January 5, 2021

Airswap – the decentralized p2p trading protocol – is planning on a major revamp in early 2021, based on this announcement there seems to be major changes coming to the protocol from a smart contract, tokenomics, and even branding level. New year, new AirSwap! Three launches this month: new contracts, new tokenomics, and a brand new website. The AIP open development process revving up with incentives to both participate and contribute, so get ready to trade, vote, and build. TH… … More

The Futureswap team is aiming to creating a trading experience superior to what is currently offered by centralized futures exchanges. Version 2 of the protocol brings many of the features that more serious traders are accustomed to such as live pricing, performant trading, and high capital efficiency. Futureswap v2 is live.10x leverage, live pricing, and FST rewardshttps://t.co/bgoLKqqDip#futureswap #DeFi— Futureswap Exchange (@futureswapx) January 5, 2021 The biggest update that… … More

This week’s newsletter describes a proposed update to BIP322 generic
message signing and links to a specification for LN trampoline routing.
Also included are our regular sections with announcements of releases,
release candidates, and notable changes to popular Bitcoin
infrastructure software. News ● Proposed updates to generic signmessage: Andrew Poelstra
posted a partial rewrite of the BIP322
generic message signing proposal. The rewrite mainly clarifies the
signing and verificatio… … More

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In our first month since announcing Batch #2 of Balancer Ecosystem Fund grants, 19 different teams and individuals have made proposals to build projects or provide services that bring tangible value to the Balancer community.The level of quality and potential impact of these proposals has been incredible.As a quick community update, I’d like to mention one project that the Balancer Labs team is very excited about.Six members of PrimeDAO have formed a team to propose an exciting overhaul of the L… … More

In traditional finance, leaner banking models without physical locations allowed online banks to cut costs and pass the benefits onto the customer. Banking services built on decentralized networks like Ethereum can offer even more advantages by further reducing operational costs such as securing assets which would traditionally be held in custody. Non-custodial protocols like DeFiner allow users to access savings and loans anytime, anywhere with an internet connection putting you in control of … … More

Hello Defiers! Exciting times in crypto with ETH trading above $1,000 and DeFi heating up. Here’s what we’re covering:As ETH crosses $1k, DeFi is hitting its own set of milestones.Ethereum gas prices are soaring to recordsYam Finance scrapped rebasing mechanismCover holders migrate to new tokenAnd more :)The open economy is taking over the old one. Subscribe to keep up with this revolution. Click here to pay with DAI (for $100/yr) or sub with fiat by clicking on the button … … More

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To investors,The OCC came out with new guidance for banks yesterday that specifically addressed their use of stablecoins, along with a banks’ ability to participate in blockchain networks for settlement and payment services. Since I’m writing about it, you probably already guessed that the OCC guidance was positive in a number of ways.I want to focus on… Read more … … More

Coinbase was selected as a full service partner and custodian by One River Asset ManagementRead more here about One River’s historic digital asset allocation and the fund’s journey to diversifying its portfolio.To read One River’s The Case For Digital Assets click here.By Brett Tejpaul, Head of Institutional Sales, Trading, Custody and Prime ServicesCoinbase Institutional is an integrated solution that marries our custody, advanced trading platform, and prime services. Our unified investing expe… … More

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