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Devfolio Ethereum Fellowship is accepting applications from India
Devfolio brings the eight-week-long second edition of Ethereum India Fellowship after the success of its first edition. The application closes on January 2, 2021. Apply Now!

Paxos submit an application to become the first digital asset custodian
This week, Paxos submitted an application to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). If approved, Paxos will become the first digital asset custodian with a national trust bank charter.

Customers of top Indian banks doing business with cryptocurrency
According to a report, top Indian banking institutions such as State Bank of India, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Yes Bank are alleged, allowing customers to use their bank accounts for trading cryptocurrency.

AAVE v2 mainnet launch
Decentralized money market, AAVE launched its second version with improved features like gas optimization, credit delegation, stable interest rate and more...

Baseline protocol published commitment manager for an easy switch between clients
Baseline Protocol released a new key component called the Commitment Manager for allowing developers to switch between accessing private and public blockchains using different kinds of clients and gateways. The protocol will now be supported by Hyperledger Besu and Infura.

Yam Finance paired up with UMA platform
Yam Finance recently declared its collaboration with Universal Market Access contracts platform UMA platform along with announcing the creation of a new product suite called Degenerative Finance. This new suite of degen derivatives will begin with UMA’s recent uGas contract and expand into a variety of speculative and hedging products catered to the DeFi ecosystem.

Technology

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