June’s option expiry is pretty important in the grand scheme of things. It marks the end of the first half of the year. So there are weekly, monthly, and quarterly options that expire. This month, we have close to $5B of BTC options expiring and $2.... Read more

Azuki held a discussion with their community just an hour ago on Discord, to address the uproar around the recent Elementals mint and future plans. TL;dr on what happened this week: Azuki raised $38M from their own community by selling out their E... Read more

The Shanghai upgrade provided significant benefits to Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs) and mitigated the uncertain duration risks for stakers. The forthcoming Cancun upgrade will introduce EIP-4844, a crucial enhancement designed to boost the scalab... Read more

It’s been a few weeks since Uniswap v4 was announced and the core whitepaper was released. There are lots of opinions, but a few that stick out. One of the biggest design differences is the move from a multi-contract to single contract model. In v3,... Read more

Recent Research 📊 Bull v Bear – BlackRock’s Bitcoin Surge – 6/28 Dive into an electrifying Bull vs. Bear episode where we tackle the seismic impact of BlackRock’s prospective Bitcoin ETF on BTC’s resurgence past the 30k mark. Amid SEC filings agai... Read more

Aave’s Shiny New Process It is no secret that DAO governance processes are often opaque, convoluted, and confusing. Decentralized decision-making with distinct actors who each have their desires, end goals, motivations, and opinions is tricky. Decen... Read more

dYdX’s public testnet is live and producing blocks (https://testnet.mintscan.io/dydx-testnet) and will be available to the public on July 5. They will launch with BTC and ETH markets but anticipate more over time. This testnet includes a larger num... Read more

No one can miss the surge in news around traditional market institutions making loud new crypto plays — from BlackRock, Deutsche Bank, Schwab, Citadel Securities, to Fidelity. For me, it is less news in and of itself — I fully expect these players t... Read more

BRC-20s are one of the newest token standards in the crypto ecosystem. Exploding into popularity during the recent memecoin craze, BRC-20s surpassed their humble origins as an experimental idea and briefly grew to a market cap of more than $700M. The... Read more

It feels like a lifetime ago, but there was a time when Sushiswap was considered a legitimate threat to Uniswap and a potential DEX market leader. Unfortunately for them, after several dramatic episodes, there doesn’t seem to be a clear path forward... Read more