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Surging Interest in ‘Yam’ Yield Farming — But Is It Too risky?

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 11:38 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The latest craze in the DeFi sector is a new yield farming protocol called Yam which promises ‘equal opportunity’ staking with no premine, no founder shares, and a zero value token at launch.The experimental Yam Protocol is the talk of Crypto Twitter right now — with many excited about the big potential returns, while others worry about the risks. The recently launched project offers an elastic supply token, similar to Ampleforth, that can expand and contract depending on market conditions, with the aim of seeking eventual price stability and a peg

With Value Approach, Off The Chain Capital Is Changing The Bitcoin Investment Narrative

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Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 12:44 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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When viewed from a traditional investing lens, bitcoin may seem like a risky bet. The technology is still relatively new, the price is notoriously volatile and it’s not uncommon to hear investors caution newcomers not to invest more than they can afford to lose in BTC.But the performance of Off The Chain Capital, a digital currency investment firm that focuses on value investing in bitcoin, tells a different story. As one of the best-performing funds in the space, it has shown that reliable performance and BTC can go hand in

BTC and ETH Crypto Derivatives in Demand, Market Expected to Grow Further

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 12:42 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The crypto options market has been evolving rapidly over the second quarter of 2020. According to TokenInsight’s recent crypto derivatives industry report, trading volumes are seeing a 166% year-on-year increase compared to Q2 2019. The derivative products driving these volumes are futures and options. While futures grow with traders betting on a bullish price sentiment, both open interest and volumes of options have reached all-time highs.All-time highs On Wednesday, open interest in Ether (ETH) options hit an all-time high of $351 million on Deribit and $37 million on OKEx. In fact, open

Ransomware Attacks Demanding Crypto Are Unfortunately Here to Stay

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Time Stamp: August 8, 2020 3:00 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Year after year, the ransomware landscape changes dramatically. In 2019, a new resurgence of attacks occurred as businesses and government institutions became the main targets of ransomware, given their capacity to yield larger payouts. The most recent attack was against Garmin, a navigation systems company, on July 23. Due to the attack, many of its online services such as customer support, website functions and company communications were affected. Reportedly, the Russian cybergang Evil Corp launched the attack, demanding $10 million in cryptocurrency to restore access to Garmin’s services. Overall, according to a

Bitcoin Eyes $14K as US Dollar Breaks Below Classic Support

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Time Stamp: August 6, 2020 1:26 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Bitcoin pressed higher on Wednesday after finding reliable support at $10,500. The upside move appeared as the US dollar index broke below its classic trendline support that originated back in 2011. With greenback setting new downside targets based on technical parameters, Bitcoin could extend its gains further as it eyes a $14,000-retest. Bitcoin climbed higher during the Wednesday trading session as demand for alternative safe-havens remained stronger against an underperforming US dollar. The benchmark cryptocurrency rose 5 percent to close at $11,756.75 (data from Coinbase). Its gains followed a record

mStable DeFi Guide: Ultimate Stablecoin Solution

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Time Stamp: August 4, 2020 10:44 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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mStable is a newly launched DeFi protocol aimed at streamlining the application of stablecoins in a unified ecosystem it aims to create. There are many projects that seek to increase the adoption of cryptos by linking them to traditional financial systems. Stablecoins, for one, have been created to do just that. Using blockchain and smart contracts, the crypto community has devised a way to make digital asset representation of fiat currencies. But even behind the recent developments surrounding stablecoins, a concern still remains: the assets that back the number of

UBS Expects Gold to Hit $2,000; What Does It Mean for Bitcoin?

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Time Stamp: August 4, 2020 2:50 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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UBS Global predicts that gold would climb to $2,000, at least by September, just as the metal’s correlation with Bitcoin reaches a new high. Wayne Gordan, executive director of Commodities and Forex at UBS, projected negative US real yields as the core reason behind the increasing bids for gold. The other key point, Mr. Gordon stated, is the ongoing plunge in the US dollar. Bitcoin traders should brace for a decent upside momentum led by the gold market. It is because of the increasing realized correlation between the two assets.

DEX Trading Volume Tops $4 Billion in July 2020

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Time Stamp: August 3, 2020 12:58 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The meteoric growth in the trading activity for decentralized exchanges (DEX) is not slowing down as the total volume for July exceeds $4 billion. Monthly DEX volumes have been on a tear since the start of 2020 with increasing returns seen in the last three consecutive months. DEX platforms continue to attract massive trading volume and their native tokens are reportedly providing greater returns than centralized exchange (CEX) counterparts. DEX July 2020 Volume Sees 12x Year-on-Year Growth According to data from on-chain analytics platform Dune Analytics, the total DEX volume

The Scam and Fall of YFI Clones

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Time Stamp: August 3, 2020 11:44 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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After the success of yEARN finance (YFI), a yield farming token which saw a rise in price from $35 to over $4000, a number of cryptocurrencies are trying to copy its success. These include the likes of YFFI, YFII, and Asuka, however, they’ve all witnessed 100% drops and a conspicuous exit scam. Encouraging Words Fueled by DeFi platforms where any token with an address can be traded for anything else, these are the days of Wild West token swaps. To clone the YFI token, developers only had to copy code

What is Serum? A DeFi Derivatives DEX Guide

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Time Stamp: August 3, 2020 5:54 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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DeFi-based exchanges have seen wild success in 2020 thanks to yield farming, which has incentivized hundreds of thousands of users to provide liquidity to these platforms. With that being said, DEXs are still a far-cry from centralized exchanges in both UI and UX. Serum is here to change all that. Serum is a protocol that claims to be “pure DeFi” as they have managed to address a lot of issues the space is facing. Most of the users in DeFi today are not traders but yield farmers. Yield farmers are

Ampleforth: A Guide to the AMPL DeFi Protocol

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Time Stamp: August 2, 2020 9:53 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Imagine the possibilities of reinventing money. One that is powered by blockchain and crypto-based solutions. That is what Ampleforth hopes to achieve within and beyond the crypto community. Since the inception of decentralized finance (DeFi), various notable projects have spawned, giving life to a new sector in the cryptosphere. At the moment, investors and crypto traders alike are quite stoked with DeFi and liquidity mining. We have witnessed several protocols like Maker, Aave, and Compound attracting hundreds of thousands of users, enabling the DeFi ecosystem to proliferate far and wide.