• Fri. Nov 22nd, 2024

The Race to buy Bitcoin has BEGUN – Are YOU Bullish? [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Bitcoin is up 30% over the past 30 days, and the CEO of Blackrock is pumping our bags on national television. With an ETF seemingly closer than many investors…

Friendtech Hit By Selloff As SocialFi Whales Move To New Bitcoin City [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] The battle for SocialFi supremacy continues to rage, and while Friendtech may have kicked off the latest boom, its position atop the sector is showing signs of weakening. Over…

Bitcoin Surges To 17-Month High Amid Spot Bitcoin ETF Progress [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] BTC is trading at its highest level since last May as researchers tip that the highly anticipated spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund from the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, may…

6 Questions for Adelle Nazarian on crypto, journalism and the future of Bitcoin

Adelle Nazarian and the American Blockchain PAC are in Washington, D.C. fighting for your right to buy and HODL cryp. 6 Questions for…, Columns

Liquity Token Rallies 75% As Fees Spike [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Liquity, a decentralized lending protocol, has seen its utility token, LQTY, surge by over 75% in the past 30 days despite a sluggish market, which can be largely attributed…

Uniswap Visa Card Proposal is Facing Opposition Among UNI Token Holders [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] A Uniswap governance proposal from Fiat 24 bank about issuing a Visa card with the unicorn logo is facing opposition so far, with majority of token holders voting no.…

Worldcoin to Start Paying Orb Operators in WLD by November [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Worldcoin will start phasing out USDC to pay Orb Operators in its native WLD token as early as November, according to an Oct. 22 announcement. This move from USDC…

Celestia Prepares For Imminent Mainnet Launch [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Celestia, a project dedicated to building a modular blockchain ecosystem, is set to launch its Mainnet Beta in the coming days. The project’s Github repository shows a Mainnet milestone…

BlackRock Plans to Seed its Spot Bitcoin ETF in October [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Eric Balchunas, the Senior ETF Analyst for Bloomberg, pointed out on X an intriguing change in BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF amendment: The world's largest asset manager is planning to…

ETH Staking: Lido vs Rocket Pool, Centralization Risk, $RPL + $RETH Utility [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Darren Langley is the general manager of Rocket Pool which provides liquid staking services for ETH holders. Liquid staking on Ethereum has been a major trend this year as…

NY sues crypto firms, FTX’s Nishad faces 75 years in jail, and Grayscale’s new BTC filing: Hodler’s Digest, Oct. 15-21

Nishad Singh testifies in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial; New York sues Gemini, Genesis and Digital Currency Group; and Grayscale files for new spot Bitcoin ETF. Hodler s Digest

Our Most Read Stories This Week: a16z Manifesto, Uniswap Fees, Cointelegraph Post Mortem [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] These are the top 10 most read stories on The Defiant during the week of Oct. 16: There is No Mention of Crypto in Marc Andreessen's Techno-Optimist Essay Marc…

PoolTogether Launches V5 Iteration [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] PoolTogether, the popular prize-linked savings protocol, has unveiled the latest version of its platform, PoolTogether V5. This major upgrade aims to enhance decentralization, automation, and incentivization within the protocol,…

Uniswap’s New Fee Heightens Token/Equity Tension [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] There’s Uniswap Labs, the company with its equity and shareholders. And there’s Uniswap, the blockchain protocol with its token and token holders. The two sets of investors are vying…

Yearn Overhauls YFI Tokenomics [TheDefiant]

[TheDefiant] Yearn Finance, DeFi’s oldest yield aggregator, has revamped its tokenomics to embrace a Vote Escrow mechanism. YFI stakers can convert their assets into non-transferable veYFI tokens by locking up…