Welcome to the fifth of PYMNTS’ eight-part series on decentralized finance (DeFi). Over the coming days, we’ll be looking at every part of DeFi — the biggest, hottest, most rewarding and risky part of the blockchain revolution. At the end of it, you’ll know what...
Welcome to the fourth of PYMNTS’ eight-part series on decentralized finance (DeFi). Over the coming days, we’ll be looking at every part of DeFi — the biggest, hottest, most rewarding and risky part of the blockchain revolution. At the end of it, you’ll know what...
Several large Asian venture capital firms and crypto hedge funds plan to invest $100 million on further developing apps on the new Assembly blockchain, Reuters reported Monday (Dec. 13). LD Capital, Signum Capital, Huobi Ventures, UOB Venture Management, HyperChain Capital and Du Capital were among...
Bitcoin has seen its price fall again, down over 20% from its high, with this being potentially the fourth straight week of declines, Yahoo Finance writes. There have been crypto analysts looking at the risks, including that selling in a highly leveraged asset like bitcoin...
As a company that has been based on a blockchain infrastructure since its founding in 2013, Paystand has a unique lens into what’s going on in blockchain and crypto. Now, this provider of blockchain-enabled business-to-business (B2B) payments is showing its understanding of crypto in another...
Blockchain-based FinTech Figure Technologies, Inc. rolled out Figure Equity Solutions on Wednesday (Dec. 8), which lets private companies raise, manage and trade equity on the same platform. Figure Equity Solutions supports primary and secondary equity offerings with automatic cap table updates both before and after...
Welcome to the third installment of PYMNTS’ eight-part series on DeFi! Over the coming days be looking at every part of decentralized finance — the biggest, hottest, most rewarding and risky part of the blockchain revolution. At the end of it, you’ll know what DeFi...
In the great debate over cryptocurrencies — what they should be used for, whether they have a place in everyday commerce — there seems to be at least some consensus forming: Namely, that blockchains, the public digital ledgers underpinning it all, have usefulness well beyond...
Decentralized finance’s decentralization is an “illusion” according to a new report from the Bank for International Settlements. The latest BIS quarterly review takes a skeptical look at DeFi’s governance structure, which relies on automated voting by token holders to make any rule changes or code...
