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Dollar-linked "stablecoins" provide the liquidity to fund exotic cryptocurrency trades. (Waterfall at Mont-Dore by Achille-Etna Michallon, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art archives, modified by CoinDesk)
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Bitcoin
First Mover: Collapsing Bitcoin Futures Premium Offers Glimpse of New Digital Money Market
Dollar-linked "stablecoins" are being used in exotic cryptocurrency trades, similar to the way money markets serve as liquidity on Wall Street.
Dollar-linked "stablecoins" provide the liquidity to fund exotic cryptocurrency trades. (Waterfall at Mont-Dore by Achille-Etna Michallon, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art archives, modified by CoinDesk)
By Bradley KeounOmkar GodboleMuyao ShenSebastian Sinclair
Aug 20, 2020 at 1:14 p.m. UTC
Aug 20, 2020
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Bitgo
Trio of Bitcoin Tokens Lures DeFi Yield Farmers to New Pastures
A pool of sBTC, renBTC and WBTC is helping Synthetix draw the attention of DeFi's growing horde of yield farmers.
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By Brady Dale
Jun 26, 2020 at 1:15 a.m. UTC
Jun 26, 2020
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OpenSwap is an interchain liquidity booster.
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Ethereum
Trading Contest on Synthetix Aims to Showcase Speed of New DEX Tech
Synthetix is putting over $40,000 in crypto on the line to entice users to try out the faster beta of its decentralized exchange (DEX).
OpenSwap is an interchain liquidity booster.
By Brady Dale
May 18, 2020 at 4:05 a.m. UTC
May 18, 2020
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Oracles
The Founders of Synthetix and Chainlink on DeFi, Derivatives and 25 New Decentralized Price Feeds
Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Jan 31, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. UTC
Jan 31, 2020
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Should the Government Have a Say in Where You Can Invest?
NLW discusses forthcoming changes to US accredited investor laws and looks at a trend of DeFi companies looking to become more decentralized in 2020.
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By Nathaniel Whittemore
Dec 19, 2019 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 19, 2019
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Synthetix Trader Rolls Back Broken Trades That Netted $1 Billion Profit
A rogue API caused Synthetix pricing to go wild. A bot profited, but the bot owner rolled back the trades.
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By John Biggs
Jun 25, 2019 at 3:10 p.m. UTC
Jun 25, 2019
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