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Central Banks Throw Fuel on Bitcoin Fire
We're beginning to enter a new chapter of the same book, where central banks across the globe are moving...The Fed wasn't the only central bank to make waves last week....banks....The Fed is tethered to the policy decisions of other central banks, so sentiment and economic data from...
Infrastructure
Jun 2019
Central Banks May Be Bitcoin's Greatest Catalyst
Banks May Be Bitcoin's Greatest Catalyst Bitcoin’s parabolic move this year has caused many market...Meanwhile, global central banks have largely pivoted away from tighter monetary policy as concerns...Sentiment Score Sources: TheTie.io 5 Research June 10th, 2019 Central Bank Doves May Flex Their...banks.
Macro & Markets
Jun 2019
Risk Analysis on Centralized Stablecoins
...from a bank run due to a mismatch between the duration of their assets and liabilities....However, a bank run occurred before the necessary funds were raised, leading to their collapse....UST-LUNA Bank Run: UST is an algorithmic stablecoin....Holding cash offers two benefits: increased liquidity and reduced risk of bank runs.
12 Min
Stablecoins
Apr 2023
Avoiding the Real Banking Iceberg
It’s even bigger than the banks....major source of UST demand, that supply will have to be absorbed by the private sector and foreign central...banks....DeFi faced a stress test, leaving questions about the ecosystem’s vulnerability to centralized risks.
38 Min
Global Macro Themes
Mar 2023
Solo, Liquid, or Centralized: A Guide to Staking ETH
...choosing to stake ETH, you have a variety of avenues to explore, including liquid staking protocols, centralized...Furthermore, its centralized structure represents a vulnerability, as it constitutes a single point of...In terms of staking methods, investors have several options: liquid staking protocols, centralized exchanges...
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Liquid Staking
Jun 2023
DAO Banking: Beyond Tokens
But banking is more than just financing, and solutions are being spun up in other verticals like market...While not part of the capital stack, market making is something Investment Banks will do for clients...
24 Min
DAO
Jun 2022
Stablecoin Lending Declines, Hop Protocol, DAO Banking
DAO Banking: Beyond Tokens [Excerpt from a Delphi Pro Report] Since DeFi started taking off in 2020...
6 Min
Lending / Borrowing
Jun 2022
ENS Registrations Spike, DAO Banking, Resource Extraction In The Metaverse
DAO Banking: Beyond Tokens [Excerpt from a Delphi Pro Report] The first major instance of a DAO financing...
10 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jul 2022
A Fragile Absorption: The 2025 TGA Refill and the New Liquidity Regime
For decades, overseas central banks and investors – notably China and Japan – were reliable sources of...The post-2000 “dollar-centric” reserve framework where global central banks recycled trade surpluses...Central banks trimmed U.S. dollar reserve exposure by –0.05% in Q1 2025, while increasing allocations...
26 Min
Macro & Markets
Aug 2025
The Year Ahead for Markets 2026
For starters, global central banks are cutting rates…not hiking them....The message from central banks is clear — they want assets that sit outside political systems, outside...Central banks purchased more than 600 tonnes of gold in 2025, a trend we expect to continue into 2026...
71 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2025
Keeta: Bridging The Institutional World On-Chain
They can redeem it locally through their own bank’s Anchor, bypassing correspondent banks, FX spreads...to transfer accounts from Bank A to Bank B?...A to Bank B....Tokenizing Currencies & Deposits Keeta provides a framework where central banks, commercial banks...retail banking customers.
34 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Oct 2025
The Dark Night Rises - Part 1
We foresaw an increase in global liquidity — boosted by an expansion in central bank liquidity — as the...Following a strong end to 2023, central bank liquidity has been more tepid in 1H 2024....In terms of central bank liquidity, Fed Liquidity is actually relatively flat compared to where it was...
23 Min
Macro & Markets
Jul 2024
ZKsync: Building a Trustworthy Settlement Layer for Institutional and Sovereign Finance
Prividum engagement involving direct workshops with over 35 financial firms, including Citi and Deutsche Bank...financial industry how Prividiums can enable confidential, near-instant settlement across independent, bank-operated...Backed by regional banks, ADI Chain is developing a stablecoin regulated by the UAE Central Bank.
18 Min
Infrastructure
Dec 2025
No Pain, No Gain
Fed Liquidity Woes One of the most notable headwinds is a local top in central bank liquidity....In mid-January, we were already seeing signs that the expansion in central bank liquidity was starting...Higher UST yields, greater bond market volatility, a stronger USD, and a pullback in central bank liquidity...
13 Min
Macro & Markets
Apr 2024
ZKsync & The Elastic Network Endgame
Blockchain technology emerges as an equally disruptive solution in the banking sector, as the industry...public blockchains in their current form are unfit to meet the institutional demand for tokenization and banking...environments that can meet regulatory requirements and drive the mass adoption of tokenization and banking...
39 Min
Infrastructure
Jan 2025
The Looming Opportunity With Decentralized Stablecoins
The issuer acts as a sort of algorithmic central bank performing open market operations....For SEPA transfers, through integration with Monerium, users will be able to send money to/from bank...Funds are routed from the Safe to Monerium and deposited as Euros in the receiver’s bank account.
30 Min
Stablecoins
Aug 2023
Humanity Protocol: The Identity Solution Going after Meta
...prove: (1) you have several years of Grubhub transaction history, (2) you have an account with Chase bank...Universities can verify degrees, banks can confirm financial status, and gaming platforms can validate...These credentials are tamper-proof digital documents – university degrees, bank account confirmations...
31 Min
AI
Jun 2025
Squads' Expansion from Multisigs to Crypto-Native Fintech Infrastructure
Squads can initiate USDC payouts directly to bank accounts in USD or EUR through Bridge....accounts, Fuse Card, off-ramps, and bank payouts....Virtual Bank Accounts Fuse enables virtual US bank accounts, powered by Bridge, to simplify the process...of integrating traditional banking with crypto.
26 Min
Infrastructure
Feb 2025
Aptos: Infrastructure Development and Ecosystem Growth
Recipients wait through weekends and bank holidays for funds to be credited to their accounts....Traditional remittances route through correspondent banking networks and SWIFT....Banks operate during business hours. Pre-funding requirements tie up capital....The entire process happens without correspondent banks, SWIFT connections, or business-hour limitations...
37 Min
Infrastructure
Dec 2025
Mantle 2.0: Merging DeFi with CeFi?
...as the BitDAO initiative into a rebranded ecosystem that has aligned itself closely with the leading centralized...would soon prove to be a complicated endeavor, as the BIT token had extensive holders, ranging from bankrupt...a fiat-crypto banking connection....As a centralized entity, Bybit is seeking to be a part of and shape this movement, rather than being...
31 Min
Financial Market Themes
Sep 2025