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Bridge Mutual Announces Partnership with Plasma.Finance to Strengthen DeFi Insurance
Bridge Mutual, a decentralized insurance provider, has announced a collaborative partnership with DeFi aggregator PlasmaPay and Plasma Finance allowing users to directly fund or provide liquidity through the Bridge ecosystem and the Plasma Finance platform.
Bridge Mutual will also use some of its own liquidity to start a PlasmaPay insurance pool, integrating shield mining in order to give users the chance to earn PPAY tokens as a reward for providing coverage to PlasmaPay. The result is an increase in users on the decentralized insurance platform for Bridge Mutual, and another dimension of safety for PlasmaPay and Plasma Finance users.
“This partnership will give both organizations the ability to expand operations into the other’s platform, a net benefit for two strong projects looking to optimize the DeFi market as a whole,” notes Ilia Maksimenka, PlasmaPay’s CEO, “Ease of use and access to insurance ultimately benefits users. By working together, Bridge Mutual and Plasma Finance take DeFi a step forward towards more reliable financial services on the blockchain.”
Bridge Mutual CEO Mike Miglio adds, “The main focus of our partnerships is to increase the overall safety of the DeFi space by encouraging users to protect each other. Partnering with PlasmaPay was strategic in that users will be able to easily purchase or provide insurance directly from the Plasma Finance app where they manage all of their assets. In turn, we will make sure that Plasma Pay has an insurance pool ready to go for our launch event.”
PlasmaPay’s easy-to-use fiat ramp historically has attracted users from cryptocurrency and non-cryptocurrency areas alike. This ease of entry and diverse existing universe makes it possible for Bridge Mutual’s insurance to be widely available to purchase. Inversely, PlasmaPay users get to enjoy the additional benefits that Bridge Mutual provides.
Plasma Finance is a DeFi platform and dashboard that aggregates all of the most popular DeFi applications in one place. With the goal of simplifying the DeFi market for its users and eliminating some aspects regarding DeFi barriers to entry, Plasma Finance is working to become a cornerstone of the DeFi economy. PlasmaPay is a blockchain protocol developed by Plasma Finance, allowing for fast and efficient cross border payment opportunities for all users.
Bridge Mutual is a decentralized, discretionary p2p/p2b insurance platform that provides coverage for stablecoins, centralized exchanges, and smart contracts. Its platform allows users to provide insurance coverage, decide on insurance payouts, as well as get compensated for taking part in the ecosystem. Having vastly oversubscribed in its private sale, Bridge Mutual’s token, $BMI, is primed to have an explosive TGE on January 30th, 2021.
Polkadot price has been under intense pressure for the past few days amid the recent bearish sentiment in the crypto market. At the time of writing, DOT was barely unchanged, trading at $5.351. The altcoin has dipped more than 25% for the past month but remains 24.23% higher in the year to date. The asset’s total market cap has slipped over the last day to $6.343 billion, ranking it the 13th largest cryptocurrency.
Is the Worst Yet to Come?
Polkadot price has been consolidating for the past few days amid the recent sell-off in the crypto market. Statistics by Coinmarketcap show that the global crypto market cap has dropped 1.29% over the last day to $1.13 trillion, while the total crypto market volume decreased by nearly 7%.
The biggest cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, have been in a freefall for the past few days, falling to $26,880 and $1,807, respectively. Most altcoins, including BNB, Cardano, Solana, Shiba Inu, and Avalanche, have plunged seeing that most altcoins move in tandem with the performance of heavyweights Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Looking ahead at the global market mayhem with the US debt ceiling debate and the US banking crisis, investors expect more downside in the crypto market. The US dollar has continued growing stronger, hovering around a six-month high against the Yen, as optimism around the US debt ceiling talks in Washington raised expectations of higher-for-longer interest rates.
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Bitcoin price was headed for its worst week since November 2022 on Friday as volatility, buoyed by low liquidity continued to outweigh crypto markets. Bitcoin has dropped below the crucial support level of $26,500, changing hands at this level. The asset’s price has dipped by more than 11% in the past week, while its total market cap inched lower to $516 billion.
Fundamentals
Bitcoin price has been on a downward trend for seven consecutive days amid congestion in the network’s system and the regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies. The digital coin has been struggling to gain bullish momentum for the past few days. Bitcoin is currently up by 60.54% in the year to date, but its prices have remained volatile.
The crypto market has been battling low liquidity, regulatory crackdown, and macroeconomic concerns. Data by Coinmarketcap shows that the global crypto market cap has slipped to $1.11 trillion, down from $1.27 trillion earlier in March. Bitcoin’s dominance has also inched lower in the past few days.
The regulatory crackdown on cryptocurrencies has ramped up since the fall of crypto exchange FTX. Ripple Labs has been in a lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the last year over concerns about its native coin XRP. Additionally, SEC recently warned Coinbase over potential securities law violations. Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange platform, was recently accused of violating trading rules by the Commodity Futures and…
Shiba Inu price has been in the red for the past two consecutive days as investors shift their focus to the Federal Reserve’s two-day monetary policy meeting. The SHIB price has slipped nearly 4% over the past 24 hours, dropping below the important level of $0.00001. SHIB’s total market cap has dropped by 3.31% in the last 24 hours, while the total volume of the coin traded surged 86%. Shiba Inu currently ranks as the 15th largest cryptocurrency after Binance USD and ahead of Avalanche.
Fundamentals
Like other digital assets including, the largest – Bitcoin, Shiba Inu price has been under intense pressure since the start of the week, erasing some of the gains made in last week’s sessions. The cryptocurrency market has been on a downward trajectory ahead of the Fed’s interest rate decision for May.
The global crypto market cap has decreased by 4.30% over the last day to $1.17 trillion, while the total crypto market volume jumped by 43%. Bitcoin’s dominance has also slipped. Bitcoin and Ethereum have each plummeted by more than 5% in the last day, weakening the overall crypto market sentiment. Most altcoins tend to move in tandem with the heavyweights’ performance.
The focus is now on the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) set to end later on Wednesday. Markets are anticipating a 25-basis point interest rate hike in May as the Fed battles persistent inflation. Notably, investors…
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