Tag: MakerDAO

DAI is a decentralized stablecoin that facilitates lending, borrowing, and investing in decentralized applications (dApps). The cryptocurrency market has a reputation for being highly volatile. For example, some of the most significant cryptocurrency tokens, such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, surge and plummet daily. These spikes often bring traders huge ROI or crippling debt. Nevertheless, not all cryptocurrencies experience this level of volatility. For instance, stablecoins rarely experience massive oscillations. Instead, their values remain constant with their pegged counterparts, which are…

MakerDAO recently revealed its plan on moving to a fully decentralized ecosystem within the next few months after disbanding the current Maker Foundation. According to a blog post detailed by the CEO, Rune Christensen, Maker initially started as a decentralized autonomous organization before it moved to a Foundation charged with accomplishing an overall growth of the platform.  However, the Foundation was only designed for existing temporarily as Maker steadily transitions to a fully decentralized path. Looking back, the CEO recounts…

The world of crypto is growing, and now people are eager to get in on the frenzy. Crypto stands for all cryptography applications, including DeFi, which mirrors traditional banking and financing concepts except on blockchain technology. The advent of DeFi tokens has caused a frenzy reminiscent of the booms of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in 2017. DeFi tokens have joined the race in disrupting traditional finance by allowing the following: lending and borrowing within a peer-to-peer network without any intermediaries,…

A governance poll has been established on the MakerDAO decentralized lending platform regarding the inclusion of different types of collateral beyond the realms of crypto. The Poll will be open for three days, starting on Monday, June 7 at 16:00 UTC. The governance poll allows the MakerDAO governance community to signal support or opposition to adding different proposals for various vaults with tokenized digital assets based on real-world assets (RWA). Each proposed asset has varying collateral parameters like the Dai…

The crypto space has been vibrant in the past 24 hours, with the recent pump of Dogecoin on everyone's lips. However, one sector that has gone below the radar is the DeFi sector, which has experienced a bullish increase.  At the time of writing, the total locked-In value in DeFi protocol has hit a record $27 billion. Looking at the data from DeFi Pulse, over $2billion was added into DeFi protocols 24 hours. The recent surge in the value of…

The current bullish sentiments in the crypto market have been a major talking point in recent weeks. Bitcoin's bullish trend has led to a ripple effect in the market's decentralized finance (DeFi) sector. Total Locked In Value hits $17 billion The Total Locked in Value has witnessed an exponential increase in the past few days. According to data from DeFi Pulse, the total TVL hit a record high of $17 billion in today's early hours. Looking at the data, over…

Leading decentralized exchange Uniswap has hit more than $50 billion in volume since launching in November 2018. This makes it the first DeFi platform to achieve this milestone and shows confidence in the project. This information was revealed by Uniswap founder Hayden Adams who took to Twitter to share the milestone. Adams also conducted a poll asking the crypto community to vote for when Uniswap would hit $1 trillion in cumulative volume. The vote indicated the community's bullish sentiments, as…

Traditional currency and banking systems feature several downsides as far as transacting are concerned. Cryptocurrencies present a decentralized alternative to deal with issues surrounding the two options. The introduction of DeFi was a step further in pushing the mass adoption of blockchain technology and digital currencies.  DeFi lending is on the same track, trying to bridge the void between traditional banking and all users globally, without intermediaries. Now, lenders and investors can deposit, loan out, or borrow currencies in or…

Ross Ulbricht, the brains behind the infamous Silk Road website, recently penned down a piece on the Maker Dao Protocol. Ross, who is currently serving a life sentence, coined the protocol as a ‘cool concept’ that provided the benefits of a cryptocurrency without the volatility usually associated with them.  In his Medium article, Ross acknowledged that he couldn’t have gotten all the details on Maker while behind bars. He, however, believed that he had read enough to give some suggestions…