DeFi

Short for decentralized finance, DeFi refers to peer-to-peer financial services that operate permissionlessly — check out major DeFi news, deep dives into DeFi protocols and guides on how to DeFi.

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How to Create a DAO

What are the benefits of DAOs, and why do so many people turn to them when they have a big idea?

By Will Kendall

On-Chain Analysis: Is DeFi Benefiting From the Last Rally?

Metrics show a positive but timid response as people are still coping with recent liquidations and bankruptcies of large investors.

By Gabriel Halm

CoinMarketCap News, June 24: Can DeFi Keep Recovering from Financially Devastating Hacks?

Also today, why you shouldn't expect Bitcoin to hit a new all-time high between now and 2024.

By Connor Sephton

Solend Avoids PR Disaster with U-Turn over Plans to Gain Access to Whale's Wallet

Some claimed it went against the values of DeFi — and it might have been downright illegal to control someone's funds this way.

By Connor Sephton

How To Stake Fantom

Read CoinMarketCap Academy's guide on how to stake Fantom (FTM) to earn passive yield with your crypto holdings.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

Your Complete Guide to an Initial Stake Pool Offering (ISPO)

CoinMarketCap Academy takes a look at a novel method of raising funds in crypto — initial stake pool offering, and how it works.

Venus Protocol Back Online After Terra Price Crash

Venus Protocol resumed its operations after the LUNA collapse.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

UST Plummets to $0.38 and LUNA Falls 82% in 24 Hours as Do Kwon Fails to Deliver 'Recovery Plan'

The embattled executive has been criticized after falling silent for almost 24 hours as the crisis engulfing his blockchain's two flagship cryptocurrencies worsened.

By Connor Sephton

What Are Liquidity Pool (LP) Tokens?

A primer to the mechanics of liquidity pool (LP) tokens.

By Daniel Phillips

A Complete Guide to Making Passive Income With Lending

CoinMarketCap Academy takes a look at how to generate passive income by lending out your crypto assets.

How To Use BNB Chain in 2022

CoinMarketCap Academy looks at the recently rebranded BNB Chain, what it aims to achieve and how you can participate.

The Ultimate Dummy's Guide to Passive Income with Staking

CoinMarketCap Academy explains all you need to know about making passive income by staking cryptocurrency.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

Will the Next Generation of Elon Musks and Jack Dorseys Operate DAOs?

Why would the next Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk or Mark Cuban start a DAO rather than a corporation?

By Will Kendall

'Impractical' to Move Russian Rubles into Crypto Because of Low Liquidity, IMF Concedes

Nonetheless, the institution says the crypto ecosystem could still be used to sidestep economic sanctions — especially if due diligence checks are inadequate, or anonymizing tools are used.

By Connor Sephton

Tech Deep Dives

What Is Avalanche? A Guide to Avalanche's Ecosystem

Avalanche promises high transactional throughput and sub-second finality; here's a look at the top decentralized apps in the Avalanche ecosystem.

By Hassan Shafiq

Ex-DeFi Developer Andre Cronje Breaks Silence and Says Crypto Regulation is 'Necessary'

Cronje claims a lot of crypto projects are being built by people who read Wikipedia articles on bonds and think to themselves "I can do this better."

By Connor Sephton

ICHI Drops More Than 90% in Liquidation Cascade

The ICHI governance token collapsed in value after cascading liquidations in the Rari Fuse Pool wiped out the pool's liquidity.

By Ivan Cryptoslav

A Guide to Decentralized Finance

Check out our DeFi guide, no matter if you're just a beginner, already trading or a real DeFi degen.

By Anupam Varshney

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