This past week, the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem tried gaining some momentum amid the bear market crash. Uniswap saw a trend reversal and overtook Ethereum regarding network fees paid. However, not all DeFi protocols were as lucky, as Bancor had to pause its “impermanent loss protection” in the wake of a hostile market. DappRadar’s report shows that the GameFi ecosystem continues to thrive despite the current downturn in the market. Solend invalidates Solana whale wallet takeover plan with second governance vote. The top 100 DeFi tokens showed signs of recovery after last week’s mayhem, and several of the tokens registered …

Bancor, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol often credited as the pioneer of the DeFi space, paused its impermanent loss protection (ILP) function on Sunday, citing “hostile” market conditions. In a blog post on Monday, the DeFi protocol noted that the ILP pause is a temporary measure to protect the protocol and the users. The blog post read: “The temporary measure to pause IL protection should give the protocol some room to breathe and recover. While we wait for markets to stabilize, we are working to get IL protection reactivated as soon as possible.” When a user gives liquidity to a …

Bancor, the first decentralized finance protocol to introduce liquidity pools, has come out with a new liquidity solution with the launch of its v3, called Bancor 3. Bancor 3 went live with a promise to offer protection against impermanent loss to liquidity providers. The new architectural changes promise to bring sustainable on-chain liquidity and make decentralized finance (DeFi) staking simpler for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). The v3 project has attracted more than 30 projects and tokens — including Polygon’s MATIC, Synthetix Network Token (SNX), Yearn.finance’s YFI, Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT), Flexa’s AMP and Enjin Coin (ENJ) — and several …

Decentralized automated market maker (AMM) Bancor is set to launch new staking pools and an upgrade to its impermanent loss protection mechanism as part of its long-awaited Bancor 3 update. Bancor was founded in 2017 and was the first DeFi protocol to introduce AMMs to the blockchain. The Ethereum-based exchange and lending platform also allows users to earn staking rewards via various liquidity pools. In a Nov. 30 blog post introducing the upcoming Bancor 3 update, the platform announced several new features and upgrades including the Omnipool, Infinity pools, and “Instant Impermanent Loss Protection.” Introducing Bancor 3 pic.twitter.com/TuIyUnN13U — Bancor …

Centralized exchanges play an important role in the cryptocurrency industry. While their decentralized exchange counterparts have been growing in popularity and usage since 2020, the overwhelming majority of crypto trading volume is still concentrated on centralized exchanges. The supremacy of CEXs can be clearly observed in the size and popularity of trading platforms like Binance and Coinbase, which are now so recognizable and mainstream that Coinbase has recently become the first crypto company to be listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Acting as a necessary bridge between fiat and crypto, centralized exchanges provide unparalleled convenience. Nevertheless, industry leaders often see …

Automated market maker exchange Bancor has rolled out a new mechanism that allows users to increase their capital efficiency while providing liquidity in its pools. Called Vortex, the solution allows users providing liquidity in BNT, Bancor’s utility token, to borrow funds while continuing to obtain yield from swap fees. The Vortex mechanism reworks the existing mechanism of vBNT, a special version of the BNT token that entitles users to participate in governance. The voting token is automatically received when staking BNT into a liquidity pool, and it can be defined as Bancor’s pool token. The Vortex proposal adds functionality to …

A federal district court in the United States has dismissed a securities fraud class action against Israel-based cryptocurrency firm Bancor. U.S. district judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled on Monday to dismiss a case against Bancor, stating that plaintiffs had failed to allege losses as well as citing lack of personal jurisdiction. The judge has also canceled an oral argument scheduled for March 4, 2021, entering judgment in favor of the defendants. The case was brought by New York law firms Roche Cyrulnik Freedman and Selendy & Gay in April 2020, alleging that the Bancor protocol developer, BProtocol Foundation, violated federal and …

Bancor has released a status report for its v2.1 decentralized exchange upgrade, covering the performance of its decentralized exchange over the last three months. According to the document, the total liquidity increased by almost 1000%, resulting in the platform earning about $1.12 million in cumulative swap fees. Bancor’s report noted that the fee earnings were more than five times the cost required for impermanent loss compensation for liquidity providers. Indeed, impermanent loss management was a major focus of the v2.1 upgrade, as noted by Cointelegraph back in October 2020. While Bancor initially attempted an oracle-based solution, this was quickly revealed …

The price of BNT, the native token of Bancor, surged 86% in merely two days from $1.02 to $1.919. The rally was fueled by a combination of Coinbase listing BNT and the growing volume of Bancor’s DEX. The Coinbase listing was the primary catalyst behind BNT’s strong 48-hour rally. Almost immediately after its announcement, the token’s price increased by around 16% after spiking to as high as $3.70. Coinbase said on Dec. 16: “Starting today, Coinbase supports Aave (AAVE), Bancor (BNT), and Synthetix (SNX) at Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now buy, sell, …

The world’s negative-yielding debt has soared to over $18 trillion according to Bloomberg. In such times, it is no surprise that the decentralized finance space, a place where mouth-watering yields can be found, has become an investor favorite. Due to high investor demand, Coinbase pro has recently added support for several DeFi tokens. Expanding its offering further, the cryptocurrency exchange has announced that it will extend support for Aave, Bancor, and Synthetix starting today. History suggests that when Coinbase lists new tokens, their prices jump in the short term, a trend that can also be seen in the recent price …

With leading decentralized exchange Uniswap having ceased its yield-farming incentive program, rival automated market makers 1inch, SushiSwap and Bancor are snapping up liquidity providers with targeted rewards. On Nov. 17, the same day that Uniswap’s rewards ended, the cloned, automated market maker SushiSwap announced a new incentive scheme for the same four pairings previously incentivized by Uniswap. Uniswap’s total value locked, or TVL, plummeted by more than $1 billion in less than 24 hours that day. Since posting a record high of $3.07 billion on Nov. 14, Uniswap’s TVL has crashed 57.5% down to $1.3 billion. By contrast, SushiSwap’s TVL …

Decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs, were heavily hit by October’s decentralized finance downtrend, with the total value of assets managed by DAOs crashing by 40% from 30 days ago. According to data from DeepDAO, the combined assets under management controlled by DAOs was more than $290 million as of early October. By the second week of November, the AUM of DAOs had fallen more than 50% to tag $140 million. As of this writing, DAOs currently manage $172.7 million in assets, with the total having increased by20% alongside the partial recovery posted by many top DeFi tokens over the past …