Injective Protocol Research Reports

Layer 1 / L1Market Note: INJ Ecosystem Fund Boost Has Precedent
By
Anil Lulla•
The second half of the most recent bull market, colloquially named the "double bubble," was dominated by the "L1 Wars" narrative. The initial spark was Avalanche's announcement of "Avalanche Rush," a $180M liquidity mining incentive program. The day of the Avalanche Rush announcement led to a 28% gain for the AVAX token, followed by a nearly sixfold surge in price over the subsequent three months.

MEVThe Year Ahead for Infrastructure
By
Anil Lulla•
A popular takeaway regarding the FTX drama has been that this was not a DeFi problem, but a TradFi one. It’s absolutely true that custody risks apply to CEXs and not DeFi. Yet, given the size of the collapse, we find it important to ask why, despite all their inherent custodial risks, CEXs continue to attract capital at such higher orders of magnitude.

OrderbookSei Network: DeFi-Optimized Cosmos Chain
By
Anil Lulla•
When building blockchains, we generally try to bucket them into two distinct boxes: general purpose or app chain. General purpose chains for permissionless innovation and app chains for permissioned and specific use cases. Sei is an upcoming Cosmos chain aiming to be a “DeFi-optimized” layer 1. To be clear, Sei is not a DEX, it is a layer 1 optimized for DeFi. Not a “pure” app chain like THORChain that focuses solely on cross-chain swaps, but one that is built for applications like DEXs, perps, and options to build on top.
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