To a large degree, crypto’s primary value proposition is that it gives users more control over their lives. Over their money, data and social connections. This is because crypto is...
Decentralized crypto exchange Uniswap (UNI) is skyrocketing after an upgrade was proposed to reward its token holders. In a new announcement, The Uniswap Foundation says the protocol’s governance lead has...
Blockchain governance refers to the coordination mechanisms that allow blockchain stakeholders to make legitimate decisions. It is traditionally split up into two broad areas: on-chain governance and off-chain governance. In...
That principle stands at the core of a new trend in the blockchain industry, where overseers of various networks are establishing groups of people to help steer protocol changes and...
Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Conic Finance unveiled plans Tuesday to deploy its upgraded version (v2) after suffering an exploit in July. "Over the past four months Conic has undergone extensive...
Pyth, an oracle service that provides low-latency pricing data to blockchains, distributed its new PYTH governance tokens to more than 90,000 crypto wallets in November. The token was introduced as...
Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade has been the catalyst for the emergence of new financial demand for liquid staking derivatives, an emerging class of assets also called LSDs. Following a brief period...
Taking a page out of the political book could put DAOs, or decentralized autonomous organizations, on the path to achieving the sweet spot between efficiency and decentralization. In particular, DAOs...
Maker (MKR), the governance token of decentralized finance (DeFi) lender MakerDAO, jumped more than 10% Thursday, defying slumping cryptocurrency prices as the platform has turned profitable again after tweaking its...