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Anndy Lian’s Comments Quoted “DeFI as an open financial ecosystem where you can build various small financial tools and services in a decentralized manner.”- Associated Press

Anndy Lian’s Comments Quoted “DeFI as an open financial ecosystem where you can build various small financial tools and services in a decentralized manner.”- Associated Press

Thanks for taking my comments BitBerry. I got to know about this wallet from UpBit in their early days. Glad to see that they are moving along with the times and working with new partners to expand their business.

Anndy Lian, a DeFI expert and also a Member of Gyeongsangbuk-do Blockchain Special Committee, Government of the Republic of Korea added:

“I am a user of BitBerry and I do see the importance for their wallet to move with the times and embrace DeFI. DeFI as an open financial ecosystem where you can build various small financial tools and services in a decentralized manner. Thanks to their existing framework, BitBerry’s non-custodial nature can let users safely store their own funds without having to rely on third-party institutions to hold their assets. And by partnering with OKEx and listing OKB to their wallet, this has opened up new opportunities for the current users.”

 

 

BitBerry Signs MOU with OKEx, a world-leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange

 

South Korea, Seoul — BitBerry signs MOU with OKEx, a world-leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange to work together in the cryptocurrency industry. On the signed document, both parties agree to help each other in the markets that they are active in and also look at listing OKB onto BitBerry’s wallet.

BitBerry, founded in 2016 is a leading cryptocurrency wallet in South Korea with over 100,000 users. They aim to make money transfer simple, easy and secure globally based on blockchain technology.  While, OKEx is a world-leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange, offering the most diverse marketplace where global crypto traders, miners and institutional investors come to manage crypto assets, enhance investment opportunities and hedge risks.

The community members from BitBerry who heard of the plans to include OKB into their wallets spark new excitement in the forum. OKB is a globally available ERC-20 utility token issued by the OK Blockchain Foundation that gives users of the OKEx trading platform various exclusive benefits. OKEx also has a buy-back and burn program for OKB tokens, whereby 30% of spot trading fee income is allocated to acquiring OKB from the secondary market each quarter. In terms of performance, OKB posted gains of 287.96% in 2019 and according to date from CoinGecko, OKB topped the list of the 30 digital cash in the first quarter of 2020, with a 148% increase. A crypto analytics firm  Messari, the annual return on investment of OKB is as high as 62%, which is far above the industry average.

Jae Bum Yoo, CEO of BitBerry said: “Having OKB listed on our wallet is a gateway for our platform to grow globally. OKB is a top 20 coin according to CoinGecko.com and Blockreview.net, we want our users to be exposed to coins and products ranging from DeFI, payments and security to cryptocurrency trading bots that come together with the OKB ecosystem. This will be win-win-win for all parties. We will work hard to make it happen earlier for our users.”

BitBerry has more than 100,000 users on their platform currently and many of the users are also keen to know more about OKB and experience DeFI services that comes in the ecosystem. For example, once the integration and listing of OKB is completed on BitBerry, OKB now can be used as  collateral in C2C loans  on OKEx. Users can borrow USDT by pledging OKB without incurring any service fees and take advantage of the minimum interest on borrowing, which is as little as 0.01% per day.

Connecting Wallet to DeFI

DeFI or commonly known as decentralized finance refers to financial services, including lending, exchanges, investment, stablecoins, and more, is currently the buzz word in the cryptocurrency space. Financial services are bounded by smart contracts, which are automated enforceable agreements that do not require intermediaries like a bank or lawyer and use online blockchain technology instead.

BitBerry is ready for this space and it is ideal integrating their wallet to OKEx’s full suite of trading products for on DEX such as Uniswap. Anndy Lian, a DeFI expert and also a Member of Gyeongsangbuk-do Blockchain Special Committee, Government of the Republic of Korea added: “I am a user of BitBerry and I do see the importance for their wallet to move with the times and embrace DeFI. DeFI as an open financial ecosystem where you can build various small financial tools and services in a decentralized manner. Thanks to their existing framework, BitBerry’s non-custodial nature can let users safely store their own funds without having to rely on third-party institutions to hold their assets. And by partnering with OKEx and listing OKB to their wallet, this has opened up new opportunities for the current users.”

Planting Seeds for Regional Growth

While BitBerry is a known brand in South Korea, they allow users to transfer money via phone numbers by issuing a unique address based on the unique phone number. The login process is simple and authentication can be triggered using KakaoTalk or fingerprint recognition via Kakao Pay. The strong case study in South Korea gave them more confidence in the regional market.

