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CeFi and DeFi will finally meet in 2021 — Let’s hope they hit it off
The decentralized finance industry undoubtedly has vast potential — the value locked in it has exploded, surpassing $14 billion this month. Though there is speculation over whether decentralized finance is yet another bubble, I believe it is here to stay. How it stays, however, is another matter that depends on how DeFi handles ongoing hacks…

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The biggest event in crypto this week ISN’T Coinbase’s IPO: Erik Voorhees
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Loans based on cryptocurrencies have become a mainstay of the decentralized finance (DeFi) universe ever since the smart contract-based lending/borrowing platforms began offering the service to crypto users. The Ethereum network, the first blockchain that scaled the smart contract functionality, sees most of the total value locked (TVL) on DeFi protocols dominated by cryptocurrency lending…

Three key reasons Dow plunge won’t cause a bigger Bitcoin drop below $10K
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