs had raised $165 million, after announcing in 2021 that it was looking to raise between $100 and $200 million and was working with Polychain.
The person or entity behind a DeFi protocol may be unknown and may disappear with investors' money. [17] Investor Michael Novogratz has described some DeFi protocols as "Ponzi-like". [14] DeFi has been compared to the initial coin offering craze of 2017, part of a cryptocurrency bubble. Inexperienced investors are at particular risk of losing ...
Stellar, or Stellar Lumens (XLM) is a cryptocurrency protocol which allows transactions between any pair of currencies. The Stellar protocol is supported by the nonprofit Stellar Development Foundation (though this organization does not have 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status) [2] [3] which was founded in 2014. The for profit arm, Lightyear.io, was ...
A smart contract is a computer program or a transaction protocol that is intended to automatically execute, control or document events and actions according to the terms of a contract or an agreement.