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Oracles
In this Thematic Insights report, we dive into the pivotal sector of oracles.
Oracles
May 2020
The Oracle of Pyth
Pyth Takes on Oracle Sector Dominated by Chainlink When people think of oracles, they think of Chainlink...A darling from the 2018-19 bear market, Chainlink is the most well-known and used oracle today, securing...This event would lend credence to oracles using aggregators....Oracles should be judged on whether their prices reflect the true price on exchanges.
20 Min
Oracles
Nov 2022
Oracles
In this Thematic Insights report, we dive into the pivotal sector of oracles.
Data
May 2020
The Oracle (Report) Of Delphi
Oracles are important....Decentralized Oracle Networks, “DONs”)....Chainlink is often touted as having hundreds of oracle nodes....It’s time to talk about the cost structure of oracle protocols....Chainlink has long dominated the oracle sector....Chainlink has long dominated the oracle sector but will this continue as viable competitors emerge to...
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Infrastructure
Jun 2021
Magic Eden Multiplies, Airdrop Rumors, & Exploring Oracle Attacks
Attack Cost and Profit from Manipulating Constant Product Market Maker TWAP Oracles in DeFi Protocols...[Excerpt from a Delphi Labs Paper] Oracles represent critical infrastructure for DeFi....In this paper, we explore some common oracle-related attacks, as well as the cost and profit potential...
4 Min
NFT Marketplace
Mar 2022
Price Oracles for Derivative Assets
Delphi Labs is proud to present an analysis on price oracles for derivative assets....In this piece, we’ll analyze pre-existing assumptions on price oracles for derivative assets within the...Specifically, we’ll discuss why using the underlying asset’s price as the oracle for a derivative asset...
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Oracles
Nov 2022
How “Oracle-less Primitives” Are Rearchitecting DeFi
Oracles Presently, oracles secure around $45B in aggregate total value secured (TVS) which constitutes...These protocols have not eliminated oracles for the sake of eliminating oracles, but rather, scaling...No oracles mean no solvency risk....Oracle-risk is overblown Is this the oracle cycle?
28 Min
DeFi
Mar 2024
The Better TWAP Oracle: Arithmetic or Geometric Mean?
...protocols, is it preferable to use an arithmetic mean (AM) TWAP or a geometric mean (GM) TWAP as an oracle...As we’ll see, these two dimensions cover the most relevant factors when assessing DEX-based TWAP oracles...
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AMM
Oct 2022
Introducing Delphi Oracle
We’ve launched Delphi Oracle, an AI research companion that lives within our report pages....Try it now: Open any report and look for the Oracle AI button.
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Other
Nov 2024
Attack Cost and Profit from Manipulating Constant Product Market Maker TWAP Oracles in DeFi Protocols.
Oracles represent critical infrastructure for DeFi....Specifically, oracles often lie at the heart of a number of different DeFi protocols and are a key component...In this paper, we explore some common oracle-related attacks, as well as the cost and profit potential...
1 Min
Oracles
Feb 2022
Delphi Oracle Summary: Initia
With the recent Initia mainnet launch, we’ve asked Delphi Oracle (our AI Assistant) to revisit the original...As a reminder, Delphi Oracle provides an interactive experience across all report pages, helping you...Here’s the Oracle’s summary of the Initia report: Appchains Have Struggled Thus Far Appchains are expensive...
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Layer 1 / L1
Apr 2025
UMA Optimistic Oracle  + Multi-Sig Alternative
UMA provides an optimistic oracle that Prediction markets rely on for resolution....(Optimistic Oracle) to process data and resolve the market....of 7-9 people aligned with the success of a prediction market is far more secure then an optimistic oracle...
3 Min
DeFi
Sep 2024
GMX's Success Spawns Competition, But Can They Keep Up?
Each protocol handles its oracles differently....oracle and pricing framework....on that oracle update to mitigate front-running....MUX: The protocol uses a custom oracle module, called the “Dark Oracle,” that does high-frequency price...Oracle Front-Running, Manipulation, and Toxic Arbitrage With oracle price feeds being the key to this...
21 Min
Perpetual Futures
Oct 2022
Pyth
Pyth is an oracle solution designed to publish high-fidelity market data on the Solana blockchain and...Pyth introduces several key technical improvements over existing Oracle solutions which we will discuss...The primary improvement of Pyth relative to existing Oracle solutions is the addition of confidence intervals...
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Oracles
May 2021
Can Euler Finance Carve Out a Moat?
TWAP oracles would be significantly more insecure post-merge....However, when Chainlink price feeds are not available, Uniswap v3 TWAPs are still the default oracle...The team at Euler Labs has done extensive research and tooling on oracles....From providing an Oracle Risk Grading System for users, to creating a Uniswap oracle attack simulator...
13 Min
Money Markets
Oct 2022
Are Infinity Pools the Next Big Speculation Primitive?
...upcoming leverage trading DEX that offers unlimited leverage on any asset pair, with no liquidations, no oracles...Price oracles trigger liquidations that unwind losing trades before the protocol incurs bad debt....can collateralize the long tail of leverage trades on an individual basis, avoiding the reliance on oracles...
12 Min
AMM
Mar 2023
Level Finance's Success and Sustainability
Introduction  Level Finance is an oracle-based margin and spot trading decentralized exchange (DEX)...Level Finance is an oracle-based margin and spot trading decentralized exchange (DEX) that emerged following...
12 Min
Derivatives
May 2023
Examining the Design and Traction of GMX's Hybrid DEX
GMX pulls price quotes via Chainlink oracles as well as FTX and Binance for each asset....Oracle-based swaps are extremely efficient for liquid assets like BTC and ETH, but are not ideal for...Since these assets tend to be illiquid and volatile, an oracle-based pricing system would allow traders...
13 Min
Derivatives
Nov 2021
API3: The State of OEV
...as OEV or Oracle Extractible Value....Oracles update the prices of collaterals by aggregating off-chain data in an oracle contract, and lending...protocol using Pyth oracles....It is also optimal for an oracle to host an auction that sells the right to use its Oracle price update...
29 Min
Infrastructure
Jul 2024
Tracer (Mycelium) Brings Perpetual Pools to Arbitrum
This is achieved by reducing the barriers to entry through the provision of decentralized oracle data...Beyond crypto price feeds, for example, Tracer could integrate oracle data for local unemployment rates...Users can choose their own oracle and pick their own settlement token.
12 Min
Perpetual Futures
Mar 2022