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Surging Interest in ‘Yam’ Yield Farming — But Is It Too risky?

Source Node: https://cointelegraph.com/news/surging-interest-in-yam-yield-farming-but-is-it-too-risky
Time Stamp: August 11, 2020 11:38 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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The latest craze in the DeFi sector is a new yield farming protocol called Yam which promises ‘equal opportunity’ staking with no premine, no founder shares, and a zero value token at launch.The experimental Yam Protocol is the talk of Crypto Twitter right now — with many excited about the big potential returns, while others worry about the risks. The recently launched project offers an elastic supply token, similar to Ampleforth, that can expand and contract depending on market conditions, with the aim of seeking eventual price stability and a peg

dYdX Full Guide: A DeFi Margin DEX

Source Node: https://www.asiacryptotoday.com/dydx-guide/
Time Stamp: August 5, 2020 6:52 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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DeFi protocol dYdX might seem like another trading and lending platform based on Ethereum, but that’ only the tip of the iceberg. Probing further, you’ll find out that this protocol is challenging the status quo to take Decentralized Finance to new heights. Margin trading, derivatives, and options are the relevant tools that power traders use. Unfortunately, in the crypto space, these tools are mostly available only on centralized exchanges like Binance, Huobi, and Kraken. With dYdX, the entire traditional trading spectacle is now built in a permissionless and decentralized mechanism. Table

Bitcoin Reddit Roundup – July 2020

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Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 12:07 PM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Welcome to the second edition of Reddit Roundup by Nik and Flip of Bitcoin Magazine! This roundup contains 45 links to the best quality content that was uploaded to Bitcoin Reddit this month. Most links come from the popular r/bitcoin, but we also retrieved posts from other forums as well, such as r/BitcoinMining. In this roundup there are 10 different categories of links: Privacy, Adoption, Development, Security, Mining, Business, Education, Regulation & Politics, Archaeology (Financial Incumbents) and, last but not least, Memes, Fun, And Other. Big shoutout to Sam Wouter,

Visa And MasterCard Taking Big Steps For Mass Crypto Adoption

Source Node: https://insidebitcoins.com/news/visa-and-mastercard-taking-big-steps-for-mass-crypto-adoption
Time Stamp: August 1, 2020 9:16 AM - Modified On: May 21, 2021 - Published By:
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Visa and Mastercard stand as global leaders in the payment services industry, and have been taking steps to accelerate crypto payment processor support. They did this through opening up new options for its global user base in regard to payment. Both Visa and MasterCard announced their own projects and collaborations for the use of cryptocurrencies back in July, which is driving crypto adoption to new heights. The Giants Starting To Take Notice With two of the world’s largest traditional payment processors holding a positive sentiment for crypto payment platforms and