BitBerry’s sales and marketing spokesperson also highlighted that they are already working with more corporate clients regionally who want to utilize BitBerry’s technology for retail and other commercial purposes. They are continuing its efforts to move beyond its shores into South East Asia such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines as their next target markets. The regional growth plans will expand more effectively with the help of the MOU with OKEx.

 

About BitBerry ( www.bitberry.app)

Founded in 2016 is a leading cryptocurrency wallet in South Korea with over 100,000 users. BitBerry aims to make money transfer simple, easy and secure globally based on blockchain technology. MonsterCube is the owner of BitBerry and also SODAcoin that is already listed on Bithumb.

 

About OKEx ( www.okex.com)

A world-leading cryptocurrency spot and derivatives exchange, OKEx offers the most diverse marketplace where global crypto traders, miners and institutional investors come to manage crypto assets, enhance investment opportunities and hedge risks.

 

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Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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“Let’s Defy to DeFi”: Anndy Lian, Crypto Thought Leader Shares Insights with Blockreview.net

“Let’s Defy to DeFi”: Anndy Lian, Crypto Thought Leader Shares Insights with Blockreview.net

By now, we have all heard about cryptocurrencies. It is a digital currency that is secured by cryptography. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized networks based on blockchain technology. A new spin-off from the decentralized economy is called “decentralized finance” or commonly known as DeFi. 

Basically, DeFi leverages decentralised networks to transform old financial products into trustless and transparent protocols. DeFi lending & borrowing platforms allow their users to supply and lock their funds into smart contracts from there other users can borrow and pay interest. Smart contracts make all these possible, allowing automated and open finance to transact with a bank in the middle. 

This “trustless” model has its pros and cons. 

Anndy Lian will share his views on Defi. He is an early adopter & thought leader in cryptocurrency and blockchain and currently the Advisory Board of Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of the South Korean carmaker. 

 

1. In your own words, give us an overview of what is DeFi?

DeFi is “Decentralized Finance”. This term has been the talking point at the start of 2020 and it has grown to a market cap of $15 billion according to Coin Gecko. In very simple terms, DeFi is a combination of traditional finance and decentralised technologies. 

It is poised to be the start of a new financial era where it aims to be self-managing and is open to everyone who wants to be on it. It does not require everyday users to place trust in it, unlike the traditional financial system where the trust is placed on the bank to take care of the money deposited and the government to maintain the monetary value. 

 

2. Recently, the supply of wrapped bitcoin has increased significantly. To what extent do you think Bitcoin (and bitcoin holders) in particular are driving the growth of DeFi? Are they a major part of DeFi’s growth?

Big whales are always more careful with their money, they normally hold only BTC, early on if they want to participate in the liquidity mining they have to deposit their BTC to ETH and other Ming tokens to participate which most of them think it’s risky. Yes, I think the use of WBTC pair mining will boom the Defi market in certain extend.

According to the data released today(the 2nd day of Uniswap Liquidity Mining), 50% of the miners used WBTC/ETH pair in the initial mining, and most of them are big whales.

The DeFi market is no longer the same market we see in 2019 or early this year before small investors can make a big profit in the market, now as the APY drops and gas increases, it favours the whales more. And small investors are forced into the secondary market.

The good thing about this is the market/volume grows, the bad thing is the DeFi is not that DeFi any more.

 

3. Conversely, are the opportunities provided by DeFi encouraging people to invest more in bitcoin?

Sure it will.

Firstly, as I mentioned before, now the DeFi market favours the whales more, small investors can not even make their ends meet after paying skyrocketed gas fees. So they are forced out from the DeFi mining game and move to the secondary market. As we all know trading Waited for 7 hours, nothing is done.tokens on the secondary market is very risky so many might just trim back to bitcoin(cause bitcoin price will also rise if more WBTC mining pools opens).

Secondly, as big whales they will keep on selling whatever coins they mined and swap them to bitcoin.

Thirdly, as the market as a whole, more and more bitcoins will be locked up which will bring another bull market for bitcoin.

However, all of these above happens only when WBTC liquidity mining succeed. So far we can see Uniswap locked up 750 million dollars on their second day of liquidity of which half is from WBTC/ETH pool, but we can also hear many complain of the market that the APY is much lower than before(compared to Sushiswap, Moonswap or Sakeswap). It’s only the beginning let’s go forward and see what’s gonna happen.

 

4. What, in your view, would happen to DeFi if the price of bitcoin crashed significantly/collapsed? Would DeFi struggle to grow or survive? And what would happen to Bitcoin if DeFi collapsed?

