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A quick look at Defipulse shows that the $1 billion TVL on Maker comprises 3.1 million in ETH and about 98,000 in BTC.<br>
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DeFi Platform MakerDAO Hits $1B TVL, Doubles in 1 Month A quick look at Defipulse shows that the $1 billion TVL on Maker comprises 3.1 million in ETH and about 98,000 in BTC. Just when you think Bitcoin or Ethereum pump would steal the show from the DeFi boom making the rounds for a couple of months now, MakerDAO just hit $1B Total Value Locked – TVL, doubling in just 1 month. To begin with, this represents a new all-time high from its previous $764 million Total Value Locked (TVL) of February 14, 2020. A quick look at Defipulse shows that the $1 billion TVL on Maker comprises 3.1 million in ETH and about 98,000 in BTC. Maker users have locked a total of 2.4 million ETH in the smart contract protocol as at publication time. Among other DeFi projects like Compound Finance, Aave, Synthetix, MakerDAO enjoys 27.4% market dominance. MakerDAO is a decentralized credit platform on Ethereum that supports DAI, a stablecoin whose value is pegged to USD. Anyone can use Maker to open a Vault, lock in collateral such as ETH or BAT, and generate DAI as a debt against that collateral. DAI debt incurs a stability fee (i.e., continuously accruing interest), which is paid upon repayment of borrowed DAI. Borrowers burn the MKR along with the repaid DAI. Users can borrow DAI up to 66% of their collateral’s value (150% collateralization ratio). Interesting features on MakerDAO driving credibility, transparency and more decentralization Beyond the volume, it recently also added four “Light” Feeds into its protocol. These are Infura, Gitcoin, Etherescan and Kyber Network to the
existing Oracle group to make the protocol even more decentralized. Obviously, these are reputable firms within the Etherereum’s ecosystem. They help by providing more credibility to data pooled in the protocol for users. In turn, users are able to make a better-informed decision on the assets listed. MakerDAO’s Oracles update prices on the blockchain every time they change by 0.5% or more Read More: https://cryptodose.co/defi-platform-makerdao-hits-1b-tvl-doubles-in-1-mon th/