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TradFi, short for traditional finance, refers to the mainstream financial system that consists of retail banks, commercial banks, investment banks, other financial institutions, an

April 3, 2022

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Decentralized finance

September 19, 2022

Discovering Fei Protocol Through the Valuation ModelFei Protocol is a project that seeks to provide a solution to the problems associated with stablecoins. It’s a reserve-backed stablecoin that’s pegged to the US dollar. Being the pioneer for Protocol
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Decentralized finance

September 16, 2022

Explaining Lido Through Liquid Staking ProtocolThe Lido decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) runs the user-friendly, decentralized Lido platform. It allows users to stake without locking assets or managing infrastructure while participating
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Decentralized finance

September 15, 2022

Cronos: Using Smart Contracts to Enhance BlockchainsCronos, a new layer-1 (L1) by the Crypto.com ecosystem's smart contract-enabled chain, has arrived. Monaco, a centralized exchange precursor to Crypto.com, launched in June 2016. In 2019, Crypto.org
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Defi derivatives

September 15, 2022

Vega Protocol: Disrupting Defi With Trading DerivativesTraditional financial systems have always been dependent on central authorities, intermediaries, and third-party service providers. Therefore, financial products and services have remained at the merc
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Decentralized finance

September 15, 2022

Lightweight Mina Protocol Aims to Deliver Powerful PunchesThe so-called "blockchain trilemma" has plagued the blockchain industry for some time now. First proposed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the trilemma posits that it's impossible to have all t
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Decentralized finance

September 15, 2022

WAX Leading the Way in Sustainable Blockchain TechnologyOne of the major critiques of blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is their high energy consumption. Because of the amount of processing power required to maintain the ledger and secure the networ
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Decentralized finance

September 14, 2022

Explaining Optimism—One of the Biggest Layer-2 Ethereum ProtocolsEthereum has been rapidly growing over the last couple of years—in fact, it's currently the second largest blockchain, only after Bitcoin. As a project, Ethereum is absolutely massive as it's the back
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Dexs

September 14, 2022

ShapeShift: Convenient DEX Aggregation PlatformEstablished in 2014, ShapeShift is a cryptocurrency exchange that has been growing in popularity over the last couple of years. The platform allows users to buy, sell, and trade a variety of cryptocur
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Dexs

September 1, 2022

Orca: A Solana-Based AMM DEX for the PeopleDecentralized exchanges (DEXs) have flooded the market in the last few years. Unlike centralized exchanges (CEXs), which have a central authority leading them (usually in the form of a company), decen