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DEX Wars and Aggregation Theory
We are seeing a similar dynamic occur with DEXes....While initially users interacted with their favourite DEX directly, aggregators such as 1inchexchange...consumers eventually interacting with DEXes via aggregators rather than with the individual DEXes....the DEX itself, but rather the LP....: Most DEXes currently offer only ERC20 tokens.
5 Min
DeFi
Aug 2020
WTF Is Anoma? Part 3: WTF is Typhon?
In Comet there are 3 steps in consensus: propose, pre-commit, and commit....The more validators you have, the longer it takes to propagate data to all of them and get 2/3 to commit...Then another round “3” runs later, again committing new blocks (X3) with referenced certificates.
28 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Oct 2023
BlackHoleSwap - The Unlimited Liquidity DEX
The BlackHoleSwap’s whitepaper and its “Unlimited Liquidity” claims have made its rounds over Twitter and Telegram this week. Let's dive in....
4 Min
DeFi
Aug 2020
Ribbon Expands to Options DEX With Aevo
While Ribbon’s DOVs reached a high of $310M TVL in April 2022, they have since plummeted to $46M TVL...leader for options DEXs....Withdrawals from the Aevo rollup to Ethereum mainnet take only 2-3 hours, a much shorter confirmation...Floor margin = 1 x 0.01 ETH = 1 x 0.01 x $1,600 = $16 Maintenance portfolio margin = $20 + $16 = $36...
11 Min
Options
Feb 2023
Uniswap vs Sushiswap: A Tale of Two DEXes
Sushiswap didn’t pioneer AMM models or spend the time actually building the first iteration of the DEX...Broadly, there are many features Uniswap could add to make the DEX more robust, but apart from a few...While Uniswap has been the go-to DEX for new projects to bootstrap liquidity on, Sushiswap is attempting...
8 Min
DeFi
Jan 2021
Maverick Takes Aim at the DEX Landscape
Introduction There’s a brand new DEX in town, and it’s quietly sitting among Ethereum’s top 5 DEXs by...Let’s explore why Maverick isn’t just another DEX; it might be the most serious challenger to Uniswap...Many new DEXs struggle to generate new users initially....As the most similarly designed DEX to Maverick, the comparison is inevitable.
11 Min
AMM
Jun 2023
More Bitcoin Hopium, Yearn Won't Stop, And Polygon DEX Volume
Considering a ton of open interest got wiped out on the move to $30,000, this isn’t too surprising....Polygon DEX Volume Recovers DEX volumes on Ethereum are still beaten down and yet to recover....But DEX volume on Polygon has bounced hard off lows made earlier in June.
3 Min
DeFi
Jun 2021
DYDX Valuation Analysis & DEX Perps Comparison
...derivatives volume ranging from $2T to $3T....A 3% increase in DEX volume share will spur a $470B increase in volume for DEXs at current run rates....GMX acts as more of a vanilla equity token, receiving 30% of fees....A consensus vote will then be initiated with 2/3 of the validators by stake weight required to approve...
40 Min
Derivatives
Jul 2023
DEX Tokens Outperform CEX Counterparts
Crypto.com accidentally sends 320K ETH to Gate.io....Chiliz announces that 38M CHZ will be used to compensate FTX users that owned CHZ on the platform....BTC and a basket of DEX tokens vs. BTC....In FTT’s case, just 12 addresses contributed to $37M FTT moving into exchanges....in epoch 370 (the “pending withdrawal” tokens are free to move now).
5 Min
Macro & Markets
Nov 2022
Update on 0x's v3 Upgrade - 3 Months Later
QuickTake - March 9th, 2020 Analyst Update on 0x's v3 Upgrade - 3 Months Later On November 30th, 2019...This QuickTake will be a concise post-launch update now that 3 months have passed....on-chain sources (Kyber, Uniswap, Curve, Oasis) and off-chain sources, attempts to solve for this. 3-...over the past 3 months.
