Much continues to be made of the recent resurgence in markets like tech stocks, gold, and crypto. But all of these are liquidity-sensitive assets in some form, as we discussed during the most recent Bull vs. Bear episode. If global liquidity continu... Read more

NFTPerp is a decentralized exchange that allows traders to engage in perpetual futures trading for NFT collections. In November 2022, the platform launched its beta version on Arbitrum One, offering traders the ability to take long or short position... Read more

Decentralization is a spectrum. On on end, you have the likes of bank servers that are controlled by a single entity with read-write power. On the other end you have something like Bitcoin that is run and secured by a globally distributed set of node... Read more

Source: https://l2beat.com/scaling/projects/zksync-era Since its inception on March 24th, 2023, zkSync Era has experienced significant growth, with its Total Value Locked (TVL) surpassing $180M in just over two weeks. This rapid expansion can be at... Read more

A common question with the adoption of LSTs is whether or not they will become more prevalent in AMM pools vs their native, non-yield bearing counterpart. In Ethereum, all AMM’s utilize WETH as the base pair and enables it as the main routing token (... Read more

Heavily inspired by Tamagotchi digital pets, Aavegotchis are NFT collectibles that enjoy the on-chain benefits of DAOs, DeFi, and gaming. Aavegotchi was birthed from an Aave ecosystem grant and resides within Ethereum’s leading side chain, Polygon.... Read more

Recent Research 📊 NFT Photography and the Future of Digital Art – 4/5 The NFT photography market grew to nearly $200M in 2021 alone, rivaling the size of the traditional fine art print photography market. Overall volume for photography NFTs is d... Read more

Arbitrum Budget and Foundation Given the fiasco around Arbitrum’s first governance vote, I want to highlight two recent posts in the governance forum. The first proposal, AIP 1.1, proposes a lockup, budget, and transparency reporting for the Arbitru... Read more

Stanley Druckenmiller — “Druck” — needs no introduction, but we’ll go ahead with one anyways. Druck is one of the most prolific investors ever. Many young traders consider him to be da GOAT. He’s renowned for his consistent performance, ability to a... Read more

Perpetual swaps/futures are the most dominant trading instrument in crypto. DeFi, CeFi it doesn’t matter — everyone wants perps. They’re incredibly useful for both retail and institutional investors. It’s perhaps the easiest way to access delta-one l... Read more