Tag: DeFi

DeFi Exchange Uniswap Launches Uniswap Mobile Wallet

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The Uniswap mobile wallet will allow users to buy cryptocurrencies for fees as low as 2.55%, nearly half what some competing DeFi protocols charge, Uniswap said in the release. Users can also swap funds on popular DeFi platforms, including Polygon, Arbitrum and Optimism. The wallet features in-app token price and NFT data, allowing users to favorite tokens and wallet addresses so they can track the trading activity that matters most to them. Source

DeFi Protocol Yearn Finance Impacted in Nearly $11M Exploit That Occurred Via Aave Version 1

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Hong Kong SFC Official Says DeFi Projects Could Face Regulatory Requirements

In February, SFC published a new set of rules for digital asset trading platforms. Decentralized Finance projects should be subjected to licensing requirements, according to a Hong Kong regulator. Keith Choy, who is the interim head of intermediaries at Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), asserted that as long as DeFi activities feature within the scope of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (SFO), it will have to be compliant with the same regulatory requirements as a conventional financial exercise. In an address at the Web3 Festival in Hong Kong,…

French Central Bank Puts Its Suggestions for DeFi Regulation

The French central bank seeks to address the regulations for DeFi and stablecoins which go unattended in the pan-European MiCA regulations. On Thursday, April 11, the French Economy Ministry and the Banque de France published a consultation published two consultation papers individually to discuss European crypto asset regulation as well as the developments in the Metaverse. The French central bank shared its closed examination of decentralized finance (DeFi) along with its approach to regulation. Also, the discussion comes at a time when there’s a growing use of tokenization in finance…

World Regulators Are Looking at DeFi

Decentralized finance (DeFi) is entering regulators’ crosshairs, but they don’t seem to be intent on taking it out – yet anyway. Instead a pair of reports from U.S. and French authorities seem more focused on understanding what sort of risks DeFi might pose to both users and the broader financial world, and whether there are ways to mitigate these risks while still allowing their operation. Source

French central bank looks at certification, incorporation as part of DeFi regulation

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The Banque de France has contributed to the discussion of European crypto asset regulation with a close examination of decentralized finance (DeFi) and potential approaches to its regulation. This discussion is timely because of the growing use of tokenization in finance and the introduction of blockchain technology in many economic sectors, the authors said.   The paper, written by members of the Fintech-Innovation Hub at the French central bank’s Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, noted that the term DeFi hides a range of crypto asset services, technologies and…

Vulcan Blockchain Founder Bryan Legend Ushers In a New Era of DeFi With ‘#BARS’ – Blockchain News, Opinion, TV and Jobs

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur and visionary Bryan Legend is perhaps most noted for being the co-founder of OOXY Labs, which has a decade of experience in the blockchain and crypto space and is helping to innovate the future of decentralized finance technology.  Now, he’s catapulting the space to the next level, blockchain automatic revenue sharing — aka BARS, a term Legend recently coined. It describes a new, pioneering type of auto-staking function that gives users access to multiple streams of passive income via the Vulcan platform, and Bryan Legend is hopeful it…