DeFi

Terra, the fast-growing DeFi tool kit built on Cosmos, is now officially the second-largest ecosystem in decentralized finance after the latest rise in the price of LUNA, Terra’s native token. According to DeFi Llama, Terra currently boasts total value locked (TVL) of over $23 billion, marking an all-time high in US dollar terms. This is…

Prominent developer Andre Cronje has quit the DeFi sector, according to an announcement today by his colleague Anton Nell, a senior solutions architect at the Fantom Foundation, who’s joining him in that decision without citing a reason. The price of YFI and other tokens where Cronje was involved plunged after reports of him leaving the…

Technological innovations in digital assets, blockchain, and NFTs are expected to transform the real estate assets in the MENA region making them more liquid, digital, and accessible for people who are unable to access them due to high capital costs, complicated transaction processes, and restricted deals. According to GB Invest February 2022 edition, the global…

The EU has published its new Data Act, a law proposal that aims to regulate the generation and handling of data by the actors that harness it. The act, in its large scope, touches on the subject of smart contracts and proposes that every smart contract should have a termination function to stop the flow…

Decentralized exchanges, one of the largest contributors to DeFi growth, reported more than $1 trillion in trade volume over the last year. Many DeFi projects look towards the Gulf countries as a decentralized finance hub. One of the biggest contributors to the recent exponential growth of the crypto market was the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector,…

In a recent interesting report, the Financial Stability Board argues that cryptocurrency markets are evolving at a rate that could pose a threat to global financial stability, writes Nikolaos Akkizidis from LegacyFX. The three main reasons for this assessment are: Their scale. Their structural vulnerabilities. The increasing interconnectedness with the traditional financial system. Also, the…