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How SILK Maintains Its Peg

How SILK Maintains Its Peg

Greetings community, In this blog post we will outline the mechanisms that maintain Silk's stability. Many lessons have been learned from other collateralized stablecoins, as well as collapses (such as UST) to ultimately inform how SILK economic levers were designed. The goal of SILK stability mechanisms are simple: * Ensure overcollateralization

Shade Protocol Supports MetaMask & Ethereum Users + Private DeFi

Shade Protocol Supports MetaMask & Ethereum Users + Private DeFi

Shade Protocol successfully integrates MetaMask, the largest crypto wallet with over 30,000,000 monthly active users.

Shade Protocol Q3, 2023 Update

Shade Protocol Q3, 2023 Update

Greetings community, In this blog post we will outline Shade Protocol initiatives currently under development or fully completed. It’s been a busy month since the launch of Shade staking at the end of July with significant progress on multiple fronts tied to accessibility & product development. Enter AppShade Staking + Final

SILK X Kujira - Expanding The Shade Horizon

SILK X Kujira - Expanding The Shade Horizon

August marked a pivotal turning point for SILK with the introduction of SILK into the Kujira DeFi ecosystem. Kujira is a decentralized ecosystem for protocols, builders and web3 users seeking sustainable FinTech. Kujira is the first time SILK has officially ventured out beyond Secret Network, empowering more users to have

Navigating the Stablecoin Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide

Navigating the Stablecoin Landscape: A Comprehensive Guide

Introduction In the dynamic world of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins have emerged as a beacon of stability. As their name suggests, stablecoins are designed to maintain a stable value, typically pegged to a traditional fiat currency like the US dollar or a basket of assets. This stability makes them a crucial component

Shade Staking + Final Airdrop LIVE on Mainnet

Shade Staking + Final Airdrop LIVE on Mainnet

Greetings community, Shade Protocol is proud to announce that staking is live - the promise of airdrop distribution is complete with the final 70% of the SHD airdrop being released with staking to the decentralized community. Shade Staking has a 7 day lock-up experience - uniquely differentiating it from other

Stride X ShadeSwap - DerivativeSwap & Cosmos Derivatives

Stride X ShadeSwap - DerivativeSwap & Cosmos Derivatives

Greetings community, Today we are proud to announce and highlight our incentive partnership with Stride - a Cosmos liquid staking solution. Stride prioritizes security, decentralization, and user experience. All things that Shade Protocol also values deeply within our product and community. We look forward to deepening liquidity through this partnership

The Future of Commerce: Decentralized Stablecoins and Their Role in a Trust-Minimized Economy

The Future of Commerce: Decentralized Stablecoins and Their Role in a Trust-Minimized Economy

Introduction In the world we inhabit, trust is a fundamental assumption. We trust that the food we eat at a restaurant is fresh, that we can withdraw money from the bank at any time, and that cars will stop at a red light instead of continuing at full speed. Trust

Keplr 2.0 FAQ

This comprehensive guide provides systematic steps to troubleshoot any challenges you may be experiencing as a result of the Keplr 2.0 upgrade.

An Ethereum Introduction To Shade Protocol

An Ethereum Introduction To Shade Protocol

Ethereum DeFi has problems. Shade DeFi is the solution.

ShadeSwap X QuickSilver Liquid Staking Partnership

ShadeSwap X QuickSilver Liquid Staking Partnership

Greetings community, Shade Protocol is excited to officially announce its strategic partnership with Quicksilver - a Cosmos liquid staking zone focused on unlocking the liquidity of staked assets. Quicksilver has exceptional flexibility with respect to staking derivative holders ability to interact with governance while still holding a staking derivative. Both

ShadeSwap X pSTAKE Liquid Staking Partnership

ShadeSwap X pSTAKE Liquid Staking Partnership

Greetings community, Shade Protocol is excited to officially announce its strategic partnership with pSTAKE on Persistence One - a Tendermint based specialized Layer-1 powering an ecosystem of DeFi applications focused on unlocking the liquidity of staked assets. Both of these ecosystems value decentralization and what DeFi can unlock - this

