The DeFi (Decentralized Finance) space is a rapidly growing sector in the world of finance. One  of the key advancements in this space is permissionless lending. Permissionless lending is a revolutionary concept that allows for the removal of intermediaries in the credit and lending markets. This makes these markets more efficient and accessible. 

Since the inception of cryptocurrencies, there have been dreams and narratives for what they could be used for — a store of value, financial privacy or publicity, monetary sovereignty, freedom, decentralization, etc. While some of these narratives have come true, and others will take years to play out, one of the most recent narratives, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), has gained serious attention from inside and out of crypto.

The fallout from the collapse of Centralized Exchanges (CEXs) like Celsius and FTX in 2022 is a painful demonstration of the risks of trusting CEXs with your assets. It also serves as a cautionary tale, highlighting the self-sovereign benefits of decentralized financial instruments.

See the benefits of Units Network against the competitors in our comprehensive review.

What's next after the first MainNet launch on Units? Sasha answers community questions and shares the ecosystem plans. 8/11/24 AMA recap.

Updates on the Units Network launch, first IDO and further launches. 1/11/24 AMA recap.

Updates from Sasha regarding the Units Network launch and further ecosystem direction. 18/10/24 AMA recap.

Sasha tells more about Units Network and future ecosystem plans. 11/10/24 AMA recap.

Sasha answers questions about Units Network! 4/10/24 AMA recap.

PETE hits $1 and Units Network is closer than ever! Learn more directly from the Waves’ founder Sasha in our short recap of the stream that took place on 13/9/24.

Units Network updates, PETE and more directly from the Waves’ founder Sasha in the weekly Friday AMA. This is a short recap of the stream that took place on 6/9/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 30/8/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 23/8/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 9/8/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 2/8/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 26/7/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 19/7/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 12/7/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 5/7/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 28/6/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 21/6/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 14/6/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 7/6/24.

Waves Ambassadors move to Zealy! Complete monthly quests and stake $PWR tokens to earn rewards.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 31/5/24.

Units.Network revolutionizes blockchain interoperability, connecting major chains and enhancing liquidity.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 24/5/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 17/5/24.

The new questing sprint "Show your POWER" is starting!

Discover the inner workings of the revolutionary Power Protocol by Waves founder Sasha Ivanov.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 10/5/24.

If you want your ambassador journey to be extra profitable, learn how to earn more with integrated quests on Zealy!

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 26/4/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 19/4/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 12/4/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 5/4/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 29/3/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 22/3/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 15/3/24.

The Waves Ambassador DAO has been created to ensure clear communication and task transparency for Waves Ambassadors. In this article, we will outline all the updates to optimize the program.

Waves heralds a new era of DeFi with Lumia's omnichain liquidity integration.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 1/3/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 23/2/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 9/2/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 2/2/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 26/1/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 19/1/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 12/1/24.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 5/1/24.

In the New Year’s special AMA, Waves founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's New Year AMA from 28/12/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 22/12/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 15/12/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 8/12/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 1/12/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 24/11/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 17/11/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 10/11/23.

Follow the guide to start your journey as a Waves Ambassador and propel the Waves ecosystem forward.

Learn all about the new roles for Ambassador DAO.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 3/11/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 27/10/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 20/10/23.

During the recent AMA session following WX Network's transition to the Power DAO protocol, Sasha Ivanov spoke to the community about WX DAO, the ways to join it, and answered some questions.

In the rapidly evolving realm of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, traders continually seek innovative solutions to enhance profitability while maintaining top-notch security and transparency. 

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 13/10/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 6/10/23.

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) are revolutionizing the way people participate in governance and profit from it. In this article, you will dive into the exciting universe of Power DAO and discover what it can offer to you.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 29/9/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 22/9/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 15/9/23.

The world of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) offers exciting opportunities for individuals to engage in decentralized governance and earn rewards. To become a DAO user, follow these simple steps.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 8/9/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 1/9/23.

Waves Lands is a brand new GameFi project on the Waves blockchain intended to be fun and stable when it comes to crypto market volatility. Learn all about its tokenomics and mechanics in this article.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 25/8/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 18/8/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 11/8/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 4/8/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 28/7/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 21/7/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 14/7/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 7/7/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 30/6/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 23/6/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 16/6/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from 9/6/23.

Every Friday, Waves’ founder Sasha takes the stage to talk about what’s happening in the ecosystem and answer community questions. This is a short recap of Sasha's weekly AMA from2/6/23.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 12/5/23 can be found here.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 5/5/23 can be found here.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 28/4/23 can be found here.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 21/4/23 can be found here.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 14/4/23 can be found here.

