DeFi in Ether vol.15
Biweekly update on Ethereum DeFi ecosystem, 30th September — 14th October
11B TVL milestone, 0x showcases API for gas efficiency, Aave kicks off token migration, Curve implements zkSync, Set announces Index Cooperative, YAM roadmap update, DeFi Pulse Economic Safety Grade introduced, and much more!
TL;DR
-0x announced a new version of 0x API’s swap endpoint. Matcha claims it has the best prices, adjusted for transaction fees.
- Curve implements zkSync.
-Aave raises $25 million to bring DeFi to institutions. The team also introduced Tinlake v3 and Revolving Pools, a system that will allow RWAs to flourish within the Aave protocol.
-DeFi Saver now supports Aave.
-Set Protocol and DeFi Pulse team up to launch a community-owned index protocol.
-The DeFi Pulse Economic Safety Grade introduced.
-The Maker Foundation Interim Risk Team has placed a series of Governance Polls into the voting system which presents polls to implement adjustments to the Base Rate, add BAL and YFI as collateral, and more.
-Since the last newsletter, Proposals 24, 25, and 26 passed through Compound Governance with wide voting margins. Proposal 27 to Add COMP Support is in the voting period.
-Uniswap crosses $2B in value locked.
-Read Yearn Finance Newsletter #6.
-Limit Orders are live in Dharma. Check out 2020 Q4 roadmap update.
-Fresh xDai weekly recap is here. These weeks, xDAI turns 2 years old. Congrats to the team!
-Augur:
foundry.finance to easily provide liquidity to whether Trump will win, and a Uniswap-like interface for end users to predict Trump or Biden.
-Gnosis Safe Multisig now supports WalletConnect.
-BNY Mellon has deployed a team of lawyers to pursue taking the Melon name away from the community.
-1inch passed 4 billion in volume. The team announced a new pathfinder release. 1inch is now a part of MetaMask Wallets. They integrated Shell Protocol.
-Balancer is launching on Coinbase Pro. AMPL Smart Pool on Balancer is now live. Aragon and Balancer partner to add onchain governance to snapshot.
-Kyber’s new Strategy detailed. Check out Kyber Ecosystem Report #19.
-The Loopring team successfully submitted L2 AMM add liquidity, remove liquidity, & swap transactions using Loopring 3.6 on Ethereum’s Goerli network.
-Check out the latest Raiden Weekly.
-Second OVM L2 testnet SNX distribution.
-Chainlink brings onchain Proof of Reserve to RenVM
-YAM roadmap update.
-Alpha Homora announced.
-Catnip introduced.
-PieDAO announced the launch of their new DeFi+L index product.
-Snowball Money launched.
-A new round of Dark Forest is live.
-The Definitive Guide to DeFi Taxes.
- DeFi Yield tracker website.
- The DeFi Projects Map.
And much more!
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