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Promoting staking security with the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS)
Today, we’re proud to be a part of a collaborative group of industry-leading staking players to announce the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS) certification, a first-of-its-kind certification built specifically for Ethereum node operator risk management.
Discover Who's Behind Midas
When we started Midas, our ambition was to make saving and investing work like the internet, open and accessible to everyone. Our team’s experience spans top protocols and companies, combining unmatched expertise in traditional finance and decentralized technologies.Midas isn’t just a platform—it’s the best place to save and invest on the internet. We’re excited to have you with us!Discover Who's Behind Midas [https://blog.midas.app/content/images/2024/08/Leadership.png]Let’s introduce you to the key players driving our mission:🌟 Fabrice Grinda, our Executive Chairman, is a trailblazing angel investor and marketplace entrepreneur, having achieved over 300 exits across 1,000+ investments. From co-founding OLX, one of the world’s largest online marketplaces, to being named the top angel investor by Forbes, Fabrice’s experience is unparalleled.🤵 Dennis Dinkelmeyer, our CEO, brings a wealth of experience from his time at Capital Group and Goldman Sachs. His sharp insights and strategic vision guide Midas toward new horizons in the crypto space.💼 Jonas Konstandin, our Chief of Staff, previously led the Digital Asset unit at Solaris Group SE, launching innovative crypto products for heavyweights like Coinbase and Binance.🚀 Romain Bourgois, our Head of Product, brings a wealth of experience from his time at Ondo Finance ($1b market cap token).🤝 Greg Feibus, Head of Institutional Sales & Partnerships, has a rich background in capital markets and digital assets, having held senior roles at SunGard (FIS Global) and Anchorage Digital. Before Midas, Greg operated as a Director of Sales for Ondo Finance.🛡️ Alec Horner cut his teeth at MakerDAO, where he gained deep insights into decentralized governance and the broader decentralized economy.🔧 Jonathan C, our Head of Engineering, is the tech visionary behind Midas’s innovative platform. 🔍 Alex Berto, our risk management advisor, was pivotal in setting resilient DeFi risk standards at Aave.With such a diverse team, Midas is poised to lead the charge at the intersection of traditional finance and DeFi. 💡Stay connected with us for the latest updates, or explore our platform and products to see how we're revolutionizing the future of onchain finance!🔗 Visit our website [https://midas.app/?ref=blog.midas.app] | 📲 Join our Telegram [https://t.me/midasrwa?ref=blog.midas.app] | 🔔 Follow us on Twitter [https://x.com/MidasRWA?ref=blog.midas.app] | 📃 Read our Docs [https://docs.midas.app/?ref=blog.midas.app]
Brewing Success: How African Originals Unlocked Growth with Jia’s Invoice Financing and Turned…
This article is part of a series spotlighting local partners providing valuable services in their communities, powered by Jia’s financing.
Case Study: Definitive’s Post-Trade Reporting is Bridging Critical Gaps in Onchain Trading
In traditional finance (TradFi), post-trade reporting is indispensable for ensuring accountability and accuracy in trade execution, settlement, and compliance with regulatory requirements. However, within the decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape, robust and granular reporting is missing entirely, creating significant barriers to adoption by institutional asset managers.
Introducing Obol Contributions: Stake, Contribute, Earn
Today marks the launch of the Obol Contributions Program, an opportunity for EVERY staker to get recognition for scaling and decentralising Ethereum by staking on Obol distributed validators (DVs). Stakers can participate by staking on Obol DVs via a Contributions launch partner such as Stakely, Mellow’s vault for Lido,
Superform + deBridge = Cross-Chain Yield Swaps
Superform’s deBridge integration is now live! As a permissionless omnichain yield marketplace, Superform uses the deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) for cross-chain swaps, enabling deposits into any yield vault on any EVM chain.
Stacks x Aptos
Aptos Labs' Head of Ecosystem Neil Harounian talked to Stacks' Chairperson Brittany Laughlin about forming a working group, as well as the Aptos Foundation becoming a Signer for Stacks.
Morpho Secures $50M in Funding, Led by Ribbit Capital
Morpho has successfully secured $50M in funding, led by Ribbit Capital and other strategic partners. This investment will help accelerate the network's decentralization and further Morpho's mission of making financial infrastructure a public good.
New CFG incentives added to the LTF/USDC Market on Morpho
Centrifuge continues to enhance the liquidity of the RWA market by introducing new CFG incentives to the LTF/USDC lending market on Morpho.
Using blockchain to finance accessible healthcare in Kenya
Announcing the first of a series of stories spotlighting local partners providing valuable services in their communities, powered partly by Jia’s financing.
Crypto & Credit - Moving a Trillion Dollar Market On-Chain
While a lot of people in crypto seem to be focused on building a brand new financial system from scratch, this conversation focuses on how crypto rails can improve the traditional finance world. After nearly a decade at Citi, Kevin straddles both the TradFi and the DeFi world, and at BlockTower, he is working on bringing the multi-trillion dollar securitization market on-chain. We go deep into the weeds in this one, first getting into the nuts and bolts of how credit and securitization traditionally work, before diving into BlockTower’s approach to transform this entire process, moving it on chain, which will reduce friction, errors. and consequently fees.
New fixed income platform PV01 to evolve debt capital markets using public blockchain
PV01 announces their new platform with a novel approach to digitizing the bond market. Targeting both the traditional fixed income and digital asset markets, PV01 is designed to underwrite and tokenize bonds and operate as a dealer by providing liquidity in those securities, all on public blockchains. The result will be a more efficient way for issuers to raise capital and investors to purchase high-quality debt, providing broader access to investment opportunities through tokenization. PV01’s model provides better visibility into ownership using smart contracts and a frictionless method of transferring debt.
Discrimination of Toxic Flow in Uniswap V3: Part 4
This post is a new installment in an ongoing series by @0xfbifemboy on Uniswap liquidity pools, concentrated liquidity, and fee dynamics. It is the fourth of multiple posts in a subsequence which aims to focus on the characterization of toxic flow in ETH/USDC swap data and potential implementations of price discrimination or flow segmentation mechanisms.
Product Updates: Shopify redemption
With nearly 20 brands using the TYB platform to make Community a growth channel, and their members completing hundreds of thousands of challenges earning rewards each time, we are thrilled to announce the TYB Shopify App, which provides an additional avenue for fans to redeem rewards for brand perks.
Has Crypto Weathered the Banking Storm?
Most major cryptocurrencies have navigated the recently choppy (even stormy at times) waters of global finance with aplomb. So is it “full steam ahead” from here? Ash is joined by Kevin Miao, head of credit at crypto investment firm BlockTower Capital and a former VP of structured product trading at Citi, to discuss the intersection of Web3 and lending, and what cracks in the broader banking system mean for crypto.