Decentralized finance (DeFi) is considered the next big opportunity among blockchain technologies. But money is fleeing the sector amid a cryptocurrency market decline and fears of regulatory scrutiny. Recently, red flags are starting to appear more often in the DeFi sector, one of the most profitable and volatile fields of the crypto world this year….
Want to invest in crypto, understanding the risks? CNBC Make It explains what you need to know about cryptocurrency-based DeFi. Despite their wider access to resources, even billionaire investors aren’t immune to risks when it comes to decentralized finance (DeFi). That includes the case of Mark Cuban, who revealed on Wednesday that a DeFi token…
Another decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol suffered a collapse in token value. The IRON Titanium Token, or TITAN, backed by billionaire Mark Cuban fell from over $60 to zero dollars on June 16 morning. Cuban has claimed he ‘got hit like everyone else’ after the token crash. The DeFi Titanium token in one day has dropped…
A travel booking site Travala.com backed by Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is launching Dtravel, a decentralized vacation rental service that could compete with Airbnb and gives homeowners a stake in the platform. In a Wednesday announcement, Travala said it had partnered with former executives from Airbnb and Expedia to launch a new service…
DeFi gets a bad rap for being complex, technology makes it simple enough to cut out middlemen in non-finance industries ranging from energy to e-commerce. Decentralized finance is far and away the hottest topic in crypto, touted as a way to make a fortune by backing the right token, but also a tool for taking…
Legendary billionaire investor Mark Cuban said on Sunday that the U.S. government and regulators should start getting behind crypto innovations, like decentralized finance (DeFi). In other ways, the U.S. will “lose the next great growth engine that this country needs.” Cuban outlined his mind in the blog post named “The Brilliance of Yield Farming, Liquidity…