$24 million lost in second-largest day of DeFi liquidations
The Feb. 22 crypto market flash-crash liquidated more than $24 million worth of DeFi loans. with Compound users representing more than half of the margin calls.
The Feb. 22 crypto market flash-crash liquidated more than $24 million worth of DeFi loans. with Compound users representing more than half of the margin calls.
DeFi’s top three lending protocols have reached record levels of collateral lockup above $20B.
The DeFi market has corrected hard as Bitcoin dropped below $40,000, but analysts say a recovery is likely.
Bitcoin price fell back into the descending triangle but this dip may attract buyers to altcoins and DeFi tokens in the short term.
Bitcoin and ether may be pulling back from their all-time highs but alternative cryptos are starting to see action.
“TVL isn’t the best indicator when ETH and all other crypto is green for weeks,” one observer said of DeFi’s recent growth.
DeFi, like crypto as a whole, features brilliant and questionable projects in equal measure.
DAI reached a price of $1.3 on Uniswap and Coinbase, the two exchanges used by Compound’s oracles.
Compound’s governance token, COMP, fell below $100 early Tuesday. The DeFi token kicked off the yield farming craze way back in June.
Fintech enabler Plaid is quietly working with at least two decentralized finance (DeFi) startups.