Andre Cronje’s Yearn.Finance Confirms Fifth Partnership with DEX SushiSwap  

It’s another day and another merger for Yearn.Finance, which just notched up its fifth major collaboration in a week. In a blog post from yesterday, yearn founder Andre Cronje confirmed that the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol had collaborated with decentralized exchange (DEX) SushiSwap. Overlapping Developments and a Path Forward SushiSwap is a fork of DEX Uniswap. In […]

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Tezos’ Edo Upgrade Will Implement Zcash’s Sapling Protocol for Shielded Transactions

Tezos becomes the latest blockchain to add Zcash’s Sapling privacy protocol. The blockchain is also planning minor changes on its network. Tezos allows self-amendment of the protocol without the need for a fork. An announcement from Tezos, the baking algorithm network, confirms its blockchain is welcoming the Sapling privacy protocol from Zcash allowing users to […]

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World’s First Tradable Carbon Token Launches to Democratize Access to New Asset Class

The Universal Protocol Alliance (UPA), a coalition of leading blockchain companies including Bittrex Global, Ledger, Certik, Infinigold and Uphold, today launches Universal Carbon (UPCO2), the world’s first tradable carbon token on a public blockchain that can be bought and held as an investment, or burnt to offset an individual’s carbon footprint. With demand for carbon […]

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Will New Treasury Secretary Yellen Save the Economy – and the USD?

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Having served as a Chair of the Federal Reserve within the first half of Trump’s presidency, Janet Yellen now becomes Biden’s pick for treasury secretary. Although she represents a system operator with a rich […]

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Yearn Finance to Join Forces with Akropolis; This is The DeFi Leader’s Fourth Merger In a Week

Yearn Finance continues its landmark week with yet another collaboration, as the project appears to be leveraging its name and capabilities to improve its reach. This time, the decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol is partnering with Akropolis, a fellow DeFi project. Mutual Benefit Going Forward According to a press release published earlier today, lending and savings protocol, […]

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U.S. Intel Official: We “Cannot Allow China to Dominate” Digital Currencies

Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. China is a dominant figure in world politics, and this has become a concern for some western nations. China’s influence in global policy, economics, science, and technology has left some countries scrambling to catch […]

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