The co-founder of Avail, Anurag Arjun, applauds the recent move by U.S. regulators to take a positive view of decentralized finance (DeFi). In closing, Arjun points to the SEC commissioners’ vigorous rebuttal of the SEC’s anti-self-custody stance as a bright spot. We get into their discussions on innovation sandboxes for...
These moves are not the first by the SEC against DeFi. It honestly feels like the best shocking narrative twist in a film where we thought we already knew how it all ended. Decades went by as we prepared for the regulatory guillotine to drop. This risked suffocating innovation under...
The DeFi universe accelerates at a breakneck pace, a tornado of technological innovation and price discovery. For anyone intrepid enough to explore this space, knowing the regulatory landscape is just as important as knowing the tech. Recently, something significant happened that could reshape the future of DeFi in the United...
The SEC is finally blinking. After years of what felt like regulatory overreach designed to stifle innovation, there are real signs they're softening their stance on DeFi. Make no mistake—the battle is still on. Recent developments such as the (near) dismissal of the Coinbase case, talks of innovation sandboxes, and...
Okay, let’s be real. Prior to last week’s announcement, the SEC’s DeFi guidance seemed more like a ragged posse pursuing phantoms in a deserted Wild West town. Now, all of a sudden, they want to discuss moving toward building fences as opposed to just throwing lead around. This change –...
The air in the crypto world has been filled with fear for many years, would you say? We’ve all felt that belly-crawling dread. One poorly thought out regulatory sledgehammer would destroy the growing DeFi ecosystem. We’ll call it an innovation-ain’t-happening-with-this-existential-crisis – that is, the very real possibility that innovation will...
Affluent is a next-generation money market protocol built on The Open Network (TON). It hopes to make DeFi investing more accessible by bringing it right into the Telegram app. For those focused on the technical hurdles of decentralized finance, Affluent provides an easier, more efficient entry point. Its mission is...
The promise is seductive: DeFi, simplified. Affluent is a new, Telegram-based crypto app, helmed by former TON Foundation executive Justin Hyun. It provides millions of Telegram users the compelling prospect for easy, instant yield farming. Deposit, click, and watch your crypto grow. Sounds easy, right? Too easy, perhaps. It sounds...
The worlds of Bitcoin and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) have historically felt like ships passing in the night. Bitcoin, the king of crypto, has been mostly insulated from the new and exciting — but unregulated and risky — world of DeFi. What if Bitcoin holders could access the utility of their...
Input Output Global (IOG), the developers behind Cardano, have worked on the Cardinal Protocol. This ingenious solution brings Bitcoin’s liquidity together with the smart contract power of Cardano. Without custodians, or opting into a federated system like a sidechain, the protocol directly enables Bitcoin to be used in decentralized finance...
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