An Optimistic Approach Optimism is contagious. It infects us with a common mindset and strengthens a collective view in which we all expect the best possible outcomes for a given situation. People gravitate to optimism and look for ways to create an environment that supports them and their goals. And the best thing…

We take security as our top priority at Element. As such, we have dedicated many resources to our continuous security efforts. Our previous security update came with our audits of the Element Protocol and the announcement of our public bug bounty program in partnership with Immunefi. Today, we’re excited to…

We are excited to push forward our initiative for treasury management solutions using DeFi. Treasuries have a diverse set of needs, such as compensating contributors, paying for operating expenses, maintaining healthy growth in a volatile market, among other contributing factors. For the vast majority of protocol and DAO treasuries, participation…

At Element, our goal is to enable financial freedom and provide open access to financial products for people all around the world. From the beginning, Element has been designed to be an open, self-sustaining, community-governed protocol so that we can all build better, more stable, and efficient financial systems that…

Earlier this month, we made an announcement highlighting our Road to Ethereum Mainnet, and just 9 days ago we successfully released the Element Protocol and platform to the Goerli Testnet. Since the testnet launch, we’ve received an enormous amount of feedback along with incredible growth of the community itself. Last…

The Element Protocol testnet is live at testnet.element.fi! All of the team’s efforts so far have been leading up to this moment. Today is not only an important milestone for the Element team and community, but it also marks the last step of our roadmap before our official Mainnet launch. …

In our previous blog post, we shared news that our security audits are complete and have been reviewed by integrators as well as our road to Ethereum Mainnet. Today, we are excited to share the official audit reports, officially open source the Element Protocol codebase, and introduce our bug bounty…

If you’re currently active in crypto or just getting started, you’re probably used to hearing about variable interest but there hasn’t been much talk about fixed rate interest. Yet, fixed rate interest can open up a lot of opportunities. Variable rates are great when high and plentiful, but they can…

Welcome to Ethereum Cat Herders Update #16! The Cat Herders had another productive call last week as we discussed some critical areas that require immediate attention, new collaborations, EIP improvement initiatives, Sai to Dai Migration and much more. 1. Hard Forks! Istanbul, Muir, and Berlin