Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch has issued its own governance token. Users of 1inch and the Mooniswap DEX, founded by the same execs, will get rewarded with a Christmas gift of sorts and have a say on matters like fees, referral rewards and other governance issues. The token, named 1INCH and running on the Ethereum...Read More
Bitcoin is trending downward while ether transaction activity is showing Uniswap’s influence on the market. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $11,359 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.38% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $11,286-$11,555 BTC below its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bearish signal for market technicians. Bitcoin trading on...Read More
As bitcoin struggles to hold the $10,700 price range Uniswap’s September volume set records but appears to be declining. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,757 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 1% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,621-$10,924 BTC above its 10-day moving average but below the 50-day, a sideways signal...Read More
Some tricks of the trade employed by today’s booming decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms are being used for a completely new paradigm: decentralized data marketplaces. Announced Thursday, blockchain-based data monetization startup Ocean Protocol is teaming up with Balancer Labs to create the first automated market maker (AMM) for data. Ocean Protocol is about helping people and...Read More
A group of anonymous Uniswap users is trying to unite the many small holders of the UNI governance token to deal with potential problems in the automated market maker’s (AMM) governance. Yet that is what the launch of UNI last week was supposed to do. The big initiative being promoted by this “union” is UNI...Read More
The number of pending transactions on Ethereum per minute has jumped 30% after the claim for Uniswap’s UNI token begins. The decentralized trading platform announced around 00:30 UTC time Thursday that it has launched its governance token dubbed UNI with 1 billion coins that will be released over the next four years. While the liquidity...Read More
It was a quiet day in the bitcoin market while there was action on Uniswap’s total crypto value locked. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $10,316 as of 20:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 0.13% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $10,199-$10,383 BTC above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, a bullish signal for market...Read More
Bitcoin was rising for a second straight day, to about $10,281, after a rapid sell-off earlier in the week. “In a flash, investors have gone from running for the hills to buying the dip,” Mati Greenspan, founder of the cryptocurrency and foreign-exchange analysis firm Quantum Economics, told clients in an email. The crypto investment firm...Read More
SushiSwap, the automated market maker aiming to unseat market leader Uniswap, has moved up its launch by five days. Because of SushiSwap, total value in assets locked on Uniswap have gone up by just under $1.5 billion since the SushiSwap contract went into effect at block 10750000 on Aug. 28, according to DeFi Pulse, making...Read More
A vampire protocol has driven Uniswap to the top of the decentralized finance (DeFi) charts. As of roughly 21:00 UTC, the automated market maker (AMM) has $1.65 billion in total value locked, according to DeFi Pulse, unseating lending platform Aave. Sources with knowledge of the situation tell CoinDesk this is driven largely by a new...Read More
