Lombard is a cooperative liquidity staking protocol built on Babylon. As such, it is one of the fastest emerging leaders in the rapidly evolving Bitcoin DeFi (BTCFi) landscape. Lombard boasts $1.9B of total value locked (TVL) in Bitcoin related assets. This egregious amount of liquidity is opening up exciting new...
The whispers are getting louder. BTCFi. Bitcoin Decentralized Finance. It sounds revolutionary, doesn't it? As if to finally release the stored energy of the king. But don’t go jumping in head first to this new frontier quite yet — let’s pump the breaks. The reality is we have to be...
Is Bitcoin about to give up the whole “digital gold” shtick in favor of becoming a full-fledged DeFi revolutionary? For over three years, Ethereum and other blockchains frolicked in the glory of DeFi innovation. Meanwhile, Bitcoin was a stoic outsider looking in. I'm here to tell you, the winds are...
Okay, let's be real. The crypto space is crowded with projects that all assert they will be the savior of this or that. Sadly, most just turn out pancake flat after being crushed under a truck. Every now and again, something really cool comes along, something that causes you to...
Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) offers a bridge for Bitcoin holders to engage with the Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. For Bitcoin holders, WBTC provides a new way to put Bitcoin to work. They can use other DeFi protocols, such as lending platforms or liquidity pools. This model comes with custodial risk...
Okay, let's cut to the chase. You’re reading the news articles, you’re listening to the chatter…Ethereum is back. This isn’t your typical meme coin/ Twitter hype pump and dump. This rally feels different. And it is different. The reason? Staking.Put aside the hocus-pocus overbought indicators and talk of a coming...
I have a vivid memory of talking with my friend Sarah after a hackathon last year. She’s incredibly bright, a total coding whiz, but the moment I began explaining the concept of staking ETH, her eyes kind of glazed over. It just seems really overwhelming,” she admitted, “and to be...
So, Lido got hacked. A measly $4,200 was lost. Big deal, right? Wrong. It’s not only about payment, either. It’s a story about the fragility of our entire DeFi ecosystem and the false positive sense of security we are all too frequently addicted to. Think of it like this: your...
Ether.fi, a decentralized staking protocol, is filled with excitement. In fact, its total value locked (TVL) has surged by over 43% over the past 30 days – surpassing $130 billion. The platform’s weekly fees have reached a high point since February at $3.1 million. At the same time, monthly revenue...
Alright, let's be real. The financial world feels rigged, doesn't it? Big banks pulling the strings and leaving people the size of crumbs to eat. Then something like Ether.fi gets released, and all of a sudden, that feeling of powerlessness begins to recede. Ether.fi’s public staking activity has recently experienced...
