Blockchain
Chinese Exchanges Lose Money As Users Withdraw Crypto For DeFi
The DeFi market is finally booming in China, but still a bit late compared to the rest of the world. Chinese searches for ‘DeFi’ on WeChat have nearly doubled their record. Meanwhile, exchanges are quickly losing liquidity as users keep withdrawing funds to engage in yield farming. The year of 2020 may end up forever […]
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- The DeFi market is finally booming in China, but still a bit late compared to the rest of the world.
- Chinese searches for ‘DeFi’ on WeChat have nearly doubled their record.
- Meanwhile, exchanges are quickly losing liquidity as users keep withdrawing funds to engage in yield farming.
The year of 2020 may end up forever marked by a rather bad global pandemic, but in the crypto industry, it will be remembered as the year of DeFi. This is the year the DeFi sector exploded around the world, and the trend is finally getting big in China, as well.
DeFi Finally Arrives in China
Chinese users seem to be developing a strong taste for the decentralized finance sector. Daily searches for DeFi on the country’s own social media platform, WeChat, nearly doubled recently.
On September 2nd, the searches reached 900,000 within 24 hours. The previous record was almost half that — 500.000.
The number of WeChat searches for #DeFi is at record levels.
Almost 1 million unique searches on September 2. 👀 pic.twitter.com/3cndAmmGa8
— Cole Kennelly ⬙ 🦄 (@ColeGotTweets) September 7, 2020
Not only that, but local reports also revealed yesterday that users are massively withdrawing funds from crypto exchanges in order to transfer them to DeFi protocols and earn rewards through yield farming protocols.
Breaking: On Sep 6th, many exchanges in China experienced difficulties in withdrawing coins and shutdowns. Chinese community is launching a “coin withdrawal campaign”, calling to withdraw all USDT and crypto in the exchange and delete their accounts. pic.twitter.com/JwUzRFbqXx
— Colin Wu(WuBlockchain) (@WuBlockchain) September 7, 2020
While great news for DeFi, this can be very bad for the local exchanges, as it lowers their liquidity. A local reporter, Colin Wu, noted that one example of this happened when ETH price recently dropped. ETH users quickly transferred their funds to DEXes to engage in yield farming.
The data shows that due to the popularity of yield farming, especially the recent sharp drop in the price of ETH, many users buy bottoms on exchanges and then transfer to DEX for farming. The stock of ETH and other farm crypto on the exchange is falling frantically. pic.twitter.com/I6982HMVTL
— Colin Wu(WuBlockchain) (@WuBlockchain) September 7, 2020
Arrival to China Gives DeFi a New Boost
The situation is quite bad for the moment. So much so, that exchanges had no choice but to stop withdrawals. Wu also noted that the exchanges are rapidly adding DeFi coins as a desperate attempt to convince users to keep their funds within the platforms.
The “withdrawal movement” is widely spread, but the actual impact is uncertain. Exchanges are also starting to defend, such as crazy listing of DeFi coins to make users to gamble in the secondary market, and helping users with yield farming. pic.twitter.com/ichQNaSHtN
— Colin Wu(WuBlockchain) (@WuBlockchain) September 7, 2020
As mentioned before, the DeFi sector seems to have been a little late with its arrival to China. However, it finally started picking up quite recently, as another local crypto reporter, Molly, recently noted.
DeFi is getting started in China now. only few WeChat groups were discuss ,farm and trade about it before. For the Past few days There are more people got into DeFi, there are even groups put money together made a “farming fund”, and many peopleare planning their own projects ..
— Molly (@bigmagicdao) September 2, 2020
Even though DeFi recently took a major hit when the new bear wave took away nearly $2 billion from its TVL, it seems that the trend is only picking up in China, and that it might be time for the surge to come back.
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How did Bitcoin lending become so popular?

The rising valuation of Bitcoin witnessed the growth of several sectors involved with the digital asset. The crypto lending market has exhibited extraordinary growth as institutions-focused Genesis registered a 245% growth in their outstanding loans in 2020.
While the BTC lending market is young, its swift adoption has created a billion-dollar industry, which is one of the benchmarks of development for the current Bitcoin ecosystem.
Total Bitcoin collateral grew by 1170%
According to Arcane Research’s recent Banking on Bitcoin report, the total active collateral in the BTC lending market has increased to ~$25 billion from $2 billion in 12 months. It was estimated that the number of Bitcoin used for collateral at the moment is around 420,000 BTC, however, this estimation is based on a modest evaluation that only 50% of the active loans are backed by Bitcoin collateral, whereas various industry experts believe it could be close to 70-80%.
While there are various Bitcoin lending companies in the current market, the impact of the institutional lending organization such as BlockFI and Genesis have been vital.
As mentioned earlier, Genesis’ active loans outstanding improved from $649 million in Q1 2020 to a whopping $3,821 million in Q4 2020. From Q3 to Q4, the growth was roughly 80%.
BlockFi registered similar impressive numbers, with a 50x increase in retail loans BTC collateral from Q4 2018 to Q4 2020; from $10 million to $500 million.
Bitcoin lending’s popularity grows
There are multiple factors that played into the expansion of the BTC collateral market. Over the past 12 months, the asset has received significant recognition after recovering at a rapid rate following the March 2020 crash. However, some of the most common reasons include leveraging on an existing position, arbitrage plays, and covering operation costs without selling any crypto holdings.
Some of its innate properties have improved over the few months. Bitcoin’s market has a 24/7 availability, which can be traded all year round and it is easily updated. Other assets such as Gold are only trading during the working days of the week, which is close to 30% less than Bitcoin.
Its store-of-value credentials have also improved drastically, with 75% of Bitcoin remaining in profit throughout its history.
However, one of the major reasons involves the ease at which BTC loans can be processed. Traditional loan methods require a certain amount of credit score, a tediously long process, and a lot of paperwork.
With Bitcoin, users do not need to establish a relationship with their banks to get a loan and they can easily lend from the emerging borderless Bitcoin lending market.
Source: https://ambcrypto.com/how-did-bitcoin-lending-become-so-popular
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OLB Group enables crypto payments for thousands of US merchants


