February 5th
- Alpha Finance launch V2 for Alpha Homora
- Balancer debuts V2 for generalized AMMs
- 0x Protocol raises $15M Series A
- Opyn raises $6.7M Series A
- Bitwise integrates UNI + AAVE
- Hashmask drop viral NFTs
This Week in DeFi Newsletter
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A weekly newsletter covering all the top stories in Decentralized Finance (DeFi).
DeFi is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. It’s nearly impossible to stay up to date with everything.
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In this newsletter, you’ll find:
- An opening note with the top trend from the past week
- An executive summary on the top stories in DeFi
- Lending rates update
- The Stat Box: key figures and metrics in DeFi
- Curated content from industry leaders
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Previous Editions
January 29th
- Balancer trials gas reimbursement
- Opium airdrops OPIUM with liquidity mining
- dYdX raises $10M Series B
- Reddit partners with Ethereum Foundation
- Circle supports USDC ACH transfers
January 22
- Curve partners with Synthetix
- yearn releases V2 Vaults
- Charm launches on mainnet
- Saddle Finance debuts new stable AMM
- SushiSwap partners with Tokenlon
- Balancer integrates SourceCred
January 15th
- yearn finance discussed minting new YFI
- Sushiswap shares 2021 roadmap
- Synthetix showcases L2 integration
- Fei protocol comes out of stealth
- Anchorage receives bank charter
- Cream Finance releases Iron Bank
- Optimism soft launch for L2 scaling
January 8th
- Futureswap launches V2 beta
- Airswap release 2021 roadmap
- Cover Protocol migrates to new $COVER
- Shapeshift announces DEX integrations
- 1inch extends liquidity mining rewards
- Furucombo announces seed round
January 1st
- Opyn launches V2 upgrade
- Primitive Protoocl launches on mainnet
- COVER token exploited
- Rari Capital partners with Saffron Finance
December 25th
- Cent tokenizes Tweets as NFTs
- 1inch releases 1INCH governance token
- Injective Protocol launches decentralized stock exchange
- OpenDAO integrates RenVM
- pNetwork introduce pNodes
December 18th
- The Graph debuts $GRT and mainnet launch
- Perpetual Protocol launches on mainnet
- Compound shares Compound Chain design
- Bitwise listes Crypto Index Fund
- Aave activates V2 governance
December 11th
- BadgerDAO airdrops $BADGER to DeFi users
- Derivadex starts insurance mining
- Melon Protocol partners with Rari Capital
- Harvest finance launches GRAIN claims
December 4th
- Yearn merges with major DeFi projects
- Nexus Mutual release Custody Cover
- VISA partners with Circle for USDC integration
- STABLE Act looks to regulate stablecoins
- Aave releases V2 upgrade
October 31st
- Harvest Finance exploited for $25M
- Aave hands admin keys over to the community
- Balancer partners with Near Protocol for scalability
- B.Protocol introduces new Maker Vault management
October 23rd
- Paypal announced support for crypto
- PoolTogether launches V3 protocol upgrade
- Yield Protocol showcases fixed lending protocol
- Immutable launches ImmutableX for L2 scaling
- Circles teases Universal Basic Income
October 16th
- Bancor announces governance upgrade
- Boardroom raises $2.2M seed round for a governance dashboard
- Kwenta launches Synthetix-based derivatives trading
- Dharma publishes first Uniswap governance proposal
- Cream Finance partially delists FTT
October 9th
- Set Protocol announces Index Co-op
- 0x Protocol release upgrade 0x API for Matcha efficiency
- Shell Protocol unveils stablecoin AMM
- Alpha Finance launches Alpha Hamora for 3x leveraged Uniswap LP’ing
- DeFiDollar release DFD governance token with liquidity mining
October 2cnd
- Aave launch LEND to AAVE migration
- Uniswap crosses $2B in Total Value Locked
- Nexus Mutual launches Shield Mining with Keep Network and tBTC
- RAC introduces a community token – $RAC
- APY Finance launches liquidity mining
September 25th
- Aave launches genesis governance for LEND migration
- Keep Network launches tBTC
- Dune Analytics closes $2M seed round
- Set Protocol launches USD APY Set
- Origin Protocol releases yield-bearing OUSD stablecoin
September 18th
- Uniswap launches UNI governance token
- DeFi Pulse launches DeFi Index with Set Protocol
- Synthetix Launches Volume Rebate Program
- Teller Announces Liquidity Mining
- Fair Launch Capital Showcase first launch partner, Marqet
September 11th
- Chef Nomi pulls the rug on SushiSwap
- UMA Partners with Ren for Bitcoin-backed Yield Dollar
- yEarn release StableCredit
- Perpetual Protocol uses Liquidity Boostrap Pool for PERP tokensale
- Hegic launches Initial Bonding Curve Offering
September 4th
- yEarn releases yETH for interest-earning ETH
- bZx relaunches Fulcrum & Torque margin and lending products
- SushiSwap aggregates $1B in TVL
- Compound cuts COMP emissions by 20%
- Aave partners with RealT for REIT money markets.
