By Prashant Jha Decentralized finance (DeFi), one of the fastest growing ecosystems in the cryptocurrency market, has long been a dilemma for regulators, given the decentralized nature of the space. In 2022, United States regulators paid special focus to the nascent area with significant attention to ending the anonymous nature

By Nicole Buckler DeFi: Is it the future of finance? Or too volatile to become mainstream? A panel of experts gives us their thoughts. The panel of experts didn’t all agree on the future direction of DeFi. Some, like Anderson Mccutcheon, the CEO and Founder of Chains.com isn’

The DeFi-focused smart contracts platform can now offer developers, and by extension, users, much more functionality and ease of use. By Evan Zimmer Injective Protocol, an Ethereum-compatible blockchain used in decentralized finance (DeFi) and derivatives industries, underwent a "CosmWasm mainnet" upgrade in early in July in order to provide greater

Coinbase’s revenue dwarfs that of the decentralized exchange Uniswap but the two companies are generating roughly the same trading volume; ether plunges. By Sam Reynolds, James Rubin All eyes on the great and powerful Fed. As investors began their countdown toward a 75 basis point interest rate hike that

Transparency, overcollateralization and automation all make decentralized finance dramatically different from traditional services. That might mean there are fewer systemic risks – or just that there are entirely new risks. By David Z. Morris There are two questions of acute relevance I want to try to answer in the wake of

> “Users will soon find Wormhole integrated into the backend of the Injective Bridge whereby transferring assets from distinct EVM chains or Solana can be done with the click of a button,” Injective Labs stated. Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Injective (INJ) has partnered with Wormhole to integrate “10 new blockchains” to

> The Injective network is hoping to broaden its interoperability with other chains in an effort to drive functionality for builders Decentralized blockchain network Injective said Wednesday it has integrated with cross-chain messaging protocol Wormhole in an effort to drive liquidity and boost the accessibility of its platform. With the addition

> The Injective Protocol, an open, interoperable smart contracts platform focused on decentralized finance applications, just got a lot bigger. Injective Labs announced Wednesday that it will integrate Wormhole, a message-passing protocol, into the Injective ecosystem. The integration will allow decentralized applications (dApps) in the Injective ecosystem to connect with the

> The Jump-backed cross-chain connector will integrate with Injective, an EVM-compatible chain in the Cosmos ecosystem. It becomes Wormhole’s 11th chain. Wormhole, the cross-chain bridge [https://www.coindesk.com/learn/what-are-blockchain-bridges-and-how-do-they-work/] backed by Jump Crypto, is expanding into the Cosmos ecosystem, marking the project’s 11th collaboration with a base-layer

> Injective’s NFT floor price perpetuals will allow investors to speculate on the direction of the frothy Bored Ape project Crypto derivatives exchange Injective Pro said Thursday it has listed perpetual contracts based on Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs in a bid to make them more accessible to the average

> The DeFi industry must address scalability, liquidity and gas issues before serving more users, said Eric Chen, CEO and co-founder of Injective Labs. While decentralized finance (DeFi) token prices may be going down [https://cointelegraph.com/news/altcoin-roundup-defi-token-prices-are-down-but-utility-is-on-the-rise] , new forms of utility like liquid staking are on the rise and

Injective, a cross-chain DeFi protocol for derivatives trading, has announced the public launch of its mainnet today. It’s also rolling out a $120 million liquidity incentive program for traders, market makers, and DeFi projects. Derivatives Trading Protocol Injective Heads to Mainnet Injective Labs has announced the mainnet launch of

Injective Protocol (INJ) [https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/injective-protocol/] is an Ethereum [https://coinmarketcap.com/tr/currencies/ethereum/]-compatible front-running resistant completely decentralized cross-chain protocol. It not only supports existing Ethereum users but is also intended to help connect users from various blockchain networks together into a single crypto community. The

DeFi [https://decrypt.co/resources/defi-ultimate-beginners-guide-decentralized-finance] trading platform Injective Protocol is kicking off its mainnet launch today with a bang. The platform followed the launch with the rollout of a $120 million incentives program. Built using Cosmos [https://decrypt.co/resources/cosmos], Injective Protocol is attempting to become DeFi's [https:

Injective Labs Inc., which offers decentralized trading services with support from the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has hired Sullivan & Cromwell associate Brandon Ferrick as its first general counsel. Ferrick, who joined Injective after three years at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York, said in an email he’s been captivated

Back in December [https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/03/as-crypto-comes-back-binance-backed-injective-protocol-launches-testnet-for-its-defi-trading-platform/] last year Injective Protocol [https://injectiveprotocol.com/] launched the testnet for its DeFi protocols for cross-chain derivatives trading, with backing from giant crypto exchange Binance. It has now raised $10 million in a “party” funding round. Participating in the round

Decentralized derivatives exchange Injective Protocol has raised $10 million in a new funding round. Several investors, including billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, Pantera Capital, BlockTower, Hashed Ventures, CMS Holdings, and QCP Capital, participated in the round. "This was a private placement token sale," Mirza Uddin of Injective Protocol told The Block.

An original Banksy, which was burnt and destroyed in a livestreamed video, has been sold via a digital token representing the work for $380,000 (£274,000). The print Morons is itself a critique of the art market, depicting an auctioneer at Christies. A video shared by the BurntBanksy account

A blockchain company bought a $95,000 Banksy artwork, burned it and broadcast it live on Twitter — all part of a process of turning the work into a virtual asset called a non-fungible token, or NFT. Injective Protocol, the company behind the stunt, bought the screenprint "Morons (White)" from New

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Injective Protocol [https://cryptobriefing.com/defi-project-spotlight-injective-protocol/] has rolled out the first decentralized and commission-free futures trading of GameStop (GME) stock. Injective Competes With US Brokerages Injective has listed GME futures trading on its Solstice Pro decentralized exchange (DEX). Due to the decentralized nature, anyone can trade GameStop’

Injective Protocol, a decentralized derivatives exchange platform, will soon launch trading in tokenized stocks of major companies like Google. * Injective said Monday it would use oracle technology to provide decentralized price data for its new market and historical price data from outside traditional market hours, allowing trading around the clock.

Two new synthetic asset and derivatives platforms look to take a slice of Synthetix’s pie. Synthetic assets, one of the most promising use cases for decentralized finance (DeFi), is becoming an increasingly competitive landscape as two new projects aim to bring scalability and new markets to traders. On Friday,