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9/9/2022
16 : 24

This Week In DeFi – September 9

This week, Ethereum activates its Bellatrix upgrade, Binance removes USDC markets and Coinbase goes against the US Treasury over Tornado Cash sanctions. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
9/2/2022
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This Week In DeFi – August 26

This week, 1inch airdrops $OP to wallet users on Optimism, Curve hints a Sept. stablecoin launch and Arbitrum completes its Nitro upgrade. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
8/26/2022
16 : 4

This Week In DeFi – August 26

This week, the Ethereum foundation confirms dates for the Merge, Coinbase announces liquid ETH staking, and Symbolic Capital raises $50M for "pioneering" Web3 apps. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
8/22/2022
3 : 25

This Week In DeFi – August 19

This week, CoinFund raises $300M for a new Web3 fund, Tether takes back the spotlight and Unstoppable domains launches as app for managing yourWeb3 identity. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
8/12/2022
16 : 14

This Week In DeFi – August 12

This week, the US Treasury sanctions Tornado Cash, Ethereum PoW futures go live on BitMEX and the Curve Finance front-end gets exploited. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
8/5/2022
15 : 44

This Week In DeFi – August 5

This week, Solana and Nomad see major exploits, Aave goes ahead with its GHO stablecoin and Ethereum PoW supporters rise ahead of the Merge. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
7/29/2022
16 : 4

This Week In DeFi – July 29

This week, Variant raises $450M for two new crypto funds, Unstoppable Domains acquires unicorn status and Velodrome passes $100M in TVL on Optimism. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
7/22/2022
15 : 34

This Week In DeFi – July 22

This week, Curve hints at launching its own stablecoin, Polygon announces zkEVM rollups and SkyBridge may be launching a web3 fund. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
7/15/2022
16 : 24

This Week In DeFi – July 8

This week, Multicoin announces a new $430 Web3 fund, StarkNet confirms a token and Celsius files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
7/8/2022
16 : 44

This Week In DeFi – July 8

This week, Aave looks to launch a stablecoin, Shiba Inu is expanding its ecosystem and MakerDAO lends to a legacy bank. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
7/1/2022
16 : 4

This Week In DeFi – July 1

This week, FTX looks to acquire a distressed BlockFi, Compound goes multi-chain and ConsenSys partners with StarkWare. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/24/2022
16 : 4

This Week In DeFi – June 24

This week, dYdX decides to ditch Ethereum scaling for its own chain on Cosmos, Solend stirs up governance drama and Uniswap steps into NFTs. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/17/2022
16 : 44

This Week In DeFi – June 17

This week, Circle announces a new euro-pegged stablecoin, while Celsius and Three Arrows battle solvency issues – also involving stETH. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/10/2022
17 : 14

This Week In DeFi – June 10

This week, Ethereum completed its Ropsten testnet merge, Wintermute unveiled its DEX aggregator and TronDAO decides to overcollateralize USDD ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/4/2022
2 : 34

This Week In DeFi - June 3

This week, Binance Labs raises $500M for a new web3 fund, Ethereum prepares for its testnet merge and the Lightning Network sets a new record. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
5/27/2022
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This Week In DeFi - May 27

This week, a16z raises a record $4.5B for its fourth crypto fund, Terra 2.0 is on the way and StarkWare reaches an $8B valuation. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
5/20/2022
16 : 54

This Week In DeFi - May 20

This week, the Terra community votes on a hard fork, Robinhood announces a web3 wallet and Aave launches its social media platform. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
5/13/2022
16 : 24

This Week In DeFi - May 13

This week, LUNA and UST enter a death spiral, Aurora launches a $90M development fund and Bancor 3 goes live. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
5/6/2022
15 : 24

This Week in DeFi - May 6

This week, Tron launches its USDD stablecoin with 30% interest, Opera integrates BNB Chain and a Virginia County pension fund looks to DeFi. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
4/29/2022
17 : 14

This Week in DeFi - April 29

This week, Optimism announces its new governance system and $OP token distribution, Asymmetric announces a $1B crypto fund & 0x raises $70M. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