Most of the “Value” coins will go zero if the price of bitcoin crashed significantly/collapsed. One thing is for sure: no coin(maybe tiny shit coins can) can survive if bitcoin collapse. Even 10 years later the Blockchain industry is gone bitcoin is here to stay.

Well, Bitcoin is still bitcoin whatever DeFi live or die, just like the universe will still be there non matter the earth exploded or not.

 

5. Do you see DeFi and Bitcoin becoming more or less interrelated in the future? In what ways might their relationship change?

Defi could go big or disappear but Bitcoin is here to stay. There are no doubts about this. But I do hope to see new players coming into the challenge bitcoin supremacy. With challenges, there are improvements. This is what’s lacking in today crypto space.

 

Meanwhile, “Let’s Defy to DeFi”– Defy current financial norms to embrace the new DeFi economy. 

 

 

About Anndy Lian

Anndy Lian is an intergovernmental blockchain thought leader, a best selling book author, investor and crypto advocate. He is currently appointed as the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group where he looks after the governance and compliance aspects of the business. 

Anndy is driving the crypto and blockchain agenda with governments and businesses and is a known figure in this segment. He plays a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region and is also part of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Blockchain Special Committee, Government of Republic Korea, helping the province to grow using blockchain technologies.

 

About Blockview.net

Blockreview.net started as a platform for crypto and blockchain enthusiasts who want to monitor and understand the market better. Users can monitor the trends in the market and review the coins and exchanges activities. 

You can find out its rank, price, market cap, history, volume and other things. You have all the information about the cryptocurrencies right at your fingertips. We have since added a news and media section to share impactful news on the industry. 

“Let’s review the blocks together!”

 

 

 

Original Source: https://blockreview.net/news/anndy-lian-crypto-thought-leader-lets-defy-to-defi/

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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Anndy Lian believes DeFi will also result in more and more bitcoins being locked up, “which will bring another bull market for bitcoin.”

Anndy Lian believes DeFi will also result in more and more bitcoins being locked up, “which will bring another bull market for bitcoin.”

Anndy Lian’s comments were featured on CryptoNews on 27 September 2020. He believes that DeFi will also result in more and more bitcoins being locked up, “which will bring another bull market for bitcoin.”

“This inter-related relationship between Bitcoin and Defi works hand in hand with the demand as seen in the market. The breakout trend in Defi for 2020 will continue. New terms will supersede “Yield Farming”  and a more stable environment will be established as you see the bigger exchanges like Binance, Gemini, Huobi and Okex taking the lead.” Anndy Lian added.

Read more about the article on Google News:

https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEGyo6SpEJbiRN5EMTwYXqjoqMwgEKioIACIQOG0vTzP65T11pGTnFueHJCoUCAoiEDhtL08z-uU9daRk5xbnhyQwg7vbBg?hl=en-SG&gl=SG&ceid=SG%3Aen

 

 

 

‘If DeFi Collapsed, Bitcoin Would Still Be Bitcoin’

 

  • The core driver of DeFi is its use case, not Bitcoin.
  • “BTC is money, DeFi is banks, that’s how people should think about it.”
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Bitcoin (BTC) and DeFi both had a good summer. After the coronavirus-induced collapse of March, the price of bitcoin rose from USD 3,500 to just over USD 12,000 in August, while the total value locked into DeFi platforms rose from USD 1bn in June to almost USD 12bn in late September.

It’s tempting to view the performances of bitcoin and DeFi as connected. Given that the supply of wrapped bitcoin has ballooned from wBTC 500 to almost wBTC 90,000 in the past 12 months, it would seem that bitcoin holders have been driving the growth of DeFi.

However, industry figures speaking to Cryptonews.com said that, while BTC has been a significant player in DeFi’s growth, its importance within the DeFi ecosystem will wane over time. And while some may be tempted to regard Bitcoin and DeFi as interdependent, most commenters believe that each can survive without the other.

Bitcoin boosts DeFi

There’s little doubt that bitcoin — and in particular wrapped bitcoin — has spurred at least a portion of DeFi’s impressive growth over the past few months – USD 1.4bn worth of BTC is locked in DeFi today, or almost 13% of total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance projects.

As data from Defi Pulse indicates, the demand for wBTC began rising exponentially from the end of June onwards.

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Source: defipulse.com

And data also indicates, it was around the end of June that TVL into DeFi platforms suddenly began rising more strongly, as ethereum (ETH) locked in DeFi jumped also this past summer.

