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Jia Expands Credit Solution on Huma to Foster Growth in Emerging Markets

Addressing a $5 trillion global credit gap in emerging markets, Jia, which connects capital to small businesses in every corner of the world, scales up its credit solution on Huma, which builds infrastructure for real-world lending.

Ethereum’s 8th Anniversary: Ecosystem Leaders Share Insights

Contributor Chris Castiglione spoke with seven leaders in the Ethereum ecosystem to celebrate the past eight years of Ethereum, and to look forward to what's on the horizon.

Empowering the Yield Ecosystem: Sommelier Use-case

This article was co-written by Josh Kessler from Sommelier Finance.

The Metamorphosis DeFi Lending Needs

A few days ago, I wrote The Two Paths for DeFi: Decentralized Brokers vs. Protocols.

Upgrading Morpho's brand, preparing for the future

We are at the dawn of Morpho's next chapter, and what better way to start it than with an upgraded brand identity fit for the future?

Ambient Finance Raises Seed Round Funding

We’re excited to announce that Ambient Finance (previously known as CrocSwap) has raised $6.5M in a seed round at $80M network valuation led by Blocktower with participation from Jane Street, Circle, Tensai Capital, Naval Ravikant, Yunt Capital, Susa Ventures, Quantstamp, and Hypotenuse Labs, along with angel investors Julian Koh, llllvvuu, Dogetoshi, afkbyte, Jai Prasad, Don Ho, and others.

Tokenomics 101: How to build a thriving financial community using blockchain

At Jia, one of our main value propositions is creating a financial community where entrepreneurs participate as owners, not just customers. This commitment is based on our core belief that ownership enhances the behavior of small business entrepreneurs within a community, encouraging loyalty.

The Halo-Halo System: Creating a Unified Brand for a Global Financial Community

Welcome to our third edition of Behind The Brand, a weekly newsletter featuring leaders at startups and VCs to highlight their unique perspectives on design, brand, and marketing for founders, operators, and investors across the early stages. At Slope, our goal is to build category defining creative for exceptional companies, and we believe brand is applicable to everyone in different ways depending on your role, stage, or industry.

The Two Paths Ahead For DeFi: Decentralized Brokers vs. Protocols.

DeFi is still in its infancy and faces a major fork in the road.

LLMs and Algorithmic Trading

In the past year, the profound successes of Transformer Neural Networks, especially Generative Pre-trained Transformers like OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's LLaMA2, have sparked the imagination of those in the financial industry. During recent traditional finance conferences I've attended, participants have been abuzz with speculation about how these state-of-the-art AI models could disrupt conventional investing and trading. This post aims to provide insights on how advanced machine learning models might integrate into the world of algorithmic trading, drawing from my experience in the fields of computer science, machine learning, and quantitative finance.

January 16, 2025

Snapshot Taken: Entering the Next Phase of the Obol Collective

We’ve taken a snapshot of current Obol Contributions, as well as Obol badge and Techne holders. Stay tuned for more details in the coming days about the next phase of the Obol Collective.

January 13, 2025

Maple Yield Performance 2024

2024 was the breakout year for Maple Secured Lending. The strategy grew more than 16X, whilst delivering market-leading yield outperformance and principal protection at all times to our lenders. This article covers the yield generated, collateralization levels throughout the year, liquidity metrics and overall growth of Maple's flagship products.

January 13, 2025

Unlocking the Next Wave of Tokenized Assets

The Roadmap for Redefining Custody, Creating Standards, and Designing New Value Chains for Credit

January 9, 2025

Maple Finance: The Journey from $1B Collapse to Disrupting Private Lending.

In this episode of The Token Warrant, host Regan Bozeman interviews Joe Flanagan, Co-Founder of Maple Finance, and Steve Venino from BlockTower Capital. The episode focuses on Maple's evolution as a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, beginning with its lending products and the challenges faced during the recent crypto bear market. Steve shares insights into BlockTower Capital's investment strategies and their partnership with Maple, including co-leading a $5 million strategic funding round in August 2023.

January 9, 2025

Introducing Morpho Vaults 1.1

Today, Morpho unveiled Morpho Vaults 1.1, an upgraded version of the widely adopted Morpho Vaults 1.0. This update maintains the core functionality of the original vaults but removes automated bad debt realization at the vault level, offering greater adaptability for a wider range of integrations and use cases. Additionally, Morpho Vaults 1.1 introduces several quality-of-life improvements for Morpho curators.

January 7, 2025