Every month, Raoul Pal and I sit down to share our latest ideas on crypto, macro, and where we see markets heading from here. It’s always a wide ranging conversation, and this month was no different. Our discussion centered around: Reactions to the...
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28th August 2023
Isn’t it funny how token unlocks generally seem to follow announcements that are favorable for the token in question? Well, it’s not always a coincidence. In a report titled “The Curious Case of Token Unlocks” that I published last December, I went...
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25th August 2023
Orange-Pilling TradFi
We’ve explained our rationale for why we believe we’re in the early innings of a new cycle. This morning, I hopped on Schwab Network to spread the good word to more TradFi investors. Here’s a short clip from the longer segment discussing the recent...
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Powell Sticks to the Script at Jackson Hole
The TLDR from Jay Powell’s Jackson Hole speech: not much. Despite his highly anticipated comments, we don’t really have any more insight into the future trajectory of rates than we did a couple hours ago. The opening statement is usually where we ge...
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24th August 2023
Delphi Roundup | August 24th
Recent Research 📊 Blur: A Fundamental Analysis of NFT Marketplaces – 8/24 This month, our NFT report covers the following: An overview of NFT marketplaces on Ethereum. A comparison of NFT marketplace tokens, looking at revenue and competitivenes...
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The End is Near for GHO's Peg Woes
As discussed in our recent report, GHO has struggled mightily to maintain its peg since launch. As a result, many frustrated DeFi users have called GHO’s entire design into question. I find this to be a short-sighted reaction, considering the mere ~2...
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23rd August 2023
This Week’s Forum Threads (August 23rd)
dYdX V4 Proposal Wintermute has proposed to dYdX what amounts to the launch of dYdX v4. The proposal includes: The adoption of the dYdX Chain. Adopting the DYDX token as the L1 token for the new chain. The adoption of their autonomous bridge cont...
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We know crypto is a retail-centric market. It’s been painfully clear that retail is the dominating market force. Institutional adoption — or rather institutional funding — has been a core narrative in crypto. These players tend to make their entry wh...
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22nd August 2023
Jito Launches Referrals
Jito — the liquid staking provider on Solana — just launched referrals. Wut are referrals? Good question, no one knows! Time for some sleuthing… The Jito team hasn’t released any info on its referrals program other than saying: “We aren’t ready to s...
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In the above tweet from yesterday, August 21st, I posted a chart that highlights similar liquidation cascades over the last 2 years. I wanted to specifically focus on liquidation events leaving behind very large wicks (30%+ of total candle size) to s...
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