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Source: defipulse.com

Industry figures agree that the two trends are connected, even if they have their own opinions on how long the interconnection may continue.

“Yes, I think the use of wBTC pair mining will boost the Defi market to a certain extent,” said crypto advisor and author Anndy Lian.

“According to the data released today (the second day of Uniswap Liquidity Mining), 50% of the miners used the wBTC/ETH pair in the initial mining, and most of them are big whales.”

Analyst and CryptoMondays Partner Lou Kerner suggested that bitcoin will remain an important part of DeFi in the medium term, not least because it still accounts for over half of the total value of all cryptoassets.

“Given its scale, bitcoin will be an increasingly significant asset in DeFi. But over time, as real world assets are tokenized and enter DeFi, bitcoin relevance will decrease,” he told Cryptonews.com.

However, while BTC has played a role in DeFi’s recent growth, ADVFN CEO Clem Chambers doesn’t see it as the main factor.

“Bitcoin will influence DeFi but it is not the core driver. The core driver is the powerful use case,” he said.

DeFi boosts BTC

Conversely, commenters agree that DeFi is boosting BTC, or that it will in the near future. By offering the chance to earn an additional return on the bitcoin you own, DeFi’s liquidity mining and yield farming is making BTC seem even more attractive to investors, particularly during a period of reduced economic opportunity.

“DeFi has made BTC even more attractive as an investment,” according to Kerner.

That said, Chambers estimated that most of DeFi’s boost to BTC still awaits us in the future.

“It will [boost bitcoin] but not yet. DeFi is still underground with only the core early adopters ‘getting it’,” he said.

Aside from enhancing the returns offered by bitcoin, Anndy Liang pointed out that DeFi will also result in more and more bitcoins being locked up, “which will bring another bull market for bitcoin.”

Mutual aid, not mutual interdependence

While DeFi and bitcoin both help each other in various ways, commentators seem that they don’t believe that each needs the other to survive.

“Bitcoin crashing would certainly slow the growth of DeFi, but one is not dependent on the other,” said Kerner.

Likewise, if DeFi were to somehow collapse, Interlapse CEO and Co-founder Wayne Chen said that BTC would continue as before.

 

“Bitcoin has seen massive growth over the past decade and will certainly continue its momentum,” he told Cryptonews.com. “If DeFi collapsed, Bitcoin would still be Bitcoin and continue its growth and adoption.”

On the other hand, some think that bitcoin crashing would have a severe effect on DeFi, since even if parts of the DeFi ecosystem survived, altcoins would struggle.

“Most of the ‘value’ coins will go to zero if the price of bitcoin crashed significantly or collapsed,” suggested Lian. “One thing is for sure: no coin (maybe tiny s***coins can) can survive if bitcoin collapses.”

The future: parallel, not pivotal

As for the more distant future, some experts believe that DeFi and Bitcoin will increasingly operate in parallel, rather than remain interlinked.

“BTC is money, DeFi is banks, that’s how people should think about it. The linkage is parallel not pivotal,” argued Chambers.

Chen claims that it’s in the interests of DeFi and Bitcoin that each maintains a degree of independence from the other in the future.

“Industry professionals will likely try to interrelate DeFi and Bitcoin. However, this needs to be done cautiously so that it doesn’t turn into a complicated financial product which can ultimately confuse the market,” he said.

Anndy Lian isn’t completely sure that DeFi will be around in several years’ time. However, if it is, he said there’s a chance other cryptoassets could emerge to reduce BTC’s influence on DeFi.

“But personally I do hope to see new players coming into challenge Bitcoin’s supremacy,” he said. “With challenges, there are improvements. This is what’s lacking in today’s crypto space.”

 

 

Original Source: https://cryptonews.com/exclusives/if-defi-collapsed-bitcoin-would-still-be-bitcoin-7827.htm

 

 

Anndy Lian is an early blockchain adopter and experienced serial entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector. He is a best selling book author- “NFT: From Zero to Hero” and “Blockchain Revolution 2030”.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Chairman of BigONE Exchange, a global top 30 ranked crypto spot exchange and was also the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. Lian played a pivotal role as the Blockchain Advisor for Asian Productivity Organisation (APO), an intergovernmental organization committed to improving productivity in the Asia-Pacific region.

An avid supporter of incubating start-ups, Anndy has also been a private investor for the past eight years. With a growth investment mindset, Anndy strategically demonstrates this in the companies he chooses to be involved with. He believes that what he is doing through blockchain technology currently will revolutionise and redefine traditional businesses. He also believes that the blockchain industry has to be “redecentralised”.

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