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Will MakerDAO Vote To Raise The Dai Stablecoin Yield? Here Are The Results So Far
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 - 10:37am | 364The dai (CRYPTO: DAI) savings rate (DSR), or the rate of interest the protocol pays to dai stakers, is up for voting in MakerDAO's governance forum. The MakerDAO Open Market Committee has proposed that the DAO members vote on whether to boost the current yield rate of 0.01% to one of four...
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Merchants Can Now Accept Dogecoin, ApeCoin, Shiba Inu And More Thanks To Coinbase Commerce
Tuesday, June 28, 2022 - 3:06pm | 772Merchants who use a leading cryptocurrency company for their commerce solutions now have the option to accept several additional cryptos for payment. Here are the details. Faster Payments: Coinbase Commerce, a unit of Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN) announced an update Tuesday that includes...
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Umee And MakerDAO Initiate Dai Into The Cosmos Ecosystem
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 - 9:00am | 590Umee brings Dai (CRYPTO: DAI) into the Cosmos (CRYPTO: ATOM) Ecosystem, in partnership with MakerDAO (CRYPTO: MKR). As a borrowing and lending DeFi hub, Umee seeks to facilitate seamless cross-chain operations. What Happened: As of June 8th 2022, Umee, partnered with MakerDAO, is bringing...
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Michael Saylor Has No Regrets About $4B Bitcoin Loss, Likens Apex Coin To 2001 Amazon Stock Or Pre-IPO Facebook
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 - 12:57am | 673One of the most prominent bulls of the future of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been Michael Saylor. The CEO of MicroStrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) has put his money where his mouth is, investing his own personal money and revenue from his software company into the cryptocurrency. Here is an update on...
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As Terra (LUNA) And Its Stablecoin Went Into Flames Last Week, Rival Project Dissed By Founder Do Kwon Struck 29% Gains
Monday, May 16, 2022 - 7:54am | 836The governance token of MakerDAO and Maker Protocol, Maker (MKR), emerged as the top gainer last week. The two protocols, based on Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), allow for the issuance and management of the DAI (DAI) stablecoin. Top Gainer of Week Ending May 16, 2022 (Data via CoinMarketCap)...
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Stablecoins 101: What Are They, How Do They Work, How Many Are There?
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 3:39pm | 863Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies that have their values tethered to assets such as the U.S. dollar, precious metals such as gold, real estate and even other cryptocurrencies in order to maintain value. They were created as a response to the crypto markets' well-known volatility, providing...
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Costly Mistake? $350,000 Bored Ape NFT Sells For Just $115
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - 4:44am | 482A Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT has sold for just $115, 99.9% lower than its current floor price. What Happened: According to data from OpenSea, Bored Ape #835 sold for $115 worth of DAI (CRYPTO: DAI) on Monday. The floor price, or the minimum price to acquire a BAYC NFT, was 106 ETH worth $350,...
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Dogecoin Tanks 28% In Massive Crypto Rout, Ethereum Falls Below $2,000 Mark
Monday, June 21, 2021 - 11:00pm | 529Major cryptocurrencies slumped Monday night with the rout denting global cryptocurrency market capitalization by 14.5% to $1.27 trillion. What Happened: The apex cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), traded 7.6% lower at $32,578.56 over 24 hours at press time. BTC is down 18.81% over a seven-day...
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Fintech Focus For April 14, 2021
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2012Quote To Start The Day: “I think smart money understands that, although volatility has contracted a lot in these last two months, we are still seeing signs of excess market fragility appear from many different angles.” Source: Kris Sidial One Big Thing In Fintech: ConsenSys, a key...
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Fintech Focus For November 27, 2020
Thursday, November 26, 2020 - 8:02pm | 1695Quote To Start The Day: Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everybody you meet. Source: James Mattis One Big Thing In Fintech: Robinhood, creator of the popular stock-trading app of the same name, announced on Friday that Vlad Tenev will be the company's sole chief executive,...
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The Financial World Of The Future, Part 2
Wednesday, September 25, 2019 - 12:15pm | 1114DAI aims to cut the cord from fiat currency In Part 1 of this series, I explained the powerful potential of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to create the financial world of the future. In that scenario … Distributed Ledger Technology replaces custodians … The risk that custodian...