August 28th
- ConsenSys acquires JP Morgan’s Quorum Blockchain
- Zapper closes at $1.5M Seed Round lead by Framework Ventures and Libertus Capital
- Aave acquires an Electronic Money Institute license for DeFi fiat onramps
- 1inch announces utility token with Mooniswap liquidity mining
- Balancer passes BAL Liquidity Staking
August 21st
- dYdX integrates StarkEx for privacy-preserving L2 scalability
- OMG Network onboards Tether for L2 scaling
- yEarn introduces yInsurance for KYC-less coverage
- Binance launches a DeFi Savings product using Compound
- More Wrapped Bitcoin is created than Bitcoin is mined
August 14th
- Yam Finance launches yield farming mania
- Yam Finance V1 shuts down less than 48 hours after launch
- Coinbase introduces Bitcoin-backed cash loans for US customers
- Curve deploys it’s native governance token – CRV
- Aave announces V2 protocol upgrades with new features and gas optimizations
August 7th
- Uniswap announced an $11M Series A round
- Aave showcases Credit Delegation with DeversiFi
- Set Protocol announced V2 upgrades with yield farming support
- dYdX releases ETH-USD perpetual futures with 10x leverage and no expiry
- Alex Masmej debuts ALEX Yield Farming for Uniswap liquidity
July 31st
- Aave shares Aavenomics upgrade
- Coinbase integrates 2% APY Dai Rewards
- Dharma integrates Uniswap with free transactions
- Bancor launches V2 pools mitigating impermanent loss
- Mainframe acquires Sablier for fixed lending tokenized debt markets
July 24th
- yEarn Finance shares V2 Details
- Zerion releases new upgrade
- Balancer holds first BAL-governance polls
- KeeperDAO launches pooled liquidations & arbitrage platform
- Aragon introduces ANT liquidity mining
July 17th
- Aave raises $3M for Aavenomics
- mStable move MTA Genesis to Mesa
- Rari Capital launches robo yield farmer
- BZRX launches an Initial DEX Offering on Uniswap
- Teller closes $1M for unsecured lending protocol
July 10th
- Kyber launches KyberDAO and Katalyst
- Aave unveils Credit Delegation
- mStable announces MTA Genesis launch date
- Binance lists SNX
July 3rd
- Kyber announces Katalyst launch date
- 0x Protocol launches Matcha DEX
- The Graph closes $5M token sale
- Synthetix introduces binary options as a part of Acrux
- Nexus Mutual releases pooled staking
June 26th
- Opyn closes a $2.1M seed round for a generalized option protocol
- Balancer distributes BAL governance tokens from 3 weeks of liquidity mining
- Ampleforth launches AMPL Uniswap incentives through Geyser
- Kyber Network announced Kyber Community Pool for KyberDAO KNC zero-fee delegation
- mStable shares plans for MTA governance token distribution using mUSD liquidity incentives
June 19th
- Compound kicks off COMP distribution
- Maker opens polls for KNC & ZRX collateral
- Ren Protocol launches WBTC Cafe
- Synthetix collabs with Curve & Ren for BTC yield farming
- Gitcoin Grants Round 6 begins
June 12th
- Curve integrates the RenVM for permissionless BTC onramps
- Aave crossed $100M in market size
- The Graph Protocol partners with ChainLink for powerful middleware
- Synthetix adds Balancer incentives for SNX/USDC liquidity
- Opium Network launches pre-market trading for COMP and BAL
June 5th
- Balancer Labs starts liquidity mining for BAL governance tokens
- OMG Network launch Layer 2 scaling on mainnet with support for USDT
- Numerai raised $3M via an NMR tokensale for Erasure development
- Deversifi release V2 of their privacy-focused L2 DEX.
- DeFi reaches $1B in Total Value Locked!
May 29th
- Ren Protocol launches the RenVM
- Compound releases details on COMP governance token distribution
- Aave integrates Uniswap LP tokens for the creation of a Uniswap Money Market
- Consensys acquires Fluidity – the team behind AirSwap and the Tokenized Asset Portfolio
- mStable debuts their new stablecoin – mUSD
May 22cnd
- Uniswap launches V2 of their leading DEX
- Argent rolls out DeFi update for their mobile smart wallet
- UMA releases its first synthetic token – ETHBTC
- BlockFi experiences a data breach
- Wrapped Bitcoin surges on Ethereum
May 15th
- VISA files a patent for a stablecoin development
- Eris X launches US regulated ETH futures
- RAC partners with ZORA for an exclusive TAPE drop
- Balancer debuts its governance token – BAL
- Aave releases improvements to their interest rate model
May 8th
- Aave teases new governance upgrade
- Maker elects to support WBTC as collateral to mint DAI
- Synthetix debuts their new L2 exchange with a testnet trading competition
- Strike Protocol announces its protocol to introduce 20x leverage on any asset
- IDEO introduces the SAFG token distribution model
May 1st
- UMA’s Initial Uniswap Listing launches with a bang
- Keep Network goes live on mainnet with tBTC
- Compound elects to support USDT as collateral
- The LAO launches a for-profit investment DAO
- Bancor announces it’s V2 design to eliminate impermanent loss
April 24th
- Coinbase launches a DeFi price oracle
- UMA announces plans for an Initial Uniswap Listing
- Zerion releases a DeFi SDK
- Aave publishes an updated risk framework
- dForce is hacked for $25M
- DeFi Rate bids to become a Compound delegate!
April 17th
- Compound governance goes live on testnet
- 0x Protocol launches the Matcha DEX beta
- Gnosis announces Gnosis Protocol DEX
- Atomic Loans raises $2.45M for Bitcoin-backed loans
- Rocket NFT issues first ENS backed loan
April 10th
- MakerDAO votes on Black Thursday compensation
- Nexus Mutual explores Foundation funding
- ConsenSys CodeFi launches Inspect
- Nuo Network releases Nuo Exchange
- Synthetix considers new liquidity incentives
April 3rd
- Coinbase deposits $1.1M into DeFi as a part of their USDC Boostrap program
- Keep Network raises $7.7M for tBTC
- Balancer goes live on mainnet
- Augur releases v2 launch details
- Dharma embarks on layer 2 journey
March 27th
- Coinbase Wallet integrates Compound and dYdX
- Balancer closes $3M seed round
- Uniswap releases V2 details
- Gitcoin Grants round 5 begins
- DeFi Saver launches Keeper dashboard
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