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Liquity's Chicken Bonds: Will They Fly?
Yet another solution in the market is “chicken bonds” — a bonding mechanism developed by Liquity Protocol...What Are Chicken Bonds and How Do They Work?...Chicken bonds are a bonding mechanism that can be applied to yield-bearing tokens to bootstrap protocol-earned...
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Structured Products
Nov 2022
The Great Bond Migration
“Nominal bond yields are just off the lowest ever made a couple of weeks ago....wealth funds, and savings accounts cannot meet their financial needs with these investments so holding bonds...Bonds have been a staple portfolio investment for as long as modern portfolio theory has been popular...Treasuries), and corporate bond prices.
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Macro & Markets
Mar 2021
Bonding Curve & Governance Model for DXdao v1.0
Bonding Curve & Governance Model for DXdao – Delphi v1.0 In our new report, we made three proposals...This model contains the formulas for the new governance methodology and bonding curve shape that we proposed...calculating voting power based on three main factors: DXD staked, REP balance, and Future Days Staked. 2.Bonding...
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DAO
Sep 2020
Nexus Mutual Bonding Curve Model v1.1
Version History: Version 1.1: Corrected Supply, Updated Historical Data Nexus-Mutual-Bonding-Curve-Model-v1.1...
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Insurers
Aug 2020
Nexus Mutual Bonding Curve Model v1.0
Nexus Mutual Bonding Curve Model v1.0 – Delphi Digital...
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Insurers
Jul 2020
A Look At Dispute Resolution Protocols in Optimistic Rollups
A higher ratio increases security but also bond sizes....Optimism’s FDGs’s bond requirements are also similar as the size of the bond depends on the depth of...Fuel currently has not published the exact bond size numbers....If an assertion is confirmed, the bonds are returned automatically....A “DelayedWETH” contract holds bonds for each game.
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Layer 2 / L2
Jun 2024
April Showers… May Flowers? - Macro & Markets May 2025
Add in rising bond yields, persistent inflation expectations, the Fed’s steadfast policy stance, and...This trend is already putting strain onto global bond markets....Weak bond auctions and growing stress in the market for longer duration bonds is starting to force policymakers...
25 Min
Macro & Markets
Jun 2025
Keep calm and risk on
BTC tracking the fall in US bond mark...
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DeFi
Aug 2025
Something’s Gotta Give
The Pledge Renewed inflation worries, soaring bond yields, growing deficit concerns, a strong US dollar...Two major catalysts driving a lot of the madness are: The big selloff in global sovereign bond markets...the last 18 months that heavily favored the latter, which helped buoy liquidity and kept a cap on LT bond...
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Macro & Markets
Jan 2025
USDC De-Pegs & Bitcoin Rallies
The bank used the money to buy fixed-rate, long-term bonds issued by the US government....However, as interest rates began to rise, the long-term bonds bought by the bank began losing value....This is what typically occurs since no one wants to invest in the old bonds that yield less interest....To adjust for lower interest, the bonds trade at cheaper prices.
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Cash-Backed (Custodian) Stablecoins
Mar 2023
Came for the Tech, Stayed for the Friends
Bonding curve dynamics....bonding curve and associated fees....So, are the bonding curve and games being played unfixable?...Bonding Curve: In its current form, the bonding curve will always be subject to MEV wars....In addition, the bonding curve itself could be customized.
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Social Media
Aug 2023
Delphi Office Hours Call (September 29th, 2022)
bonds were dropping dramatically....Like as we’ve seen, we’ve seen Bank of England bonds, German bonds, we’ve seen our bonds, we’ve seen...all these bonds sell off dramatically....But what they do with these bonds is since they’re generally very good collateral, they use these bonds...
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Macro & Markets
Sep 2022
GBTC And ETHE Trade at Record Discount to NAVs
Salvador gets one step closer to the construction of its Bitcoin City as a new bill to launch “Bitcoin bonds...⚡ Liquity’s Chicken Bonds: Will They Fly?...Chicken bonds are a bonding mechanism that can be applied to yield-bearing tokens to bootstrap protocol-earned...Let’s illustrate the chicken bond mechanism with Liquity’s example.
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Asset Management
Nov 2022
Monthly Chartbook - Wishful Thinking
MakerDAO recently deployed ~$500M to invest in U.S. short-term treasuries through bond ETFs, specifically...the iShares $ Treasury Bond 0-1yr UCITS ETF (IB01) and the iShares $ Treasury Bond 1-3yr UCITS ETF (...Notably, IB01 outperformed IBTA, likely due to shorter-term bonds benefiting more from rising near-term...interest rates than longer-term bonds.
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NFTs
Mar 2023
Through the Fire - Will the Rubber Meet the Road?
The need for more liquidity is only going to become more apparent, and with volatility in sovereign bond...The rise in long-duration bond yields has only worsened financial conditions and strengthened the dollar...Sovereign bonds globally are suffering equity-like losses and are in the midst of one of their worst...
19 Min
Macro & Markets
Oct 2023
No Pain, No Gain
Treasury yields.If the US 10yr yield continues to trend back towards 5%, it could spark a reversal in bond...Higher UST yields, greater bond market volatility, a stronger USD, and a pullback in central bank liquidity...The violent sell-off in British government bonds—sparked by the then-incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss...
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Macro & Markets
Apr 2024
Zora: Can't Stop Coining
Token launchpads typically rely on static bonding curves for price discovery, making them susceptible...Doppler uses dynamic bonding curves implemented within Uniswap v4 hooks....The entire bonding curve is shifted via onchain Dutch auctions based on time-based sales performance.
40 Min
DeFi
Aug 2025
ETH Turns Deflationary as Users Rush to Mint XEN Tokens
Today, we take a look at ETH’s recent deflationary streak and our Research team examines chicken bonds...⚡ Monthly Chartbook – Falling Out of the Merge Chicken bonds were recently launched on the back...Holders can bond their LUSD, and receive bLUSD after the bonding time.
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Proof-of-Stake
Oct 2022
The Gotchiverse - Aavegotchi's Gaming Spirit
Since the inception of GHST in September 2020, it has been available to purchase on a bonding curve....Theoretically, the simulation above predicts the price of GHST on the bonding curve when the supply is...Despite the bonding curve offering optimal slippage for large traders, Binance and MEXC Global currently...
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Gaming
Apr 2023
Vertical Integration vs. Creator Alignment: Pump.fun and Raydium's Battle for Solana's Memecoin Economy
While both platforms charge a 1% trading fee during the bonding curve phase, LaunchLab distributes it...and once tokens graduate, trading shifts to secondary markets where custom branding, frontends, and bonding...Backed by one of Solana’s most recognizable meme coins, letsbonk.fun charges a 1% bonding curve fee plus...
16 Min
DeFi
May 2025