DeFI News by Thebittimes.Com

Decentralized exchange (DEX) Uniswap (UNI) is launching a new bridge that will allow users to access other blockchains outside of Ethereum (ETH). In a new blog post, Uniswap Labs says that it’s launching the bridge in collaboration with Across Protocol (ACX), allowing users to swap crypto assets between nine different blockchains directly from the Uniswap Interface or Uniswap Wallet. “In-app bridging is one of our most requested Features , and we’re excited to roll it out as a step toward our long-term vision of cross-chain swaps. Today, over six million Uniswap users swap on multiple chains. At Uniswap Labs, we’re committed to making sure these users have access to smooth, seamless bridging across chains. Until now, moving assets between chains has been challenging. It required using external bridges, dealing with unfamiliar interfaces, and waiting for long transaction times. Plus, there’s always uncertainty about the security of di...

Pangolin, a multi-chain DEX platform, has surged to multi-month highs. PNG price reached highs of $0.31 as new team outlined comeback roadmap for the DEX Pangolin (PNG), an Avalanche decentralized exchange ( DEX ) platform, is experiencing a price uptick as major altcoins struggle amid Bitcoin’s battle to keep the $50,000 level. PNG is the native governance token of the Pangolin DEX. It is 100% distributed to the community with no team, advisors or investor allocations. The multi-chain DEX platform launched on Avalanche in 2021. Pangolin (PNG) price soars PNG rose more than 200% on Friday to trade at highs of $0.31 as 24-hour trading volume jumped to over $4.7 million. The surge in daily trading volume over the past day represents a staggering 5,500% increase, according to data from CoinMarketCap. The Pangolin market cap has jumped to over $54 million, doubling over the past 24 hours. Why is Pangolin price skyrocketing? Gains for PNG price alm...

SOL, AVAX and DYDX rank among the top-performing altcoins this month. Cointelegraph investigates what is behind the move. On Nov. 15, several altcoins continued to show strength alongside Bitcoin (BTC), which notched an intra-day high at $37,400. Leading into the week, DYDX, Solana’s SOL (SOL) and Avalanche’s AVAX (AVAX) currently reflect double-digit gains , with each chasing after new year-to-date highs.  The sustained bullish price action from altcoins has led some analysts to declare the arrival of an altcoin season, and at the time of writing, the total market capitalization of the altcoin market has hit a 2023 high at $659.5 billion. Altcoin price rallies typically involve a slew of factors, some being sentiment-based and others based on project fundamentals. Let’s look at a few of this week’s top market performers to see what catalysts underlie their growth. dYdX fee switch boosts price The platform behind the DYDX token is dYdX, a decentralized exchange that offers futures co...

GMX and LOOKS price pulled off double-digit rallies in the last week as former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes revealed his investment thesis for both projects. In a recent blog post, cryptocurrency legend and former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes mentioned he holds sizable bags of GMX and LOOKS tokens. According to Hayes, his main reasoning for investing in both tokens was their platform revenue and the potential of both assets to outperform standard treasury bills.  Let’s take a brief look at on-chain data and compare GMX and LOOKS to competitors to determine whether Arthur’s assumption will work out.  GMX usage cooling after a strong November The week prior to Nov. 16 provided decentralized Finance (DeFi) with a significant influx in fees after the centralized exchange (CEX) exodus triggered by FTX’s bankruptcy. The temporary high inflows to DeFi propelled GMX to outperform Uniswap in protocol fees. On Nov. 28, GMX earned about $1.15 million in daily trading fees, which surpassed Uniswap’s $1.06...

The DEX's operating expenses currently amount to $5 million per year. According to a new proposal dated Dec. 6, Jared Grey, CEO of decentralized exchange Sushiswap (SUSHI), disclosed that the project's Treasury has less than 1.5 years of runaway left, and the "significant deficit in the treasury threatens Sushi's operational viability, requiring an immediate remedy." Grey explained that Sushiswap's annualized operating expenses amounted to roughly $9 million in October, however, that has since been reduced to around $5 million. "We made the reduction possible by renegotiating infrastructure contracts, scaling back underperforming or superfluous dependencies, and instituting a budget freeze on non-critical personnel and infrastructure." To remedy the situation, Grey proposed setting Sushiswap's "Kanpai," or the amount of fees diverted to its Treasury, to 100% for "one year or until new tokenomics are implemented." This woul...