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How MakerDAO's Stablecoin Survived the Crash, Smart Contract Bugs and Full Decentralization
How do DeFi stablecoins actually work and what happened during the sudden, precipitous drop in crypto prices earlier this month? On today's show Andreas M. Antonopoulos leads...
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For DeFi’s Sake, Maker Should Take Blame for Black Thursday Losses
While the system did not technically malfunction, a confluence of factors enabled a few opportunists to win the collateral auctions despite placing extremely low bids.
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MakerDAO Adds USDC as DeFi Collateral Following 'Black Thursday' Chaos
MakerDAO has added a third asset to its decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, USD Coin (USDC), in response to the system’s flagship stablecoin, dai, continuing to float above...
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MakerDAO's Problems Are a Textbook Case of Governance Failure
MakerDAO could have planned for its "Black Swan" event last week.
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Thursday’s Market Madness Strained Ethereum’s Killer App: DeFi
So many people were trying to use the Ethereum blockchain during Thursday’s market meltdown that many applications simply stopped working as intended.
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MakerDAO Debts Grow as DeFi Leader Moves to Stabilize Protocol
MakerDAO is not pursuing its emergency shutdown option although the amount of uncollateralized dai continues to grow.
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DeFi Leader MakerDAO Weighs Emergency Shutdown Following ETH Price Drop
A large drop in the price of ether is testing the feasibility of Ethereum's entire system of lending and borrowing.
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Mind the Gap: Why ETH Price and DeFi Adoption Aren't in Sync
Demand for DeFi lending services built on ethereum shows a pattern of inverse relationship to the price of ETH. When ether prices are falling, the amount of ETH locked in DeFi...
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Why DeFi's Billion-Dollar Milestone Matters
The DeFi market hitting $1 billion in locked crypto is something even the most fervent ethereum skeptics would have a tough time dismissing as meaningless.
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Most of MakerDAO's Asset Value Is in Only a Few Addresses
Though the industry is growing rapidly, a very small portion of addresses hold the majority of assets being locked and borrowed in the DeFi space.
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