The Library
The Library is a curated collection of Delphi Digital's research reports and media content.
DeFi
Asset Management
Asset management is the process of governing an investment portfolio and how capital should be optimally allocated. It can be discretionary or systematic in nature.
Derivatives
Derivatives are financial contracts that obtain its value from an underlying asset. The main function of derivatives is to hedge risk and provide opportunity for speculation.
Insurance
Insurance is a form of risk management where an entity can purchase cover to shield themselves from a specific type of risk.
Spot Exchange
A spot exchange is a financial market where traders can buy and sell assets for immediate settlement.
Stablecoins
Stablecoins are a crypto-native primitive that use market mechanisms to create synthethic assets that reflect the price and value of a fiat currency.
Lending / Borrowing
Lending is the act of giving otherwise idle assets to an entity who wishes to borrow said asset, with the expectation of principal repayment along with interest in the future.
Metaverse
Gaming
Blockchain games are video games that utilize a distributed ledger in some portion of their game system. Blockchain-enabled games allow players to prove in-game ownership and typically feature a marketplace where players can exchange virtual goods.
NFTs
NFTs, or "Non-Fungible Tokens", are tokens stored on the blockchain each with its own unique identifier and used to represent digital property rights and ownership for content such as art, music & game items
Infrastructure
Block Production
The creation of blocks; sets of data containing info pertaining to transactions, difficulty, gas, production time, block number, hashes, and state of system.
Data
Data refers to facts, statistics, etc. which have been aggregated together to be used as reference or made more useful with further analysis.
Layer 1 / L1
A Layer 1 blockchain, or L1, is a main blockchain network where the security of the network is dependent on its own validators to finalize transactions.
Staking
A user promises to 'lock up' their funds, often for a set amount of time, in order to earn rewards, or in the case of Proof of Stake assist in securing a network.
Cross-Chain
Communication between different blockchains which can contribute to increased scalability and functionality.
Layer 2 / L2
A Layer 2 blockchain, or L2, refers to a chain that is built on top of another blockchain system. Layer 2 blockchains often work to decrease the transactional load and fees from L1 blockchains.
Macro & Markets
Other
DAO
DAOs are a novel form of stateless, community owned organizations which coordinate members through blockchain encoded rules.
Inside Delphi
Inside Delphi is a series of internal blogs to keep our members up to date with our inner workings.
Policy
Policy refers to all legal matters pertaining to the recognition and regulation of blockchains and digital assets.
Concepts
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