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Yearn Finance’s YFI Token Hits Five Figures, Closing in on BTC Price

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Time Stamp: August 19, 2020 3:10 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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As DeFi tokens continue to lead crypto markets ever higher, some such as Yearn Finance’s YFI token are making monumental gains, but is it all for the whales only? With a very limited supply of just 30,000 tokens, demand for YFI is palpable. A single token now costs almost as much as one BTC and it does not seem to be slowing down. The high-flying token is the basis of the Ethereum-based DeFi yield aggregator Yearn.Finance, which allows users to maximize returns and earn interest on crypto collateral while saving

Ham to Improve on Yam With Latest DeFi Experiment

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 1:13 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Yam yield farming frenzy that took DeFi by storm last week highlighted a number of elements that could have been improved with the launch. A new offering called Ham aims to right the wrongs and improve on Yam with a truly community-driven project. There were several flaws with the Yam launch, but the ultimate reason was that it had to be rescued by whales. This pretty much negates any progress made on the path to becoming a truly democratic and community-governed monetary system. A migration plan proposed late last

Bitcoin and Gold Short-Lived Correlation Not a Sign of Comparability

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Time Stamp: August 18, 2020 10:30 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The Bitcoin (BTC) and gold one-month correlation reached a record high of 68% as Bitcoin hit $12,000 early in August, but the correlation crashed by 20% the following week. Despite this, Bitcoin looks set to become digital gold in 2020 considering the price correlations and trends in the futures market.Both gold and Bitcoin are having a phenomenal year in terms of year-to-date returns. According to Skew Analytics, gold has a 27.93% YTD return, while Bitcoin has racked up a 71.68% YTD yield. Although Bitcoin sees much higher volatility than gold,

Alt Season Reigns as Big Money Exits the U.S. Dollar

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Time Stamp: August 17, 2020 4:07 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Open up the keg of powder, it’s time to lock and load. It’s alt season. In July, I predicted a bump of BTC followed by an open alt season. I was right. A perfect storm is bringing back memories of December 2017, and this time big money is looking to exit the U.S. dollar. Duck Season? Rabbit Season? No, Alt Season. It’s official. Alt season is here, and non-bitcoin cryptos are doing what they do best: pump. Total crypto markets have seen a surge from $165 billion in March to

The Importance of Developing the Decentralized Finance Space

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Time Stamp: August 16, 2020 7:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The rapid growth of the decentralized finance space, the rise in demand, the improvement of its protocols, and the breadth of offered services and opportunities will provide retail users with the options they are sorely lacking in the existing financial system. And it will enable institutions to move real-world assets onto the blockchain, generating untold cost-savings and improved efficiencies.But it doesn’t have to be a violent revolution. DeFi doesn’t necessarily need to overthrow the incumbent system. I believe that DeFi will complement traditional finance, force it to do better, and,

Could Buffett’s Change in Gold Strategy Move Him Toward Bitcoin?

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Time Stamp: August 15, 2020 2:59 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Warren Buffett’s investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Group has invested in gold production for the first time ever. The firm purchased 20.9 million shares of Barrick Gold Corp., one of the larger producers of gold. The purchase reflects the growing investment move into store-of-value (SOV) assets like Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin. Inflation, economic struggles, and treasury yield curves have left the dollar weak. Buffet’s Big Policy Reversal The purchase reveals a substantial change in Buffett’s investment strategy. The so-called ‘Oracle of Omaha’ has been a strong advocate against purchasing the precious

Yam Finance Proposes Migration Plan After Rebase Failure Fiasco

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 3:00 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Fresh from the failure of an attempted rebasing, Yam Finance is looking to engineer a migration to a new version of the protocol. Despite the initial hype that greeted its launch as the latest decentralized finance (DeFi) sensation, the project soon ran into trouble. A bug discovered in the rebasing contract meant inflation in YAM token minting. Yam Rescue, Take Two: Migration Yam Finance announced the proposal for the migration via a blog post on its Medium page on Friday. According to the statement issued, the move, if approved, will

Is Chainlink Poised for a Sell Off After Reaching New ATH?

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Time Stamp: August 14, 2020 12:39 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Chainlink rallied another 4% today, maintaining its place as the fifth largest crypto asset by market cap — but are investors starting to become skittish? According to on-chain analytics resource Santiment, Chainlink (LINK) investors may be “becoming increasingly uncertain in its prolonged rally.” Santiment reported that though there weren’t “many bearish indicators or signs of an impending top” for LINK as of last week, that may no longer be the case.The number of LINK deposits into crypto exchanges reached an all-time high (ATH) of 8.2 million, the same day the token

Five Hours to Failure: The ‘Save Yam’ Proposal Is Falling Short

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 10:43 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The future of the Yam Finance yield farming protocol hangs in the balance as it awaits token deposits for a governance vote that could save the project.With less than five hours to go, Yam is only a third of the way towards the 160,000 tokens required.A code bug discovered earlier today in one of Yam Finance’s smart contracts sent the hottest thing in DeFi into a tailspin as it scrambles to find a fix through its decentralized governance system.The project posted an update outlining the issues and making a plea to

Bitcoin and Stocks Take a Breather

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Time Stamp: August 12, 2020 1:50 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Can’t we all just get along? Over the last few days, tribalism in the crypto community has reached a new peak. Luckily, there are still many in our growing industry with a level head. The calls for an audit of the Ethereum blockchain have been growing, particularly from the bitcoin maximalists, who have long felt that bitcoin needs no counterparts in the crypto realm, nor should there be any competition for the throne. The issue arose after some posted a simple question, asking how many ETH there are in the