I have been watching the bank news this week with grim satisfaction. People are discovering counterparty risk, the inherent flaw with fractional reserve banking, the corruption and skewed incentives throughout traditional finance, and the chaos cause... Read more

Given the chaotic market events stemming from last week’s banking crisis, we would be expecting crypto markets to be trading much lower this week right? Last weekend, peak fear began to take hold as the amount of assets backing USDC held in failing b... Read more

Today, the most adopted privacy technologies are VPNs and ad blockers, not because of ideological reasons, but simply because they are useful. VPNs allow people to get around geo-host restrictions and ad blockers save people’s precious time and atte... Read more

Overtime has had a busy couple of months since Heads or Thales. The sports AMM has launched on Arbitrum, TIP-99 was implemented, and the March Madness campaign is in full swing. Overtime’s World Cup campaign provided a huge boost to users and volum... Read more

Bored Ape Yacht Club has recently launched The Summoning, which marks the next phase in the Bored Ape lore following the conclusion of the Dookey Dash game. Eligible Sewer Pass holders with a score greater than zero can now burn their pass and summon... Read more

Given the prior week’s high-profile banking failures and financial stresses, it can be easy to overlook governance in our space. As such, here is a list and a brief synopsis of some important forum threads readers should follow. Compound v3 to Arbit... Read more

Recent Research 📊 Ethereum: Problem Solving with LSD – 3/15 A video guide to understanding the Ethereum liquid staking landscape; how different liquid staking mechanisms work and the risks to ETH liquid staking. 📊 Analyzing Market Behavior for... Read more

The historic drop in US 2-year Treasury yields has many cheering for a Fed pivot, but be careful what you ask for. To pull a quote from our Markets Year Ahead report, “equities tend to suffer painful drawdowns when the yield curve starts to re-steep... Read more

There’s still a ton of uncertainty and speculation plaguing the US banking sector, but even if policymakers manage to stem the bleeding, SVB has thrown a spotlight on bigger problems lurking in the financial system. The big concern now is not just o... Read more

Airdrops are one of the most sought-after events for users of on-chain projects. They’re the distribution of a protocol’s token, often to historical users. The aim is to reward loyal users and increase the user stickiness of the product. But they don... Read more