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25th October 2023

Aaron D.
Aaron D.

The Week in Governance (Oct 25th, 2023)

Here are the critical events in crypto governance for October 25, 2023. Noteworthy Votes The first important votes to pay attention to is a group of votes along the Aura, Aave, Balancer, and Paraswap axis. I recommend people follow these as Aura Fi...

The Trend is Your Friend, But the Herd Isn't?

One of the most widely used market proverbs is that “the trend is your friend”. Another widely used market proverb is to “avoid the herd” i.e. do not simply follow what others are doing. But wait, if the trend is my friend and if an asset is trending...

24th October 2023

Kevin Kelly, CFA
Kevin Kelly, CFA

Funds Flow & SOL Shines

The anticipation of spot BTC ETFs have everyone feeling bulled up this week — and it’s not just your average crypto enthusiast driving all the action. Fund flows into crypto-based products have surged the last few days, pushing weekly total inflows...
Jason Pagoulatos
Jason Pagoulatos

Through the Fire - Will the Rubber Meet the Road? (Executive Summary)

“Crypto prices are still tracking our expected cycle trend, and the next big test is whether we see another period of consolidation — or if the breakout we’ve been waiting for is finally near.” Key Takeaways We’ve written plenty on the bull case fo...

Is It Fair to Ask Lido to Self-Limit?

The promise of truly free, permisionless markets is a hallmark of crypto. Protocols and products are free to be spun up at will and deployed. The market then decides whether this product will gain traction or not. There are no real crypto-native regu...

23rd October 2023

Can Gurel
Can Gurel
Recently Succinct Labs has announced their work in collaboration with Celestia team, Blobstream X. https://blog.succinct.xyz/blog/blobstreamx BlobstreamX is a ZK-Tendermint light client solution that allows Ethereum smart contracts to cheaply run a...
Yun Heng Lin
Yun Heng Lin

Parallel TCG's Upcoming Expansion Pack Drop and Sale Details

Parallel TCG is launching its first-ever expansion pack drop, dubbed Planetfall. Parallel TCG was officially announced in 2021, and the team behind it has raised more than $50M in funding, led by Paradigm. They have been building non-stop in the be...

20th October 2023

Kevin Kelly, CFA
Kevin Kelly, CFA

SOL Stretching Its Legs

SOL has caught a nice bid this week, and now looks to be breaking out against its megacap peers. For context, this was the setup we were looking at for SOL earlier this summer. It’s now starting to break out against ETH… Same thing on its weekly t...
Aaron D.
Aaron D.

Well, There's Your Problem: Bitcoin DeFi Edition.

I was recently looking at Bitcoin DeFi: Stacks and RSK/Sovryn in particular. Despite these chains being around for a while, they have not had the same level of adoption or uptake as other chains. Base, for example, which has only been around a few m...
Teng Yan
A week ago, Arca (a digital asset investment firm) submitted a proposal to turn on the fee switch for Blur via Blur governance. Let me summarise what’s happening and share my thoughts. Essentially, they propose that Blur: Implement a 1% base fee on...