DeFi
Vitalik, vampires and the birth of Decentralised Finance
Here’s something that could only happen in crypto. A guy gets fired from his job, stumbles on a random reddit post, learns to code… and one year later creates the most important decentralised finance project in history. How important? Well, since its inception in 2018, it’s handled roughly
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Let’s investigate the top 5 DeFi platforms
We’re going to take a look at the top 5 DeFi projects by Total Value Locked (TVL). We’ll cover what each project is, what it does, how it got so popular and, of course, investigate its pitfalls, too.
In defence of DeFi
In this issue, we’re going to look at what’s caused the wave of crypto company bankruptcies, and examine how using decentralised finance (DeFi) could have avoided all of them.
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Crypto companies are promising 10% interest on your savings in £ (GBP) or $ (USD) – here's what you need to know
What would happen to the stockmarket if you could return 10% a year without it – and never have to worry about down markets? We’re about to find out.
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Everything you need to know about crypto in one essay
If you want to know what crypto is, why it's important, and why you should care, this is the one essay you need to read.
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This month in crypto: January 2021
In the last three months, we’ve seen more action, adoption and mainstream interest in crypto than we have in the last three years.
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This month’s most interesting crypto stories (that you probably missed)
Today, I’m bringing you some of the most interesting crypto stories that emerged over the last month or so, which I think many people will have missed… Except for the last one. That was everywhere.
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The SushiSwap saga
How a two-week-old crypto project rose from the dead to suck $830 million out of the world’s biggest DeFi exchange… after a public exit scam.
![The SushiSwap saga](https://cdn.getmidnight.com/4879ec630956eaeeb1897956e2b6d13d/wordpress/2020/09/SushiSwap-exit-scam-meme-2.png)
How to avoid getting scammed as the multibillion-dollar DeFi craze takes crypto by storm
DeFi, DEXs and yield farming are this year’s answer to the ICO… but how do they work, and are they safe to put money into?
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Is crypto selling its soul for institutional adoption?
How does the world’s second largest investment bank go from panning crypto to saying it is the future of finance in just three short months? Clue: 🤑