DeFi

Why Blockchain TPS Numbers Often Collapse in the Real World

Blockchain transactions per second (TPS) numbers are often treated as a performance gauge, but they don’t tell the full story of whether a network...

Lombard Launches Smart Accounts to Connect Institutional Bitcoin to DeFi

The new system lets institutions earn yield and access liquidity without moving Bitcoin out of custody.Lombard on Wed., Feb. 11, launched Bitcoin Smart Accounts,...

How CertiK rebuilt trust after Huione-related backlash

CertiK CEO Ronghui Gu told CoinDesk that the security firm has no concrete IPO timeline, but the company’s response to last year’s Huione-related backlash...

Crypto Lender BlockFills Halts Withdrawals

Contagion fears rise as the Susquehanna-backed lender and trading provider cites liquidity issues.Institution-focused crypto lender and liquidity provider BlockFills is blocking its clients' deposits...

UNI Soars 30% Amid Strategic Investment from BlackRock

Uniswap and Securitize have announced a strategic partnership with BlackRock to provide DeFi liquidity for BlackRock's tokenized fund.Uniswap Labs and Securitize have announced a...

BlackRock Brings $2.1B BUIDL Fund to Uniswap

Asset management giant BlackRock is making its first formal move into decentralized finance by bringing its tokenized US Treasury fund to Uniswap, marking a...

Bitcoin Falls Below $67,000 as Losses Broaden Across Crypto

Major crypto assets traded lower on Wednesday morning as total market capitalization shed almost 4% Crypto markets weakened further on Wednesday morning, Feb. 11,...

AI likely to think better, more strategically than humans in 2 years, SingularityNET CEO says

Two years. That's the amount of time human beings have before artificial intelligence becomes better thinkers and strategists than us, according to Ben Goertzel,...

UNI surges 25% on BlackRock investment

BlackRock, the world-wide largest asset manager, on Wednesday said it will make shares of its tokenized U.S. Treasury fund, BUIDL, tradable on Uniswap, marking...

Interactive Brokers Taps Coinbase for ‘Perpetual-Style’ Crypto Futures

Global brokerage IBKR now offers traditional and perpetual-style BTC and ETH futures trading to its clients.Interactive Brokers (IBKR), a leading global brokerage with more...

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Personal Conviction Outpaces Institutional Policy as Crypto Matures

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