Tag: liquidity

Every chain is an island: crypto’s liquidity crisis

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Opinion by: Jin Kwon, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Saga Crypto has come a long way in boosting transaction throughput. New layer 1s (L1s) and side networks offer faster, cheaper transactions than ever before. Yet, a core challenge has come into focus: liquidity fragmentation — the scattering of capital and users across an ever-growing maze of blockchains. Vitalik Buterin, in a recent blog post, highlighted how scaling successes have led to unforeseen coordination challenges. With so many chains and so much value splintered among them, participants face a daily…

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Global Liquidity Hits All Time High, Bitcoin To Follow?

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According to data from Bitcoin Magazine Pro, the global money supply, also known as global liquidity, has hit an all-time high of $95 trillion; Bitcoin investors and analysts closely watch this key indicator, as higher liquidity has historically preceded major bull runs. Global liquidity is the total amount of money circulating in the global financial system. It encompasses the M2 money supply of major economies like the U.S., China, EU, Japan, etc. M2 includes cash, bank deposits, money market mutual funds, and other near-money assets. This figure recently hit $95…

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Evmos, Swing, Tashi, Wormhole team up to solve Cosmos’ liquidity issues

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A group of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols have teamed up to solve liquidity problems in the Cosmos ecosystem. The teams involved include cross-chain bridging protocol Wormhole, liquidity aggregator Swing, lending protocol Tashi and Cosmos network Evmos.  According to statements from two of the teams involved, Wormhole will register five new bridged tokens for use on Evmos: Tether (USDT), USD Coin (USDC), wrapped Ether (wETH), wrapped Bitcoin (wBTC) and Solana (SOL). A Wormhole governance vote on this part of the proposal began on Sept. 19 and currently has near unanimous support.…

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DeFi options platform uses social logins, margin trading to draw in liquidity

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A DeFi options platform using social logins and undercollateralized trading to draw in liquidity providers just launched, according to a June 15 announcement. The protocol, called “Synquote,” is capable of handling large trades with much less slippage than previous options platforms, the team claims. Synquote user interface. Source: Synquote According to the announcement, Synquote did over $25 million of notional volume in its beta period, which began on March 17. The largest trade during this period was for $1 million in notional volume, which was executed without any detectable slippage,…

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Private equity tokens aim to bring greater liquidity, transparency and accessibility

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As the burgeoning blockchain technology paradigm has continued to evolve, a whole host of unique asset classes have started to make their way into the mainstream. Private equity tokens are one such offering, serving as digital representations of ownership in private equity investments powered by a decentralized ledger.  These tokens enable fractional ownership, improved liquidity and simplified management of private equity assets. They are created through a process called tokenization, which involves converting real-world assets into digital tokens that can be bought, sold or traded on various platforms. Recent research…

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