Mainnets

Key Takeaways Cardano is gearing up towards becoming fully decentralized on July 29, 2020. The network’s native tokens are to be launched during the next 120 days. The project plans to invest roughly $30 million in its ecosystem...

Key Takeaways Automated market makers (AMMs) have become popular as they reduce the expense of traditional orderbooks. Following after the popular DEX Uniswap, Balancer Labs offers multi-asset pools and lets anyone become a liquidity provider. The network enjoyed...

Key Takeaways ETH is the top-performing major crypto of 2020. Adoption of DeFi has been a major catalyst for ETH price appreciation. Ethereum miners are earning more fees per day than Bitcoin miners. ETH 2.0 and layer two...

Key Takeaways Shell Protocol is building off the work of many other stablecoin pool providers, including Balancer and Curve Finance. Shell’s greatest advantage is the tokenization of its liquidity pools which adds even more liquidity. It's largest obstacle,...

Key Takeaways DeFi tokens have performed extremely well in 2020, with LEND, BNT, LINK, and KNC leading the way. Balancer's liquidity mining initiative proves that tokens are vital in creating incentives. Governance tokens will grow along with protocols,...

Maker competitor, Kava, is integrating BNB as collateral to mint its native stablecoin, USDX. Key Takeaways Today, Kava launched its interoperable DeFi lending platform built on the Cosmos SDK. BNB is the first asset to go live. Minters of...

Cardano will open the Shelley testnet to any operator who wants to set up a stake pool, sending social engagement metrics through the roof. Key Takeaways The IOHK team announced the roll-out plan for the upcoming Shelley upgrade....

As Ethereum 2.0 continues to be delayed, competing smart contract platforms have emerged to try and compete. These are Crypto Briefing's top 12 competitors to Ethereum. Key Takeaways Smart contracts allow for more complex and effecient means of...

Ethereum’s DeFi is once again at $1 billion of value locked with MakerDAO accounting for over half of this amount. Other notable growth from Aave and Set Protocol continue to bolster... The post Ethereum’s DeFi Back at $1 Billion,...

Developers have gathered information on Ethereum 2.0 into one comprehensive blog post. Key Takeaways Ethereum 2.0 will introduce staking and sharding. Several testnets and tools are currently available to developers. The upgrade may begin to go live during...