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Maple Finance co-founder and CEO Sid Powell says that transparency has been the saving grace of decentralized finance (DeFi) amid the prolonged crypto market slump.Speaking to Cryptox on the sidelines of the Converge22 conference in San Francisco, Powell noted that, throughout the crypto winter, DeFi has continued to operate as
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Umee is creating an institutional lending decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called UDX to help facilitate the transition of bond markets into DeFi lending. The initiative will improve bond markets’ efficiency on Umee’s Cosmos-, Ethereum-, Avalanche-, Near- and Solana-compatible trading platform. Source
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According to DeFi Llama, UwU Lend, a decentralized finance, or DeFi, protocol that acts as a money market on the Ethereum blockchain, has surpassed $50 million in total value locked (TVL). The non-custodial protocol was created by Michael Patryn, known by the pseudonym "Sifu," who was the co-founder of defunct
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The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was recently trading at about $19,350, up about 5% over the past 24 hours. BTC dipped below $18,400 late Wednesday afternoon (UTC), its lowest level since early June, following the Fed's 75 basis point increase, but crypto investors started to return in Thursday's early
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"Recent market headwinds have caused lenders to pull back, while traditional financing vehicles have been slower to engage this sector," said Sidney Powell, CEO and co-founder of Maple, in a press release on Tuesday. "Miners play an essential role in growing the crypto ecosystem and local economies, and we are
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The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed banning businesses from engaging in crypto staking and lending activities. The regulator is seeking public comments on the proposal, noting that the purpose of this prohibition is “to provide greater protection to investors and reduce associated risks.” Thailand Seeks Public Comments on
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Crypto lending firm Celsius Network, which is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, has asked the court for authorization to sell its stablecoin holdings in order to generate liquidity to help fund its operations, according to new court filings. Source
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Thailand is preparing to take radical measures in the aftermath of crypto lending platforms’ crashes experienced in Summer 2022. Thai SEC plans to prohibit crypto platforms from providing or supporting digital asset depository services. The announcement, published on the official webpage on Sept. 15,
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Several crypto lenders including Celsius Network and Babel Finance, as well as exchanges offering lending services, froze withdrawals over the past few months following a downturn in the crypto market, with bitcoin and ethereum losing over 50% of their since the turn of the year. Original Source
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Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky recently proposed revamping the failed crypto lending business as a digital asset custody firm, according to a New York Times report. Original Source
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