Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Badger DAO has partnered with Fireblocks to expose institutional Bitcoin to the DeFi ecosystem. BadgerDAO Bringing BTC To DeFi BadgerDAO disclosed in a blog post that it would be integrating with Fireblocks, a digital asset storage for institutional investors. With this partnership, BadgerDAO aims to enable over 200 institutional Fireblocks clients […]
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Ripple, CoinShares, ConSenSys Commit To ‘Green’ Crypto Practice In Latest Partnership
Ripple, CoinShares, and ConSenSys have all joined a private initiative to reduce crypto’s carbon footprints. The ambitious project called Crypto Climate Accord (CCA) is looking at making the cryptocurrency industry run 100% on renewable energy by 2025. Ripple And 20 Others Join CCA In an announcement shared on its website, blockchain firm Ripple Labs said […]
Coinbase Joins DeFi Accelerator to Help Take Decentralized Finance to the Masses
Coinbase has joined DeFi Alliance, announced the cryptocurrency exchange Thursday in a tweet. Formerly known as Chicago DeFi Alliance, the DeFi accelerator was launched in early 2020 with a mission to decentralized finance to 1 billion users by 2025 and overcame the key hurdles; institutional liquidity, regulations, and recruiting and growth. DeFi Alliance has tons […]
Revolut Adds 11 New ‘Hot’ Cryptos Including DeFi Tokens for UK and EU Users
London-based Fintech company, Revolut has announced support for eleven new cryptocurrencies, including popular DeFi tokens. The cryptos selected are the result of the digital banking service provider “tracking hot tokens and top movers.” Now Revolut’s UK and EU users can trade Cardano (ADA), Uniswap (UNI), Synthetix (SNX), Yearn Finance (YFI), Uma (UMA), Bancor (BNT), Filecoin […]
Overbit CEO: “Everyone wants to see crypto continue to grow”
In a recent interview, Chieh Liu gave Coinjournal some exclusive insights into the recent Overbit survey, as well as the inner workings and mentality of a thriving cryptocurrency exchange We spoke with Overbit’s CEO and founder, Chieh Liu, to discuss Overbit’s future plans, a day in the life for a tech CEO and picked his […]
Revolut Expands Crypto Offering with 11 Trendy Tokens
The new cryptocurrencies will be initially available in the US and the UK.
Weekly Report: Grayscale to convert its Trust into ETF product
Here is a comprehensive account of this week’s major events across the crypto sector Ether cruises to a new high while Bitcoin struggles to retest $60k Ether started the month with great upward momentum that saw its price steadily rise towards the end of last week. The continued uptrend drove ETH prices higher over the […]
Digital Ruble could launch in 2023: Russian officials
Russian central bank officials revealed that the apex bank could launch the digital Ruble by 2023 as more countries work on developing their central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) Senior leaders from Russia’s central bank revealed that they could launch the digital Ruble in the next two years. They revealed this in a virtual conference yesterday, […]
As DeFi’s TVL Tops $100B, Here’s How DeFi Changes Everything
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a term that has been thrown around a lot throughout 2020 and the beginnings of 2021. What does it mean though, and why should you care? In this article we’re […]
Billion Dollar Stablecoin Fei Protocol Struggles As Token Drops Below USD Peg
Barely days after the stablecoin project Fei Protocol launched, it appears to be struggling—so much so that its 1:1 USD pegged token has dropped well below its targeted $1 value. Currently at $0.7916. Fei in Free Fall The stablecoin project, meant to be algorithmic and without volatility, lost its peg to the U.S. dollar this […]
