Decentralized finance (DeFi) has gone through multiple waves of innovation, with each wave defining efforts to create new rules governing the movement of funds on a chain. Compound (COMP) was one of ...

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“I would call this the ‘moving fast as hell’ era,” Robert Leshner said of decentralized finance (DeFi) right now. CoinDesk spoke to Leshner, founder of the Ethereum-based money market Compound Labs, ...

Compound Finance, a DeFi protocol enhancing money markets, has launched a $1 million bug bounty program on Immunefi in order to enhance the security of its platform and ensure the safety of its users.

Over the past few years, decentralized finance (DeFi) has evolved from a niche field to a more serious competitor against traditional banking. As more people entrust cryptocurrency as a legitimate ...

In today’s "Crypto for Advisors" newsletter, Jennifer Rosenthal from the DeFi Education Fund breaks down decentralized finance and surveys investors in the space. Then, in "Ask an Expert", Sam Boboev ...

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