Infrastructure
Mar 2020
Axie's New DEX and a DeFi Update
DEX Volume Quietly Shoots Back Up Their tokens may not see it yet, but DEX usage is beginning to trend...— ETF Hearsay by Henry Jim (@EtfHearsay) November 3, 2021 Reddit is scaling with its own L2 on Ethereum...3 words Decentralise. Social. Media....(@iamRahul20x) November 3, 2021 Travala now accepts UST .
3 Min
DeFi
Nov 2021
Terra's TVL Growth, Lido's LUNA Benefits, DEX Valuations
...and Avalanche Total Value Locked on Terra Network overtook Avalanche and Solana, now making it the 3rd...native token prices as they are very commonly used as collateral in DeFi and as base pairs for native DEXes...In Terra’s case, DEX base pairs usually utilize UST instead of LUNA, therefore this growth in TVL is...
4 Min
Staking
Dec 2021
DEX Volume Spikes After FTX Collapse
📊 DEX Volume Spikes After FTX Collapse Weekly DEX volume across all chains increased 146% from...This was reflected in market prices as a basket of DEX tokens vs....w/ Stephen Palley In episode 3 of Full Disclosure, Gabe and Sarah are joined by Stephen Palley, a digital...Show notes: (00:00:00) – Introduction. (00:00:34) – Is crypto inherently political?
3 Min
Spot Exchange
Nov 2022
Bitcoin Outlook 11/3/2020
In this report, we dig into Bitcoin’s outlook as BTC enters back into the limelight after taking a backseat to the “summer of DeFi” craze. We unpack notable long-term indicators, exchange, and holder...
1 Min
Analytics
Nov 2020
Examining the Design and Traction of GMX's Hybrid DEX
The DEX space is rife with innovative designs that enable efficient swaps across a multitude of assets...Over the past two weeks, GMX traders on average have been 97% long and 3% short....With typical funding for ETH perps on centralized exchanges sitting at 15-20% APR over the past 3 months...from 97%/3% to 66%/33%.
13 Min
Derivatives
Nov 2021
Uniswap vs Curve: Which Is the Best DEX?
Customizable fee tiers – While Uniswap v2’s fees are fixed at 30 bps, Uniswap v3 allows for pools with...Curve intended to build an extremely efficient DEX to trade stablecoins and liquid derivatives....The best-known output of Curve’s stablecoin dominance is 3CRV, an LP token that consists of the 3 most...And so, the DEX wars are once again igniting.  ...
14 Min
AMM
Jul 2022
MetaMask Revenues, DEX Fee Competition, and Aggregator Wars
Machine In Sept. 2020, Metamask announced its native swapping feature that gets quotes from multiple DEX...Trading fees on Binance and FTX are far lower than on DEXes....DEX Aggregator Wars 1inch is still the leading DEX aggregator by a large margin....But Matcha and Paraswap — once-distant competitors — saw $3.5B and $2B in volume, respectively.
3 Min
DeFi
Nov 2021
BAYC Flips CryptoPunks, NFT Search Trends, & Derivative DEXes Slow
Derivative DEXes Slowdown on Shaky Markets Volume on derivative DEXes has cooled off as market conditions...shaky. dYdX maintains a strong lead against its competitors as it makes up the bulk of all derivative DEX...MCDEX volume dwindles on both BSC and Arbitrum, GMX and Perpetual Protocol seem to be the only two DEXes...
3 Min
NFTs
Dec 2021
DEX Aggregator Wars: The Positive Slippage Experience
As 2020 came to an end, which aptly coincided with the launch of the 1inch token (DEX aggregator), talks...Still, with the recent growth in 2020 of DEX aggregators (1inch, Matcha, ParaSwap), Defi Dashboards (...October, 0x released a fantastic, all be it possibly biased, piece breaking down the nuances behind DEX...
4 Min
DeFi
Jan 2021
Prices Rebound, Avalanche Dev Activity, & DEX Volumes
’s NYDIG raising $1B in funding from the likes of WestCap and Morgan Stanley, or Anchorage raising $350M...DEX Trading Activity Down From DeFi Summer Levels After a blow-off top in DEX spot volume in May. 2021...However, despite DEXes growing through the better part of this year, DEX tokens — and most DeFi tokens...
4 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Dec 2021