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Unsurprisingly, Americans Are Not in Favour of a Digital USD

September 26, 2020 CBDC, Fintech News, Global, News Eddy 0

A survey done by Genesis mining of 400 Americans regarding their perceptions towards a central bank digital currency (CBDC) has revealed that more than 50% of respondents are opposed to the launch of a digital dollar. While this survey only features a small sample size, the survey has nonetheless shed some light on the state […]

Uniswap Updates: New Widget Allows Users to Trade on Twitter via Uniswap & Is Uniswap Truly Decentralized?

September 25, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Cryptocurrency Exchange, DeFi, DeFi News, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

Uniswap has become the DeFi platform to beat in recent months, and its namesake UNI token is one of the most covetable crypto assets this year since its launch a little over a week ago. With this in mind, Maskbook (Mask Network), unveiled an innovative trading widget which allows Twitter users to view token data […]

KAVA Unveils World’s First DeFi Cross-Chain Money Market – Harvest

September 21, 2020 Blockchain Tech, DeFi, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

DeFi lending protocol Kava, backed by multiple crypto industry giants such as Binance, Huobi, OKEx, Kraken and Cosmos, has just launched its very first DeFi application – Harvest. Touted as the world’s first cross-chain money market, users can stake Bitcoin (BTC), XRP (Ripple), Binance Coin (BNB), Binance stablecoin (BUSD), KAVA, and the USDX stablecoin on […]

Uniswap Entrenches DEX Dominance with Launch of Proprietary UNI Token

September 17, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Cryptocurrency Exchange, DeFi, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

Uniswap nearly lost the decentralized exchange (DEX) race to Sushiswap two weeks ago when the latter burst into the DeFi scene with an attractive moniker, shining new SUSHI tokens and immense rewards, and since the fall of Sushiswap, Uniswap seems to have learnt its lesson because someone else’s crisis is an opportunity. On September 17, […]

Compound Fork Yam Finance Attempts Relaunch After First Launch is Halted by Massive Bug

September 16, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

After a disastrous first launch that led to the over-minting of its reserves back in August, Yam Finance will be relaunching on September 18 after fixing the major bug – a mistake in a single line of code – which caused it. Yam Finance has also gone through a thorough code audit with security firm […]

Bank of Thailand Issues 50 Billion Baht in Government Bonds with Blockchain

September 15, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

Thailand has been leveraging on blockchain technology in the issuance of government bonds, as announced by the Ministry of Finance. In June, a digital wallet called the ‘SBM Wallet’ was rolled out so citizens could have better access to bonds issued by the government. According to the Bank of Thailand (BOT) ,it has successfully issued […]

Sushiswap Community Votes on New Protocol Changes; Uniswap Catches Up

September 14, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Blockchain Technology, Business, DeFi, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

Sushiswap took the crypto world by storm two weeks ago with its market capitalization surging to a high of more than $1.4 billion, usurping the market’s largest decentralized exchange Uniswap then in the span of a few days. It rode on the immense success Uniswap achieved, then added its own twist by offering larger pools […]

Total Value Locked in DeFi Spikes $1.4 Billion as Prices Recover

September 13, 2020 DeFi, Fintech News, Investment News, News Eddy 0

Last week, the SushiSwap incident caused the market to panic sell, decentralized finance (DeFi) market capitalization plunged by almost 50% as the majority of traders got burnt in the SushiSwap sell-off. Over the weekend, however, the total value locked (TVL) in DeFi protocols has seen a significant recovery. The TVL increased more than $1.4 billion […]

Digital Euro Study Will Soon Be Revealed, Says ECB President Christine Lagarde

September 11, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

The long-awaited study and research findings from the European Central Bank (ECB) over a potential Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), the digital euro, will be revealed in the coming weeks, says ECB President Christine Lagrade. As reported by Reuters, the ECB will present the advantages and disadvantages of rolling out a digital euro and launch […]

Banks Can Now Test CBDCs with Mastercard’s Newly Launched Virtual Platform

September 10, 2020 Blockchain Tech, Business, CBDC, Fintech News, News Eddy 0

According to a press release, Mastercard has launched a Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) Testing Platform, facilitating banks’ pilot programs by allowing them to first assess the usability of the CBDC design or strategy in a simulated CBDC ecosystem. Rolling out this platform is opportune as a majority of banks across the globe have started […]

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