Shade MetaEngine - An Interwoven Economy

Shade MetaEngine - An Interwoven Economy

In this blog post, we will outline the Shade MetaEngine - a novel architecture that intertwines public goods and protocol levers to achieve economic sustainability and growth for Shade Protocol. The inception of the MetaEngine principles began in 2021 based on a simple theory: Isolated public goods will struggle to

Secret Surge - Secret DeFi, Incentives, Liquidity, & Shade

Secret Surge - Secret DeFi, Incentives, Liquidity, & Shade

Greetings community, Shade Protocol puts privacy at the core of all of our applications, which is why we are built on top of Secret Network - a Cosmos layer-1 devoted to computational privacy. Using the power of private smart contracts, Secret Network enables a wide array of use cases only

Agoric x ShadeSwap - The StableSwap for the Cosmos

Agoric x ShadeSwap - The StableSwap for the Cosmos

Greetings community, Today we are excited to announce the first official incentive partner for ShadeSwap - Agoric, a protocol devoted to empowering securing DeFi via Javascript smart contracts. One of the first DeFi protocols ever built on Agoric is the Inter Protocol - a fully-collateralized stable token platform that uses

ShadeSwap LIVE on Mainnet

ShadeSwap LIVE on Mainnet

Shadeswap is live on mainnet! Discover the decentralized trading platform on Shade Protocol's blog. Start trading now with ease and security.

Secret Token Migration LIVE

Secret Token Migration LIVE

Navigate Secret Tokens to the new and improved SNIP25 standard in preparation for ShadeSwap & Secret DeFi!

What Is Shade Lend?

What Is Shade Lend?

Sustainable yield, private lending and leverage.

Understanding Silk: The Stablecoin of Shade Protocol

Understanding Silk: The Stablecoin of Shade Protocol

Discover Silk, the Shade Protocol's unique stablecoin. Learn how it uses dynamic collateralization and a global CPI to maintain stability, and explore its role in the Shade Protocol's ecosystem.

The Great Hunt - Round #3 Testnet: Shade Lend

The Great Hunt - Round #3 Testnet: Shade Lend

Greetings Community, Over the past month the Shade Protocol contributors and community have rallied together tremendously for both Round 1 and Round 2 of The Great Hunt Incentivized Testnet. Round 1 of The Great Hunt focused on improving existing Shade Protocol dApps, while Round 2 focused primarily on Shade Protocol’

What Is Shade Protocol?

What Is Shade Protocol?

Shade is DeFi with privacy - powering a more fair and secure future for finance.

The Great Hunt - Shade Incentivized Testnet

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The Great Hunt - Shade Incentivized Testnet

The Great Hunt begins as ShadeSwap launch nears. Do you have what it takes to hunt UI/UX bugs?

ShadeSwap Launch Timeline

ShadeSwap Launch Timeline

ShadeSwap, the privacy-preserving decentralized exchange built by Shade Protocol, launch timeline is official.

Silk - The Future Imagined

Silk - The Future Imagined

Greetings community, We stand here at both a finish and starting line. Two years ago, a vision was born that envision a stablecoin with powerful attributes that would change commerce and Web3 as we know it. Now, we are on the verge of launching that vision. A stablecoin that is

Shade Bridge Tutorial - Generalized IBC, Axelar, Cosmos Connectivity + Privacy

Shade Bridge Tutorial - Generalized IBC, Axelar, Cosmos Connectivity + Privacy

Greetings community, In this tutorial, we will walk you through the Shade Bridge - an interface that allows you to seamlessly bridge assets between different blockchains using the power of IBC. Additionally, we will walk you through the use of Axelar + Shade Wrap to give your ERC-20s privacy and the