Ethereum DeFi’s poster child, MakerDAO, is up 120% in the past month: why this is important
BTC $9869 (+1.%) • ETH $247 (+1.5%) • XRP $0.20 (+0.7%)
Aside from Bitcoin gaining a perfect storm of macro factors, one of the biggest narratives in the crypto market over the past few months has been decentralized finance (DeFi). The DeFi industry has seen vast amounts of investment while the number of users in blockchain-based finance products has shot up rapidly.
Coins representing the industry have respectively exploded higher in value, strongly outperforming Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Cardano (in some cases).
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Ever since crypto-crimes and criminals using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to launder money became a thing, the field of crypto-forensics has come up as an unlikely “evil good.” The field has, somewhat, proven most cryptocurrencies are not fully private as previously imagined.
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