The PowerDAO platform is set to launch its first for-profit decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) called WavesDAO. The WavesDAO is designed to serve as an investment vehicle for the community and will be managed by a governing committee of $PWR stakers. All profits will be distributed back to investors and governors of the DAO.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 7/4/23 can be found here.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, answered lots of questions and had a live dialogue with the community members. This is a short recap, the full recording of the weekly AMA from 31/3/23 can be found here.

The ChildDAOs function is now live in the Power Protocol dApp. Anyone can now propose to create a DAO and inherit Power's unique security and accountability features while decentralizing DAO governance. 

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, and, as usual, answered lots of questions coming from the community. Here is the full video of the following transcript of the weekly AMA from 24/2/23.

In the wake of the devastating earthquakes that struck Türkiye and Syria, Waves is proud to announce the creation of TürkiyeDAO, a non-profit DAO dedicated to rebuilding schools and supporting emergency relief efforts. With over 8000 schools affected by the earthquakes, and over 70 schools completely destroyed, the need for support has never been greater. TürkiyeDAO aims to raise $1.2 million to build a new school in areas affected by the Kahramanmaraş earthquake and provide critical resources to those affected.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, and, as usual, answered lots of questions coming from the community. Here is the full video of the following transcript of the weekly AMA from 17/3/23.

The next evolution of the Waves ambassador program

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, and, as usual, answered lots of questions coming from the community. Here is the full video of the following transcript of the weekly AMA from 10/3/23.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the ecosystem progress, and, as usual, answered lots of questions coming from the community. Here is the full video of the following transcript of the weekly AMA from 3/3/23.

Words have power. In the digital age, code is just machine-readable words. Power Protocol uses code to automate and redistribute voting power represented by $POWER tokens, to a decentralized system and returns governance power to communities. The mechanics of how Power Protocol blends on-chain mechanics with skin-in-the-game incentives and disincentives is what sets it apart from traditional simple token governance models.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the pressing ecosystem issues, charity and, as usual, answered lots of questions coming from the community. Here is the full video of the following transcript of the weekly AMA from Feb 17, 2023.

Another week, another AMA session with the Waves’ founder Sasha Ivanov. This week, Sasha has prepared some updates on the core ecosystem projects and, as usual, answered lots of questions coming from the community. Here is the full video of the following transcript of the weekly AMA from 10/2/23.

What is a decentralized exchange? How does it differ from a centralized one? Do they have any limitations? And why would you want to use one? This short guide covers those questions—and more.

The crypto market of 2022 has been a challenging one, with the bear market affecting the entire industry. Despite these obstacles, the Waves ecosystem has made progress in several key areas. The Waves blockchain has been able to maintain its position in the market and continue to grow its ecosystem. 

In the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), one of the most important aspects of a healthy ecosystem is liquidity. 

With the massive overhaul the Waves Ecosystem Discord, the team is happy to share the Waves Community Guidelines, a toolkit to help protect and grow Waves communities to one billion users. 

Welcome to the brand new Waves Ecosystem Blog!

Airdrops are a common growth tactic for launching decentralized applications (dApps). At first, airdrops were a way for nascent dApps to crowd-fund bootstrapped liquidity and cultivate a community. 

Decentralized communities make the Waves ecosystem come alive. Waves’ communities are developers troubleshooting code, validators securing the blockchain, investors diversifying their portfolios, and gamers looking to play and earn rewards.

It's the end of the beginning for Crypto. The bubble has burst. Only true value will remain. The centralization of crypto was temporary but necessary, to bootstrap the space to a generation of people during the pandemic and the bull market of 2021. But it never reflected the values the entire space was founded on with the Bitcoin Whitepaper in 2008.

It's been a wild ride for stablecoins in 2022. We've seen algorithmic stablecoins come and go, with high-profile failures causing significant user losses. It's clear that there is a need for a pivot in the stablecoin space, and that's exactly what the Neutrino team is proposing for USDN.

There have been a growing number of concerns made by the Waves community – some the result of wrong information, others, from lack of information, and all that need to be addressed with more clarity.

Decentralized money markets have emerged as a new and potentially revolutionary way of conducting financial transactions.

Recently, the WAVES token was flagged by the South Korean based Digital asset collective DAXA as being fundamentally unstable. This prompted the South Korean exchange Upbit to suspend WAVES deposits on December 8th at 9 AM UTC. 

The rise of stablecoins has been one of the most significant developments in the crypto world over the last few years. Stablecoins offer a stable store of value and a means of exchange, which can be appealing to both investors and users.

Do you know what the most successful decentralized system in history is? 

We are pleased to announce that Tsunami Exchange has been accepted to Waves Camp, a program that supports and launches the next generation of developers and entrepreneurs looking to build cornerstone startups to meet the needs of the growing Waves ecosystem.

It’s Christmas time. And we thought the Waves community deserves something to sing and shout about.