DeFI News by Thebittimes.Com

Two Ethereum (ETH)-based altcoins are skyrocketing after gaining support from the top US-based crypto exchange platform by volume. In new posts on the social media platform X, Coinbase is announcing the additions of the decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Maple Syrup (SYRUP) and artificial intelligence (AI)-based token Aethir (ATH) to its suite of digital asset products. Coinbase’s announcements preceded rallies for both tokens. The additions of SYRUP and ATH come a few days after Coinbase added the tokens to its listing roadmap last week, signaling upcoming support. At the time, both assets jumped nearly 40% in price. News of the support caused both the assets to spike in price, as SYRUP went from a low of $0.131 on March 12th to a peak of $0.173 just a day later, a gain of 28.7% during the last 24 hours, while ATH went from a low of $0.034 to a peak of $0.040 during the same time frame, a gain of 14.4% on the day. Aethir is a decentralized cloud comput...

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...