Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%

The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi) hype and yield farming frenzy that peaked in August. In … Read more

Defi Market Cap Drops 25.1% in One Day: Proponents Say Tokens Self Correcting

The latest data from Santiment shows that the collective market capitalization of all defi-related assets dropped by 25.1% on October 7, while daily trading volumes went down 30.2%. The data also shows popular defi tokens like Sushi took heavy knocks after dropping by 50.9% during the week. Also making the list of heavy droppers is … Read more

Cumulative Ethereum Transaction Fees in 2020 Supersede Bitcoin’s by a Long Shot

This week the research and analysis team Coin Metrics published a report on how decentralized finance (defi) is “fueling Ethereum’s growth.” Meanwhile, the researchers also highlighted that Ethereum’s cumulative transaction fees in 2020 are now over $350 million and more than double the aggregated total of Bitcoin’s network fees. Coin Metrics researchers and Nate Maddrey … Read more

Defi’s Raw Deal: Sushiswap Creator Transfers Multi-Sig Control to FTX CEO

After a number of individuals from the crypto community accused the anonymous developer Chef Nomi of exit scamming, the developer transferred the project over to Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of the trading platform FTX. On Saturday, September 5, the decentralized finance (defi) community got upset with the creator of Sushiswap, a forked project copied from … Read more