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Binance Smart Chain Unlikely To Foster A Developer Ecosystem    Binance, the massive crypto exchange...run by CZ, proposed Binance Smart Chain (BSC), an additional blockchain, separate from Binance Chain,...run by CZ, proposed Binance Smart Chain […]...
3 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Apr 2020
The Future of On-Chain Liquidity
The only volume passing through on-chain LPs will be the ‘exhaust’ that was passed on by the off-chain...and off-chain liquidity, it could continue to make headway against CEXs like Binance, and we could begin...For reference, Binance has a referral rate of 20-40% and Bybit at 30%.
31 Min
Spot Exchange
Sep 2023
Examining Cross-Chain Liquidity
Centralized Off-Chain As sad as it may sound, the first generation of cross-chain liquidity solutions...held in custody on the source chain....Bridges are proliferating, especially between EVM compatible chains who can easily host smart contracts...chain, and vice versa.
6 Min
Bridges
Mar 2021
BTC On-chain Metrics Brief
While patiently awaiting the results of this historic event, we wanted to put some BTC on-chain metrics...
3 Min
Analytics
Nov 2020
A Primer for Fully On-Chain Games
“The game logic and rules are implemented via smart contracts.”...In a sentence, a fully on-chain game is defined as using a blockchain to store all its data and smart...should be permissionless, and the community should be able to interact independently with the core smart...via smart contracts.
29 Min
Gaming
Jun 2023
Smart Stablecoins and its Emerging Stack
One clear, but a generally underappreciated example of this is ‘smart’ stablecoins....Before describing ‘smart’ stablecoins, let’s first appreciate stablecoin’s impressive year....Tether supply in smart contracts has grown from ~1.9% to 10.9% percent YTD....USDC supply in smart contracts has grown from ~6.7% to 56.7% YTD.
5 Min
DeFi
Oct 2020
Is Zeta the Solution to On-Chain Options?
Table of Contents The Rise of Zeta Problems With On-Chain Options and Zeta’s Answer The Secret Sauce...Problems with On-Chain Options and Zeta’s Answer A few option DEXs have been built out in recent years...Most on-chain options platforms disregard this need....With the help of Pyth, Zeta maintains its own implied vols and mark pricing for options on-chain.
14 Min
Options
Aug 2022
Bigger Than Binance: The $1.3B Bet on Crypto's Most Hated Business
Bigger Than Binance: How Pump.fun’s $1.3B Raise Sets Up Crypto’s Most Hated Rally In my last memo, I...The Pump team’s goal is incredibly ambitious—saying they want to create something “bigger than” Binance...the leverage side of degenerate crypto trading flows cementing their offering as the best of both on-chain...
30 Min
DeFi
Jul 2025
What On-Chain Market Data is Saying
On-Chain Positioning Suggests Continuation After a period of consolidation at a key support level, BTC...The second caveat, which applies only to ETH, is that only Externally Owned Accounts (non-smart contracts...So this data, while representing on-chain positioning, doesn’t account for the billions of dollars of...
5 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Aug 2021
ETH Supply in Smart Contracts, YFI Heats Up, and DeFi's Consistent Growth
...highest ever daily volume Top 3 lending platforms hit $20 billion in outstanding loans ETH supply in smart...Key Takeaways A rough proxy for ETH flowing into DeFi, the percentage of ETH supply held in smart contracts...ETH exiting centralized exchanges and moving into smart contracts at a steady pace is one of the main...
3 Min
Analytics
May 2021
Binance Sees USD Outflows of $5B as Users Withdraw Funds
Today, we take a look into the recent outflows from Binance while our Research team provides insights...📊 Binance Sees USD Outflows of $5B as Users Withdraw Funds Over the past two days, the total value...in the on-chain wallets of Binance has decreased from $65B to $60B as the exchange saw more than $5B...
4 Min
Spot Exchange
Dec 2022
Hegic - A New Option for On-Chain Options
In that report, we also highlighted Opyn, a similar on-chain options protocol.
2 Min
Derivatives
Apr 2020
Covalent: On-chain Data Meets Agency
chains indexed....This is quite a handy synergy that allows ZEE agents to leverage on-chain data across several chains...These could be: Tool A: On‐chain data ingestion library or transaction execution....Tool C: Some bridging or cross‐chain modules....Tools are invoked programmatically by the agent’s chain‐of‐thought reasoning.
13 Min
Infrastructure
Jun 2025
Keeta: Bridging The Institutional World On-Chain
KYC-verified accounts or that a tokenized security observes jurisdictional holding limits, without bespoke smart...Unlike Ethereum’s smart contracts, assets on Keeta are issued natively at the protocol level....Smart contracts can query these attestations to determine credit scores or debt ratios before executing...
34 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Oct 2025
BNB Chain Maintains Lead on New Addresses
Binance resumes USDC stablecoin withdrawals after a temporary pause....📊 BNB Chain Maintains Lead on New Addresses Over the last twelve weeks, BNB Chain has gained 17.4M...to BNB Chain’s 839K....with Unity to co-develop an SDK that makes it easier to implement wallet-pairing, interaction with smart...
4 Min
Infrastructure
Dec 2022
Aurora: Another EVM Chain, or the Beginning of Near?
Aurora is the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) implemented as a smart contract on Near....An important distinction here is that it is a smart contract on an L1, not a rollup posting to an L1....Back to Aurora As said prior, Aurora is the EVM deployed as a smart contract on Near.
28 Min
Infrastructure
May 2022
Solana TVL Drops Amid Growing Concerns on FTX/Binance Deal
Elsewhere, Binance tops up its insurance fund balance to $1B. ...CTFC is monitoring Binance’s proposed acquisition of FTX....If the deal with Binance goes through, new management is likely to favor its own BNB Chain....Gearbox introduces a new primitive, called credit accounts, which are essentially smart contract-based...
4 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Nov 2022
Vega: The Most Comprehensive On-Chain Exchange
Uniswap is the most liquid on-chain spot market; dYdX is the most liquid on-chain perpetual futures market...A key problem we witnessed with projects like Yearn was the difficulty in incentivizing smart strategists...By using a WASM compiler to read code for these smart products, Vega opens the door to strategy creation...
21 Min
Perpetual Futures
Feb 2022
Option Whales, GBTC Discount Recovers, Binance's New Rules
Simply put, it’s probably smart to gear up for more volatility and potentially choppy price action....Impact of Binance’s New Rules Yesterday Binance announced new withdrawal limits for non-KYC accounts...Binance is the clear leader in terms of exchange volume, but making the exchange more regulatory compliant...
4 Min
DeFi
Jul 2021