#Synthetix News

DeFi Blue Chips Curve (CRV), Synthetix (SNX), Sushi (SUSHI) Surge as Bitcoin (BTC) Hovers Below $50k

September 16, 2021 by Adam Robertson at DeFi

Several cryptocurrencies have plunged over the last week as Bitcoin retraced. This week, however, the crypto space is rallying. The new market strength has seen Bitcoin moving from below $45K to about $48K. Ether (ETH) has been up 3% over the past 24 hours and is trading at $3,585.17. SUSHI's...

The L2 Kwenta Alpha is now Live on Optimism

Synthetix Kwenta Alpha Launches on Optimism

July 30, 2021 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Synthetix's Kwenta exchange has announced the launch of the L2 Kwenta Alpha on Optimistic Ethereum. The team says the L2 Alpha will enable both Synthetix and Kwenta users to learn more about trading synthetic assets on L2, while also enjoying up to 50x cheaper transaction fees, according to a blog post...

Bitcoin, Ether, Major Altcoins – Weekly Market Update July 12, 2021

July 12, 2021 by Georgi Hristov at Price Analysis, Price pages

The total crypto market cap erased $42 billion from its value for the last seven days and now stands at $1,401 billion. The top 10 coins were all in red for the same time period with the only exception being Binance Coin (BNB) which added 5.6 percent to its value. At...

July 6, 2021 by Adam Robertson at DeFi

On the night of July 4, the BTC bulls prevailed and successfully surmounted the stubborn $33K resistance. The DeFi sector responded positively to that uptrend, with DeFi tokens such as SUSHI and AAVE bouncing nearly 20% in the last 24 hours. DeFi Tokens Making Moves According to respected crypto trader...

Galaxy Digital and Bloomberg Join Forces to Launch DeFi Index

Switzerland: Crypto Bank to Offer DeFi Tokens to Institutional Clients

June 15, 2021 by Adeniyi Olowoporoku at DeFi

Crypto-bank Sygnum has launched institutional-level custody and trading services for decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens. This is a significant move for the Swiss-based bank and includes a yield farming solution. Sygnum Launches DeFi Services Sygnum made the announcement today where it revealed that it would launch regulated banking services for several...

SEBA lists DeFi tokens - UNI, SNX, and YFI

Crypto-Friendly Bank SEBA Adds DeFi Blue Chips UNI, SNX, and YFI

May 3, 2021 by Anthonia Isichei at DeFi

Swiss crypto-friendly bank SEBA has expanded its crypto footprint by adding support for prominent decentralized finance (DeFi) tokens. DeFi continues to experience tremendous growth with the emerging market segment now existing across multiple blockchain networks including Ethereum (ETH) and the Binance Smart Chain network (BSC). SEBA goes DeFi In a...

Beyond Finance Introduces Decentralized Exchange for Synthetic Asset Trading

April 7, 2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at Altcoins

Beyond Finance is introducing a novel DEX that allows for the exchange of synthetic financial products. Previously, this was mainly available on centralized exchanges, but Beyond Finance is bringing these financial tools to the forefront of the decentralized finance economy. To realize this, Beyond Finance just closed its private round...

Vitalik Confirms Solution to Scale Ethereum ‘100X’ is Coming Soon

Vitalik Buterin Confirms Solution to Scale Ethereum 100x is Coming Soon

March 10, 2021 by Wayne Jones at Ethereum

Ethereum's co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, sees the Ethereum network scaling by a 100 factor and predicts the release of Optimism's layer-two solution in the next few weeks. Buterin noted that Eth2 development projects concentrate on developing the chain melting with Ethereum on the Tim Ferriss podcast and are adamant that layer-two...

Grayscale Exploring “New Investment Products” Based on DOT, LINK, ADA, AAVE, Others

February 27, 2021 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins

The crypto asset management behemoth is exploring a swathe of altcoins for new investment products. Grayscale Exploring 23 Tokens for New Investment Products Grayscale, a New York-headquartered digital asset management firm with assets worth over billions of dollars under management recently announced it is exploring the option to launch “new...

Synthetix Raises $12 Million from 3 VCs, Focus on V3 and China

February 14, 2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at DeFi

Synthetix--a DeFi protocol enabling trustless derivatives trading, has raised $12 million in a round of funding spearheaded by three venture capitals, a confirmation on Feb 14 reveals. Direct Investment from Crypto-Focused VCs The three VCs are Paradigm, Coinbase Ventures, and IOSG. They purchased SNX tokens directly from the protocols Decentralized...

Synthetix (SNX) to Activate Layer-2 Staking

January 13, 2021 by Dalmas Ngetich at DeFi

In less than 24 hours, Synthetix, a DeFi protocol that allows trustless trading of derivatives called synths, will activate Castor and Layer-2 staking after trialing on the Goerli testnet since September 2020, a press release on Jan 13 reads. Castor Follows Shaula For Layer-2 Staking The activation is less than...

Synthetix (SNX) Leads Ethereum DeFi Protocols in Adopting Layer-2 Solutions

September 24, 2020 by Dalmas Ngetich at DeFi

Admittedly, Ethereum has a fee problem. Because of its inability to scale, the average transaction costs fee remains prohibitive. As a result, leading DeFi protocols like Synthetix, Aave, and Uniswap--the largest decentralized exchange, plan to implement off-chain solutions to scale their service and vent the mainnet. The Synthetix Upgrade Today...

Synthetix (SNX) Launches Decentralized Asset Management Protocol on Ethereum Ropsten Testnet

July 20, 2020 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Synthetix (SNX), a derivatives liquidity protocol that facilitates the issuance and trading of synthetic assets, has announced the launch of dHedge, a decentralized asset management protocol. The team says dHedge will offer users non-custodial mimetic trading for assets on the Synthetix network, according to a blog post on July 20,...

DeFi Roundup Part 1: The Best Developments of 2019

December 27, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins, Blockchain

As we approach the end of 2019, it's fair to say a lot of fundamental development that occurred on-chain for public ledgers revolved around open financial protocols, or as the cool kids call it, "DeFi". DeFi, which stands for decentralized finance has been an extensive movement that truly found its...

Governance and Anti-Fragility are Key to Robust Decentralized Systems, and Synthetix Intends to Stand Out

December 19, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

A prolonged debate in the space is that of whether decentralization is a spectrum or an absolute state. That is, can a system have different degrees of decentralization or is it simply just a binary function of ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Synthetix, one of the largest dApps on Ethereum, believes that...

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