Category: News
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Curve Finance: How a Specialized DEX Transformed Decentralized Stablecoin Trading
In the world of DeFi, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) are the pillars of the ecosystem. These platforms enable users to trade virtually any type of cryptocurrency across different blockchain networks directly from their wallets, without relying on third parties. This not only provides freedom and security for users to maintain private custody of their assets but…
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Optimism: Scaling Ethereum for a Decentralized Future
In the ever-evolving world of blockchain technology, scalability remains one of the most pressing challenges. Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has proven itself as the backbone for decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, and DeFi platforms. However, Ethereum’s popularity has come with a price—network congestion and high gas fees. Enter Optimism, a Layer 2…
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Aptos: A Rising Blockchain Star
A few months ago, we delved into Sui, a blockchain project built from the remnants of Facebook’s (Meta’s) failed Diem initiative. At the time, we noted that Sui wasn’t the only project to emerge from Diem’s ashes. Enter Aptos, another promising blockchain platform that is now making waves in the industry, particularly with a fresh…
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TRON is a Decentralized Platform with Ambitious Goals
If you have been in the crypto space for a while you will remember the ICO craze If you don’t just to give a briefing around 2017 everyone started using Ethereum for its full potential and out of the blue a lot of Layer-1 Ethereum clones began to show up with a little difference here…
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Annon Founders could be a big problem for DeFi
Recently DeFi just had its first scandal of 2022, and no, it’s not a rug pull, flash loan exploit, or hack (That’s so 2020). It’s even more “Scandalous.” This one brings a “Crypto Ghost for the past.” Time Wonderland, a souled called DeFi 2.0 platform that is a fork of Olympus Dao on Avalanche, is…
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The crypto market is highly correlated with stocks but not for long
The beginning of the year has been quite a changeling for crypto. With regulation from the United States and other governments swimming in the lake like alligators looking for their meal. And now January’s big crash brining what could be a bear market. If you are new to DeFi and the crypto market, this may…
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Is saving your money in the bank really worth it?
If you know anything about financial literacy, saving your cash is an essential part. Whether to have a rainy day/ emergency fund, save for a purchase, or anything in between, keeping your hard-earned money will lead you to the financial promise land. However, we have come very far from the piggy banks and saving money…
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What to expect in 2022
A new year brings hopes of wellness, happiness, and wealth as all traditions the positive vibes are all over January until it all calms down. Here at Atlantic Defi we want to keep a biased feel for crypto, and we would like to stay calm, avoid all the noise and prepare you for the best…
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Is the NFT Market Overhyped?
NFT or Nonfungible tokens are booming. It has become a multi-billion dollar business in less than two years, which is incredible for most people who don’t understand yet. If you want to understand more, we wrote an article about NFT that you can read here. With all of these from Kitties, Punks, Dogs, Abstract and…
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The biggest Hack in Defi History
At 6am ET on August 10, over half a billion dollars worth of crypto assets were stolen from Poly Network, a cross-chain protocol that facilitates token swaps across multiple blockchains including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and Polygon. With the total drained at $600M, this is the biggest DeFi hack in history, dwarfing the $59M EasyFi…
