SUSHI and AAVE, the governance tokens of major DeFi protocols SushiSwap and Aave, severely pulled back after the price of Bitcoin rallied beyond $40,000. Analysts suspect that the profits from DeFi tokens throughout the past few weeks have flown back into Bitcoin. DeFi down bigly, when will it begin recovering? Throughout early February, the DeFi…
AAVE, the native governance token of the Aave lending protocol, rose by over 50% within the past day. The rally comes as the entire DeFi market sees a major rally from an overall increase in appetite for the sector. The 30-minute price chart of Aave. Source: AAVEUSD on TradingView.com Why is DeFi and Aave rallying?…
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has been under the microscope in the crypto space over the past few weeks as he has started to tweet more about Bitcoin, Ethereum, and now even decentralized finance tokens to his over eight million followers. Cuban has long been asked about Bitcoin, being a prominent investor and a prominent media figure…
While the past week has been somewhat tumultuous, to put it mildly, for both crypto and stock markets, it looks like digital tokens related to decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are actually having a great time. The sector is in the green across the board as most DEX tokens are up anywhere between 1.3% and 317% over…
Crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments filed new trusts for Aave, Cardano, Cosmos, Monero, and Polkadot in the Delaware corporate registry. As expected, each respective community is bullish over the news. However, filings do not necessarily mean Grayscale will follow through with them. The firm commented on the matter by saying filings relate to preparation for…
Mark Cuban, billionaire investor and owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, has inadvertently “doxxed” his Ethereum (ETH) wallet today, revealing a cornucopia of mostly DeFi ERC-20 tokens that he holds. I definitely got my share of shitcoins lol. — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) January 28, 2021 “I definitely got my share of shitcoins lol,” Cuban replied…
Chainlink and Aave, two major DeFi-related cryptocurrencies, are surging strongly in tandem with Bitcoin. Aave surpassed $200 for the first time in history, solidifying its position as the fourth-largest DeFi token behind Uniswap (UNI). Chainlink keeps its position as the biggest DeFi token by market capitalization, valued at around $9 billion. Why are Chainlink and…
The decentralized finance (DeFi) space has seen extreme growth this year, as evidenced by the $15 billion worth of capital now sitting in this space’s contracts. Further, tokens pertaining to the DeFi space have seen extremely strong performances this past year. Early venture investors in decentralized API protocol The Graph (GRT) are now up by…
All eyes have been on Bitcoin over the past few weeks. Just last week, the coin set a new all-time high on most top exchanges, reaching $19,950 on spot platforms and even surmounting $20,000 in the CME’s Bitcoin futures market. Further, the coin has seen an influx of institutional support from some of Wall Street’s…
Leading decentralized finance protocol Aave has just rolled out its biggest update yet: v2, or version 2.0. This update has been hyped for a long time, as many expect it to begin turbocharging the growth of the protocol. Through Aave, Ethereum DeFi users can easily lend and borrow top digital assets like ETH and stablecoins….