OLB Group (OLB), a New York-based e-commerce merchant service provider, is making it easier for businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments.
OLB’s more than 8,500 merchants are now able to accept Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), USDC and DAI at the point-of-sale through the company’s OmniSoft business management platform. Customers wishing to pay with cryptocurrency in-store or through their mobile phones can simply elect to do so with their cryptocurrency wallets. All payments are processed through SecurePay, a payment gateway that authenticates the transaction, converts the cryptocurrency to U.S. dollars and approves the final sale.
The decision to integrate cryptocurrency payments was partly driven by the growth of contactless and online orders during the Covid-19 pandemic. With the OmniSoft platform already providing merchants with several options to facilitate payments, cryptocurrencies were the next logical step.
Ronny Yakov, OLB Group’s CEO, says the payment gateway and point-of-sale architecture are “familiar territory for merchants,” which makes integrating cryptocurrencies through such channels easy.
On the topic of cryptocurrency payments – a promising but underutilized use case for the industry – Yakov believes we are still in the very early stages of adoption.
“It’s very early in crypto-as-a-payment adoption, but we see increasing interest from merchants exploring this payment option as a means to meet their customers however and wherever they prefer,” Yakov tells Cointelegraph.
He also believes certain industries are more likely to adopt crypto payments before others:
“We anticipate that adoption will happen more quickly in higher-ticket transactions such as jewelry, B2B billing and real estate because the transaction fees for cryptocurrency processing are lower – often half of typical credit card fees.”
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have struggled to become a viable medium of exchange, inviting criticism about their utility. Charlie Munger, the billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, recently criticizedBitcoin for being “too volatile to serve well as a medium of exchange.”
With development work on scaling and sidechains still in progress, it remains to be seen whether cryptoassets will ever function efficiently as payment systems. In the meantime, assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum are valued for their store-of-value and development capabilities, respectively.
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Litecoin, Monero, Dash Price Analysis: 28 February

Litecoin witnessed a downwards breakout from a parallel channel and moved to its support at $156.75. Monero was projected to move sideways as trading volumes and buying activity was suppressed. Lastly, a descending triangle emerged on Dash’s chart but a breakout largely depended on the direction of the broader market.
Litecoin [LTC]

Source: LTC/USD, TradingView
On the hourly timeframe, Litecoin broke below its parallel channel and moved to another region of support at $157.5. The On Balance Volume dipped as the price broke below the bottom trendline, but the index was recovering at the time of writing. A bullish crossover in the Stochastic RSI added some more optimism as LTC picked up from the $157 support line.
However, it was hard to overlook LTC’s bear market and stronger cues could be needed to back a move above the immediate overhead resistance. A spike in the 24-hour trading volumes could be one such signal that could project an upwards breakout on the charts.
Monero [XMR]

Source: XMR/USD, TradingView
The 24-hour trading volumes on Monero were muted as the cryptocurrency failed to break out from the $224.5 and $196.3 range. The Bollinger Bands showed that volatility remained on the lower side as the bands were compressed. This also meant that massive movements were unlikely and XMR could continue to trade within its current channel over the next few sessions.
A bullish twin peak setup on the Awesome Oscillator was negated as momentum tilted in the favor of the sellers at the time of writing.
Dash [DASH]

Source: DASH/USD, TradingView
Dash formed a descending triangle on its 4-hour chart as the price formed lower highs since snapping a local high at over $330. The On Balance Volume also steadily declined as the sell-off was heightened by a correction in the broader market. The Stochastic RSI continued its southbound trajectory after reversing from the overbought region.
Further weakness in market leaders BTC and ETH could continue to have a negative impact on Dash, and support levels at $166.8 and $135.3 could be tested in the event of a downwards breakout. On the flip side, Dash’s pattern could be invalidated if the price moves north on the back of a broader market rally.
Source: https://ambcrypto.com/litecoin-monero-dash-price-analysis-28-february
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