š¬ The Defiprime Post #27: Your Weekly DeFi News in Bite-Sized Fashion
A quick weekly primer covering the biggest developments around Ethereum and DeFi
Welcome to the 27th issue ofĀ The Defiprime Post, a quick weekly primer covering the biggest developments around Ethereum and DeFi. This weekās issue covers events between Jan. 24th and Jan. 31st, 2021.
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š„ The DeFi Bulletin
Ethereum hasĀ hit the limelightĀ ā¦
Reddit hasĀ partnered with the Ethereum FoundationĀ to collaborate on Ethereum scaling efforts.
Ethereum dev studio ConsenSys released itsĀ Q4 2020 DeFi report.
Opium Finance releasesĀ collateralized debt obligationsĀ (CDOs) through Compound Finance. The project also just unveiled theĀ OPIUM governance token.
Set Protocolās V2 Asset Manager SuiteĀ is now live! Launch your own Sets now as you please.
MeetĀ Ruler Protocol, a first-of-its-kind DeFi lending protocol.
Down for a great DeFi interview? Then donāt miss thisĀ great new podcastĀ featuring Trent Elmore, a co-founder of Yam Finance.
Binance just launched aĀ CRV staking program.
Grayscale is launching new trusts around DeFi tokens likeĀ AAVE and UNI.
Aave released itsĀ V1-to-V2 migration tool.
Youāll be able to useĀ Dogecoin as collateralĀ in DeFi soon enough!
uLABS released theĀ uVOL-BTC volatility token.
Klondike, a platform for algorithmic synthetic assets, has launched.
defiprime published a āCurrent State of Ethereum L2ā guide this week.
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We have Elon Musk out hereĀ liking DeFi tweetsĀ ā¦
š± DEX Report
Balancer is now running aĀ gas reimbursement program. Very cool! Will we see other DEXes adopt the model? The project also just released a āBalancer V1 in Reviewā report.
Decentralized margin trading platform dYdXĀ just raised $10MĀ in a new investment round.
DODO introduced its newĀ Vending Machine feature, which is focused around simplifying market making.
0xās v4 protocolĀ is now live!
You can now useĀ Uniswap LP and Sushiswap LP tokensĀ as collateral in C.R.E.A.M.
Bancor just released a new guide on how to participate in itsĀ BNT liquidity mining campaign.
ParaSwap introduced aĀ new UI and its v3 system.
šµ State of the Stablecoins
Malt Protocol, a new algorithmic stablecoin project, is trying to improve where its predecessors have faltered.
š NFT News
CoinFundās Jake Brukhman published an excellent article onĀ NFT liquidityĀ this week.
Famous investor Mark Cuban has beenĀ diving into NFTsĀ in recent days.
New NFT project Hashmasks has captured a lot of attention fast. Hereās aĀ great write-upĀ on what the projectās all about.
Cooper Turley published an excellent survey of theĀ NFT issuance landscape.
Thanks for reading, and be sure to catch the 28th issue ofĀ The Defiprime PostĀ out this time next week! šā¦ļøš