Peer-to-peer commerce company Origin is announcing Origin Dollars, or OUSD, a stablecoin whose reserves leverage decentralized finance (DeFi) so that balances grow wherever it resides, no staking or account required. “One thing we’ve all seen in DeFi is a much smaller audience gets it. The barrier to entry is much […]
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A group of VC heavyweights and crypto entrepreneurs, including Blockfolio founder Ed Moncada, are backing a new risk management tool for the exploding decentralized finance (DeFi) space. Announced Thursday, Cozy Finance has raised a $2 million seed round, led by Electric Capital and including Variant Fund, Dragonfly Capital, Robot Ventures, […]
Rocket Lab has announced that the kick stage used on their 14th Electron launch, “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Optical,” was transitioned into satellite mode after payload deployment. This is the first Photon satellite to fly, named “First Light.” The technology demonstration tested the spacecraft systems needed to enable new […]
Lots of our favorite brands are creating face masks these days. From Purple to Everlane, finding a face mask from a brand you already love is pretty dang easy. Now, Uniqlo is jumping onto the bandwagon with the release of new face masks which are made from the brand’s popular, […]
Perpetual swaps that track the price of ether (ETH) are coming to dYdX, the company announced Tuesday. “The main reason people like trading these contracts is because people can trade them with pretty high leverage,” dYdX founder Antonio Juliano told CoinDesk in a phone call. The decentralized finance (DeFi) firm […]
Digital security manager Securitize, a blockchain-based transfer agent, has delivered a dividend-like payout to holders of one of its issuer’s security tokens — a company first. Distributing a “royalty payment” to holders of Lottery.com security tokens Friday, Securitize claims it has become the first registered securities record keeper, a transfer […]