Hello Defiers! This week’s interview is with Daniel Wang, CEO and founder of the Loopring protocol. The exchange built on the protocol launched a little over a month ago, with the goal of providing a non-custodial platform, meaning it allows users to keep control of their funds, with similar performance in throughput and cost as centralized exchanges. T… Read more … … More

Ethereum user activity is up 64% in Q1 2020 YoY … More

It’s been just over a month since Black Thursday, four weeks since the addition of USDC collateral and almost three weeks since MKR flop auctions recollateralized MakerDAO, but still Dai is trading at $1.02 and consistently above its $1 peg:This excellent chart is from Vishesh (more at dai.descipher.io). The pink line is the price of Dai from Mar 14 – Apr 8, while the teal line is the price of ETH over the same time period. The circles represent at least $50k Dai-ETH trades on a DEX.It doe… … More

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Curated by Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar)💸 Gitcoin RecapAnother round of Gitcoin Grants CLR matching ended last week with over $240,000 being donated by over 2000 unique contributors. On top of that, $250,000 was given away in matching thanks to various sponsors! We wanted to extend a heartfelt thank you to every single person that donated to EthHub’s grant as we raised over 5,000 DAI! These contributions really mean a lot to us and gives us the motivat… … More

Level up your open finance game 5 times a week. Subscribe to the Bankless program below.Subscribe now🎙️NEW PODCAST EPISODEListen to episode 7 | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube | RSS FeedEpisode: #7April 13, 2020Ether has some native mechanisms that contribute to its scarcity and value. David and Ryan explore these value mechanisms and compare/contrast them with money printer go brrrr.This episode covers:1. Scarcity mechanisms and fair g… … More

To investors,Investopedia defines quantitative easing as “a form of unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases longer-term securities from the open market in order to increase the money supply and encourage lending and investment. Buying these securities adds new money to the economy, and also serves to lower interest rates by bidd… Read more … … More

Hello Defiers! If you frequent DeFi twitter at all, then you already know about the popular account of @DeFi_Dad. He’s a heavy user of decentralized finance and is on a mission to get everyone around him to try these apps, frequently posting step-by-step tutorials and videos of his experience. Today, he argues everyone should do the same.As early users … Read more … … More

Play Royal’s lockdown poker has begun – April 12th – 26th … More

Let’s take a look at 5 popular gambling dapps … More

Hello Defiers! Hope you’re having a great weekend. Jag sameaj and happy easter if you celebrate! This past week has been especially great for The Defiant: We launched The Defiant podcast to host the audios of our weekly exclusive interviews. The Gitcoin Grants round concluded and it was incredibly rewarding to see over 100 contributors to keep growing and improving this content platform. It’s with the same goal of continuing to build up The Defiant, that we started taking sponsors. A… … More