Get the weekly summary of crypto market analysis, news, and forecasts! This Week’s Summary The crypto market ends the week at a total market capitalization of $2,17 trillion. Bitcoin continues to trade at around $62,300. Ethereum experiences no changes and stagnates at around $2,400. XRP is down by 2%, Solana by 1%, and Dogecoin by 3%. Almost all altcoins are trading in the red, with very few exceptions. The DeFi sector decreased the total value of protocols (TVL) to around…
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Uniswap Centralized? A16z Flexes Voting Power to Crush Governance Proposal
The popular decentralized exchange, Uniswap, is having one of its latest governance proposals stonewalled by the crypto venture capital giant Andreesen Horowitz (a16z). The ongoing proposal vote, which ends on February 10, is currently 38% weighed against the change – almost entirely due to the software investor. So Much for Decentralization The proposal, tabled by 0xPlasma Labs on February 2, would have Uniswap v3 deployed to BNB chain. To enable the deployment, the proposal chose to use Wormhole – an…
2 years ago
Uniswap Loses Over $4.7M in Scam Token Phishing Exploit
A bad actor has managed to pull off a phishing attack on a major liquidity provider for the Uniswap v3 protocol. The campaign saw the hacker(s) loot a minimum of $4.7 million worth of Ether from the platform. According to internal reports, the total amount of stolen tokens could be even more. Alarms Go Off on Twitter Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao had earlier posted regarding the attack after the exchange company’s threat intel spotted suspicious movement. CZ shared a tweet…
3 years ago
Trader Files Lawsuit Against Uniswap After Significant Losses
Nessa Risley has issued a class action lawsuit against Uniswap and its associates for illegally promoting and selling unregistered assets. Furthermore, the Uniswap user claims the decentralized exchange has no KYC process, hence resulting in massive fraud. Before the Suit Between May and July 2021, the plaintiff supposedly purchased several microcap altcoins worth around $10,000 on the DEX. Risley stated that traded on Uniswap for the first time in May, which resulted in significant losses. Other defendants in the complaint…
3 years ago
Common DeFi Marketplaces You Should know About
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has been making headlines for the past year and has massively gained users and market capitalization. DeFi refers to financial services utilizing smart contracts. These contacts are automatically enforceable agreements that do not require an intermediary such as a bank but rely on blockchain technology. Between December 2019 and now, the DeFi industry has grown from $700 million to $74.96 billion. It represents about 5.3% of the total crypto market space. This article will then focus on…
4 years ago
Top 5 DeFi Tokens to Invest in for the Long Term
The world of crypto is growing, and now people are eager to get in on the frenzy. Crypto stands for all cryptography applications, including DeFi, which mirrors traditional banking and financing concepts except on blockchain technology. The advent of DeFi tokens has caused a frenzy reminiscent of the booms of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in 2017. DeFi tokens have joined the race in disrupting traditional finance by allowing the following: lending and borrowing within a peer-to-peer network without any intermediaries,…
4 years ago
Uniswap vs. SushiSwap vs. PancakeSwap vs. MDEX
A quiet battle rages behind the scenes of the decentralized exchange (DEX) community. The recent surge in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector has driven interest in DEXes to new heights. There are currently a variety of top-performing DEXes in the market. Each platform introduces new features and services based on its technical structure. Here are the differences between the four major contenders in the market - Uniswap vs. SushiSwap vs. PancakeSwap vs. MDEX. Uniswap Uniswap is the largest Ethereum Dapp…
4 years ago
Uniswap v3 Prepared for Layer-two Scaling on Arbitrum and Optimism
The Uniswap community voted in support of launching the prime decentralized exchange's v3 iteration on layer-two scaling solution, Arbitron. Uniswap's inventor, Hayden Adams, announced the vote on May 27, disclosing the proposal's governance vote obtained d 41.35 million votes in favor and zero opposing votes from UNI token holders. Uniswap is now setting up layer-two implementation on both Arbitrum and Optimism. 1/ The @Uniswap community has spoken with overwhelming support in favor of an Arbitrum deployment of Uniswap v3! So…
4 years ago
Uniswap Version 3.0 Goes Live on Ethereum Making AMM more Versatile
Version 3.0 of Uniswap, an update that will render the automated market manufacturer far more appealing to cryptocurrency investors, is now live. The Uniswap protocol company announced version 3 in late March and has now been deployed into an Automatic Market Maker (AMM) amid an Ether crypto-bull run to all-time highs. ETH is the second-largest cryptocurrency and Ethereum's native token, where DeFi was born and is still thriving. Currently, the decentralized exchange, which got launched in Ethereum at the end…
4 years ago
Grayscale Investments Announces Exploration of New Crypto Investment Trusts
Leading digital-asset investment firm Grayscale Investments has announced that it is considering several crypto-assets for potential product offerings. This, according to the firm, is part of its aims to diversify its current product portfolio. 23 Cryptocurrencies Under Consideration Grayscale revealed this latest development in a press release on February 26, 2021. According to the report, the firm is currently exploring 23 crypto-assets to expand its current investment products for its clients. Several top cryptocurrencies are included, including smart contract-based platforms…
4 years ago