Liquidity Drives Markets We’ve likened the crypto market to one of the most levered bets on global liquidity...Usually when people hear “liquidity”, they think of market liquidity, or the ability to buy and sell...When we refer to “global liquidity”, we’re talking about funding liquidity, which is private sector access...

The BlackHoleSwap’s whitepaper and its “Unlimited Liquidity” claims have made its rounds over Twitter...Real liquidity is the actual deposits in the pool, and the virtual liquidity is the deposits that can...The shaded area below the line is the “virtual” liquidity....real USDC liquidity, but the “same” amount of “virtual” liquidity remains.

Lido Finance, a liquid staking derivative platform, offers a solution....As seen above, Lido has gained significant traction on its liquid staking products, stETH and bLuna,...Liquidity begets more liquidity, as many users will rationally opt for the most liquid and integrated...

...of liquidity and volume conditions within markets....What exactly is liquidity?...In reality, market liquidity is really driven by demand....Now that we’ve touched on what liquidity is and what determines liquidity conditions, where does BTC...It’s liquidity that moves markets.”  ...

📊 Total Liquidity Processed by Solana Plummets The daily total liquidity processed by Solana is...Solana averaged $32.9B per day of total liquidity processed from the beginning of October until the FTX...Most of the liquidity processed consists of transactions involving SOL, USDC, USDT, ETH, and SRM.

Joe’s Liquidity Book Trader Joe recently launched v2 of its decentralized exchange (DEX), called Liquidity...It uses a uniform distribution of liquidity and is not capital efficient, as liquidity pools cover prices...In contrast, Trader Joe’s v2 Liquidity Book is a concentrated liquidity DEX similar to Uniswap v3 but...

So, what are liquid staking tokens?...In the long run, we would expect dominant liquid staking tokens to emerge, as the more liquidity and...Liquidity and composability are the other main selling features to users, and more liquidity begets more...liquidity.

The cfAMM enabled anyone to spin up a trading pair and supply liquidity....This model extended the degrees of freedom that LPs have in providing liquidity....Instead of simply passively supplying liquidity, LPs now provided liquidity at specific “price ticks”...Enter Elixir Elixir enables anyone to provide order-book liquidity.

This underscores the substantial impact of JIT liquidity on LPs, as it selectively contributes liquidity...Liquidity to settle trades can be sourced from on-chain liquidity venues like Uniswap or other DEXs,...off-chain liquidity, or from other UniswapX orders....on on-chain liquidity....Liquidity providers(LPs) enter the […]...

🔍 The ETH Liquid Staking Derivative Wars To stake ETH, users have to run validator nodes on Ethereum...Fear not, for they can also stake ETH by simply buying a token issued by one of the many liquid staking...The narrative of liquid staking is out in full force as we inch closer to the Shanghai upgrade.

The problem arises when variable liquidity turns into rapidly deteriorating liquidity during the precise...Liquidity Cascades: Putting it All Together Liquidity cascades have become a more frequent market phenomenon...There is a severe dislocation in liquidity needed versus net available liquidity in times of stress,...Liquidity cascades. ...

To increase accessibility to staking and liquidity, liquid staking protocols like Lido and Rocket Pool...However, because two liquidity pools are required, this results in segmented liquidity and potentially...When using frxETH to provide liquidity, liquidity providers do not earn beacon chain yields from staked...

Meanwhile, since communication across chains is inherently intermittent, overall liquidity starts to...As a result, cross-chain liquidity solutions become more important than ever....Centralized Off-Chain As sad as it may sound, the first generation of cross-chain liquidity solutions...

Liquidity Thoughts – Part II For those who are already familiar with market liquidity and key market...and providing liquidity again!)....(ie. stop runs, liquidation events)....We’ve mentioned liquidations and liquidation events, so what are they?

Hodlnaut, Singapore-based crypto lending platform, halted withdrawals and token swaps amid liquidity...⚡ Liquidity Runs The World Global liquidity is very pro-cyclical....When liquidity is abundant, it reduces systemic risks and the immediate need for liquid safe assets.

Key Features of Aave v3 Portals The first iteration of Portals is a non-user facing piece of liquidity...Before we dive deeper into what that means, we first need to be aware that liquidity, a vital component...They’ll now have access to just-in-time liquidity without having to rely on subsidizing LPs with token...

Data Digest Uniswap v2 trading volume dominated by memecoins Futures and perps liquidations over the...Key Takeaways Yesterday’s dip liquidated close to $400 million of ETH futures and $490 million of BTC...A majority of liquidations on this dip came from Bybit (known to be a popular trading avenue for aggressive...

Background One approach to cross-chain liquidity fragmentation is to offer the sum-total of all liquidity...The L2s price trades using “virtual” liquidity, behaving as though they each contain the total liquidity...Liquidity Allocation Unlike dAMM, a key principle for SLAMM is that system-wide liquidity is zero-sum...