DeFi Liquidations, ConsenSys Grants and Lido DAO

Decentralise Daily #104

Feb 15, 2021

📰 Decentralise Daily #104

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Over $1.6b Liquidations

Larry @TechnicalCrypto

This is the largest liquidation event ever for nearly every defi name. Of the $1.6b in total liquidations, only 30% was $BTC. $AAVE, CRV, UNI, 1INCH, BAL, COMP, the list goes on. Most liqs ever.

The market correction lead to the largest liquidation event so far for most DeFi tokens.

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📚 ConsenSys Grants

ConsenSys @Consensys

"One hundred students around the world received grants last year..." said @BEB_AND_SON; "@ConsenSysAcad chose the students with the help of the local blockchain organization #CoinIran," said @ThessyMehrain by @baidakova in @CoinDesk

bit.lyConsenSys Grants Help Iranian Women Learn Solidity - CoinDeskConsenSys Academy has offered scholarships to Iranian women to help them learn to program in Solidity, which can be used for smart contracts.

Iranian female coders were among those who benefited from ConsenSys’ global program.

$100,000 of grants is available this year, and the program has been running for five years now.