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6/23/2023
14 : 6
This Week In DeFi – June 23
This week, BNB Chain launches an OP-based L2, Polygon proposes transitioning from PoS to zkEVM, Ethereum looks at increasing validator ETH limits, and Curve Finance votes to add WETH as collateral.
6/20/2023
5 : 45
This Week In DeFi – June 16
This week, Tether encounters a mild de-pegging situation, Uniswap teases v4, Frax announces its own Layer-2 and a large CRV-collateralized loan scares the market.
6/12/2023
2 : 17
This Week In DeFi – June 9
This week, the SEC takes action against Coinbase's staking service, Curve adds stETH as collateral for crvUSD, ENS announces .box domains, and Atomic Wallet is hacked for $35M+.
6/2/2023
14 : 44
This Week In DeFi – June 1
This week, MakerDAO looks to raise the DSR to 3.3%, the Tornado Cash hacker returns control of the protocol, Magic raises $52M for its wallet infrastructure and Multichain's CEO goes missing 👀
5/26/2023
16 : 46
This Week In DeFi – May 26
This week, Multichain experiences unexplained disruptions, Coinbase's Base outlines its path to Mainnet, Tornado Cash governance is exploited, and tokenized securities are trending.
5/19/2023
16 : 25
This Week In DeFi – May 19
This week, memecoins move to the Dogecoin chain, Uniswap expands to Polkadot, Hourglass launches trading for "time-bound tokens" and Ribbon Finance launches options trading for popular
5/12/2023
17 : 4
This Week In DeFi – May 12
This week, a Uniswap clone launches on Bitcoin, trading volume on Uniswap itself exceeds that of Coinbase yet again, MakerDAO launches a new lending platform, and BlockFi can return $300M to customers
5/5/2023
16 : 34
This Week In DeFi – May 5
This week, Curve launches its crvUSD stablecoin, the Sui mainnet goes live, Ethereum gas fees reach 1-year highs, and Coinbase discontinues its borrow program.
4/28/2023
16 : 24
This Week In DeFi – April 28
This week, Binance launches a liquid staking token, Ethereum DEX unique users near 2-year highs, users seek an airdrop for LayerZero and Solana wallet Phantom expands to Ethereum & Polygon.
4/21/2023
16 : 54
This Week In DeFi – April 21
This week, net ETH staking briefly turns positive, PancakeSwap looks to go deflationary, Agility quintuples its TVL, and a16z launches an OP client.
4/19/2023
6 : 14
This Week In DeFi – April 14
This week, Shapella goes live on Ethereum, Uniswap's iOS app is approved by Apple, Maple Finance opens a pool for US Treasuries, and SushiSwap suffers a $3.4M exploit.
4/7/2023
16 : 45
This Week In DeFi – April 7
This week, LayerZero achieves a $3B valuation, PancakeSwap launches V3 on Ethereum and BNB Chain, S&P Global is hiring for DeFi and Unbound will issue a stablecoin against Uniswap LP tokens.
3/31/2023
15 : 44
This Week In DeFi – March 31
This week, Polygon Labs and Consensys each launch zkEVM scaling networks, the Euler Finance hacker returns $100M+, and dYdX is moving to Cosmos.
3/24/2023
16 : 14
This Week In DeFi – March 24
This week, Arbitrum's $ARB goes live, Celsius custody will return 72.5% of assets, Coinbase gets a warning from the SEC and DRPC launches decentralized RPCs for Ethereum.
3/17/2023
16 : 4
This Week In DeFi – March 17
This week, USDC loses and regains its dollar peg, Arbitrum finally announces a token and airdrop, Ethereum sets a target date for withdrawals and Euler Finance is hacked for $200M.
3/10/2023
17 : 24
This Week In DeFi – March 3
Coinbase unveils "Wallet-as-a-Service," MolochDAO builds a regulation-friendly mixer, Violet launches a "compliant" DEX and ENS announces sub-domains.
3/3/2023
16 : 34
This Week In DeFi – March 3
This week, Marker looks to add MKR as collateral for DAI, Robinhood launches a non-custodial wallet, Ethereum devs release EntryPoint for account abstraction, and Redeem sends NFTs to phone numbers
2/24/2023
16 : 44
This Week In DeFi – February 24
This week, Coinbase launches its own L2 network and lists Euro Coin, Mastercard enables USDC purchases via Immersve and BUSD meets the end of the road across multiple platforms.
2/17/2023
16 : 44
This Week In DeFi – February 17
This week, Paxos halts BUSD issuance, Nexo cuts off US users, Abu Dhabi pledges $2B to Web3 and the Blur NFT marketplace drops a token.
2/10/2023
16 : 14
February 10
This week, Aave launches its GHO stablecoin on testnet, the SEC cracks down on staking services, Metamask looks to go multi-chain and Salt Lending is revived with $64M in funding.