MakerDAO Financial News

16.11 / 18:39

defi Decentralized Finance MakerDAO DeFi Market Concentration: Gauntlet Data Reveals Few Major Projects Dominate the Industry

A limited number of participants are currently dominating decentralized finance (DeFi), the sector aiming to recreate financial markets without intermediaries.

07.06 / 11:57

Blockchain MakerDAO DAI track exclusive Interviews Exclusive: Rune Christensen on MakerDAO’s Vision for DeFi and the Future of Finance

In an exclusive interview, Matt Zahab from Cryptonews had the pleasure of speaking to Rune Christensen, co-founder of MakerDAO, at Consensus 2024 in Austin, Texas, on MakerDAO’s vision for decentralized finance (DeFi) and the future of finance

16.09 / 17:21

business defi Aave MakerDAO Curve Finance lido dao DeFi economic activity drops 15% in August —VanEck

The decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has suffered more setbacks in August as on-chain economic activity dwindled. According to an analysis from investment manager firm VanEck, exchange volume declined to $52.8 billion in August, 15.5% lower than in July.

15.09 / 05:17

Stablecoin defi MakerDAO Maker DAI Decentralized stablecoins could dominate crypto: MakerDAO founder

Decentralized stablecoins may eventually dominate the stablecoin market, so long as crypto “ends up living up to its potential,” says Rune Christensen, the co-founder of DeFi pioneer MakerDAO.

06.09 / 07:31

defi Venture Capital DAO MakerDAO AI will reinvent DAOs and tokenized models will be valuable: Vance Spencer

Artificial intelligence could be the missing piece for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), while trained AI models could become valuable assets on-chain, according to the co-founder of Framework Ventures.

03.09 / 16:45

Ethereum MakerDAO Holdings Vitalik Buterin Offloads MakerDAO Holdings After CEO's Solana Blockchain Praise – What's Going On?

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has offloaded his entire remaining stake in MakerDAO tokens after the project's co-founder praised the Solana blockchain.

02.09 / 05:13

Blockchain Stablecoin defi solana MakerDAO Maker DAI MakerDAO co-founder proposes fork of Solana codebase for native chain

MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen has submitted a proposal to build the decentralized finance project’s upcoming native chain off of a fork of Solana’s codebase, and not the Ethereum Virtual Machine despite its long-running ties with Ethereum.

15.08 / 16:37

MakerDAO Maker DAI Increased Interest Rates Drive Maker Protocol's Revenues to 2-Year High of $165 Million

The annualized revenue generated by the popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Maker has risen to over $165 million, representing a 2-year high.

02.08 / 22:31

Blockchain Ethereum defi Liquidity Aave MakerDAO Compound Protocol to identify ‘systemically important’ blockchain banks could help prevent a market crash: Study

Kanis Saengchote, a researcher at Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, recently developed a framework for identifying and measuring systemic risk in decentralized finance (DeFi) institutions.

27.07 / 20:29

business Stablecoin Adoption MakerDAO DAI boost MakerDAO increases DAI yield in a bid to boost demand

A proposal seeking to temporarily increase the interest rate granted to holders of stablecoin Dai (DAI) was approved by the MakerDAO community on July 27, raising yields for tokenholders to as high as 8%.

21.07 / 20:07

MakerDAO Price Prediction $KENNY Buyback Maker Price Prediction as MKR Pumps 13% on Token Buyback Scheme – Can it Break This Key Resistance?

Maker (MKR), the governance token of the Maker Decentralized Autonomous Organisation (DAO) and of the decentralized finance Maker Protocol behind the issuance of the DAI USD-pegged stablecoin, has pumped around 13% on Friday.

27.05 / 06:15

Stablecoin defi Interest rates interest rate MakerDAO DAI MakerDAO proposal seeks to hike DAI savings rate to 3.33%

The community of Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol MakerDAO will soon vote on a proposal seeking to increase the Dai stablecoin (DAI) savings rate (DSR) to 3.33%. If it all goes through, the move is tipped to have broader implications for rates across DeFi.

08.05 / 22:11

markets business Blockchain Web3 Decentralization MakerDAO MakerDAO launches Spark Protocol, a new DeFi lending solution for DAI users

MakerDAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that operates on the Ethereum blockchain and issues stablecoin DAI, has announced that it has launched the Spark Protocol, a lending solution for DAI users.

25.04 / 14:17

NFT defi Decentralized Exchange Decentralization DAO MakerDAO Blockchain and crypto leaders converged at DAO Tokyo as Japan increases adoption

Japan’s regulatory and political environment for crypto and Web3 technologies has been evolving rapidly over the past several years. The Financial Services Agency of Japan reported in December 2022 it planned to lift restrictions on foreign-issued stablecoins in Japanese exchanges, which could have significant implications for the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem in Japan and the wider region.

11.04 / 21:27

business Adoption defi Uniswap DAO MakerDAO Governance Token Uniswap funds DAO incentive improvement project

Financial modeling platform Gauntlet has been awarded a grant from Uniswap Foundation to improve DAO incentive mechanisms, according to an announcement from Gauntlet.

03.04 / 19:05

Binance CFTC regulation SEC MakerDAO CFTC allegations and $1 billion lawsuit for Binance: Law Decoded, March 27–April 3

Last week brought troubling news for the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission accused the company and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, of trading violations. According to the lawsuit filed by the CFTC, Binance has conducted transactions for U.S. customers without proper registration since at least 2019.

27.03 / 22:19

business Stablecoin defi regulation DAO MakerDAO MakerDAO passes new 'constitution' to formalize governance process

MakerDAO, the decentralized autonomous organization that governs the Dai (DAI) stablecoin, has passed a new proposed “constitution” intended to formalize governance processes and help prevent hostile actors from taking over the protocol, according to the official forum page for the proposal.

17.03 / 01:07

business Stablecoin defi MakerDAO bonds DAI MakerDAO passes proposal for $750M increase in US Treasury investments

Lending protocol and stablecoin issuer MakerDAO passed a proposal on March 16 to increase its portfolio holdings of United States Treasury bonds by 150%, from $500 million to $1.25 billion.

11.03 / 16:31

Blockchain defi MakerDAO Maker DAO files emergency proposal addressing 3.1B USDC exposure

According to a forum post from Maker DAO, issuer of the U.S. dollar-pegged DAI stablecoin, on Mar. 11, the firm requested an "urgent executive proposal to mitigate risks to the protocol." Maker said that it possessed multiple collaterals "exposed to USDC tail risk" in light of the extraordinary de-pegging of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin that began on Mar. 10. Maker DAO currently possesses more than 3.1 billion USDC in collateral backing its DAI stablecoin.

11.03 / 14:15

business Stablecoin Altcoin Tether MakerDAO DAI Usd Coin Circle’s USDC instability causes domino effect on DAI, USDD stablecoins

The stablecoin ecosystem felt an immediate effect as USD Coin (USDC) depegged from the US dollar due to a subsequent sell-off after Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) did not process $.3.3 billion of Circle’s $40 million transfer request. Given USDC’s collateral influence, major stablecoin ecosystems followed suit in depegging from the dollar.

25.02 / 16:37

defi MakerDAO Lawsuit Maker DeFi Giant Maker Emerges Victorious as US Judge Dismisses $28M Lawsuit Filed Against It by Crypto Investors

A US judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against DeFi crypto lender Maker that alleged the platform misrepresented risks investors faced, leading to catastrophic losses of collateral on MakerDAO back in 2020.

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