A case study into the revival of ve(3,3) — Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. This adage holds true in politics, but what about in a decentralized, trustless financial system? Can dominating powers use their influence for good, or are they destined to fall from grace like so many past leaders? This research article by Jack McCarthy attempts to…

A deep-dive into the Undercollateralized Crypto-Lending Ecosystem — Overcollateralized lending is one of the most popular forms of loan in crypto. It is a great option for individuals in need of exposure to new assets without selling their current position. However, a question arises: in a world plagued by income inequality, does overcollateralization fulfill the very purpose of…

Can Decentralized Finance Survive the Inevitable Battle with Central Bank Digital Currencies? — As central banks sound the alarm against decentralized finance (DeFi) and its currency (stablecoins), a new David vs. Goliath battle is catching fire. While the former has the advantage of regulation, institutions, and government oversight, the latter has decentralization and a community built against the overreach of government. As central…

Mina and Polygon will bring enhanced scalability, privacy, and verifiability to the DeFi economy. We are thrilled to announce that Mina Protocol and Polygon are working towards implementing support for Mina on Polygon PoS. …

This series brings the views of top DeFi applications integrated on Polygon. We had time to sit down with the C.R.E.A.M. Finance team to learn more. Please tell us more about your project and your team. C.R.E.A.M. Finance is a decentralized lending protocol for individual accounts and protocols to access…

3rd Sept — Dharma, an Ethereum wallet that connects to your bank account and enables you to invest in DeFi with US Dollars, is now live on Polygon. Integration with Polygon brings users abundant features of swapping thousands of tokens, buying thousands of tokens, directly through a US bank account…

Part 1: Polygon PoS engagement growth This week resumes Polygon’s DAU growth, breaking past the 150k DAU milestone! Even more impressively, Polygon has made large moves relative to both Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain. Today, Polygon has 32.76% of Ethereum’s daily active user base, and 15.72% of Binance Smart Chain’s.

Next-generation liquid staking for Polygon. 3rd Sept — Shard Labs is bringing LIDO to Polygon to enable users to stake Polygon’s global token- MATIC in a decentralized and secure way and to use them on the secondary market — all of it with a simple click of a button on…

2nd September — Aragon Client, a project on Ethereum that makes the creation and management of DAOs easy for users, has now been deployed on Polygon. Aragon is building the future of Web3 communities, but the space is growing at such a pace that it has outgrown the current capacity…