IntoTheBlock: There Are Other Threats Besides Exploits in DeFi

In this exclusive report, IntoTheBlock explores the financial structure of decentralized exchanges and how they produce revenue.

Curve Finance did $3.2B in trading volume on Jan 27.

Curve gave Layer 2s a boost by joining Optimism.

More DeFi projects are following Curve's lead and embracing vote locking governance tokens to enhance value.

Mochi launch reignites the Curve wars as influential Defiers decry its brazen tactics to maximize rewards.

Curve's symbiotic relationship with Convex is the focus of a new governance proposal that zeroes in on an unusual rule.

Curve, the decentralized exchange known for specializing in tokens that should have roughly the same price, has launched on the sharding blockchain Harmony. There are rewards available for those who help it find a footing. Harmony is a chain that touts itself as a fast alternative to other blockchains. It was founded by Stephen Tse,…

Incentives work. Or at least they do in terms of wooing DeFi protocols to deploy on other blockchains.  Case in point, Curve Finance, the automated market maker, and Aave, the leading DeFi lending project, have each deployed their offerings on Avalanche as a part of the blockchain’s $180M incentive program called Avalanche Rush.  It’s the…

Five months after opening the door to SushiSwap, Harmony One is inviting more major DeFi apps to hop on its blockchain.   Harmony One, one of a handful of platforms that uses sharded proof-of-stake for consensus, wants Curve Finance, the automated market maker, and Aave, the lending platform, to join the party. It’s offering $2M in…