DeFi

Messari CEO on Crypto Trends to Watch and Regulation Outlook
Messari CEO on Crypto Trends to Watch and Regulation Outlook
Ryan Selkis, co-founder and CEO of crypto analytics firm Messari, discusses his take on what’s driving the digital asset markets, including the “enthusiasm” around Ethereum ah...
Messari CEO on Crypto Trends to Watch and Regulation Outlook

DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Plunges After Hackers Exploit Bug
DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Plunges After Hackers Exploit Bug
Polkadot-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Acala’s native stablecoin, aUSD, depegged on Sunday, plummeting 99% after hackers exploited a bug in a newly deployed liqu...
DeFi Platform Acala’s Stablecoin Plunges After Hackers Exploit Bug

MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a 'Force for Good'
MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a ‘Force for Good’
MakerDAO founder Rune Christensen weighs in on how DeFi projects can “interact with the real world economy” and do things like invest in real estate and renewable energy. Chri...
MakerDAO Founder: Crypto Is a 'Force for Good'

How Tornado Cash US Ban Could Impact Future of Crypto
How Tornado Cash US Ban Could Impact Future of Crypto
Galaxy Digital has published a report on how the U.S. Treasury department’s sanction of crypto mixer Tornado Cash could impact the future of crypto.
How Tornado Cash US Ban Could Impact Future of Crypto

MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge
MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned crypto mixer Tornado Cash, which could have a ripple effect across the industry. Rune Christensen, founder of Ethereum’s pioneering decentrali...
MakerDAO Founder on Tornado Cash, Stablecoin DAI, Ethereum Merge

Fed Expected to Hike Rates by 75 Basis Points This Week
Fed Expected to Hike Rates by 75 Basis Points This Week
The Federal Reserve is expected to increase its interest rate by 75 basis points to combat rising inflation. Injective Labs CEO Eric Chen discusses the current “risk-off mode”...
Fed Expected to Hike Rates by 75 Basis Points This Week

Crypto Sectors That Have Been Most and Least Impacted by Macro Headwinds
Crypto Sectors That Have Been Most and Least Impacted by Macro Headwinds
As bitcoin surpasses $23,000, CoinDesk Indices Managing Director Jodie Gunzberg discusses her crypto markets analysis and outlook. Gunzberg points out that the culture and ent...
Crypto Sectors That Have Been Most and Least Impacted by Macro Headwinds

Kavita Gupta on 'Cascading Effect' of UST Crash on Crypto Lending & DeFi
Kavita Gupta on ‘Cascading Effect’ of UST Crash on Crypto Lending & DeFi
Kavita Gupta, Delta Blockchain Fund founder and former ConsenSys Ventures head, discusses the “cascading effect” of TerraUSD (UST)’s crash on the wider crypto industry, with c...
Kavita Gupta on 'Cascading Effect' of UST Crash on Crypto Lending & DeFi

Bitcoin Protocol vs. Platform Risk
Bitcoin Protocol vs. Platform Risk
CoinDesk’s Christie Harkin explains what makes protocol failures in DeFi projects different from bitcoin (BTC)’s latest downturn.
Bitcoin Protocol vs. Platform Risk

Chainalysis Exec on Leveraging Blockchain Transparency to Prevent Market Contagion
Chainalysis Exec on Leveraging Blockchain Transparency to Prevent Market Contagion
Chainalysis Director of Research Kimberly Grauer shares insights into her findings on bitcoin (BTC) prices, tech stocks and the DeFi ecosystem, and what they reveal about the...
Chainalysis Exec on Leveraging Blockchain Transparency to Prevent Market Contagion