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The Path to DeFi's ETF Moment: The Rise of Morpho, Curators, and Mullets
DeFi Curators - Steakhouse Financial, Gauntlet, RE7 Capital, MEV Capital, Block Analitica - are an overlooked, yet lucrative business that is well positioned for growth as DeFi becomes more fintech fr...
26 Min
DeFi
Apr 2025
The Fat Wallet Thesis
Protocols and applications are “thinning-out”, freeing up more room for whoever owns the end user. The “Fat Wallet Thesis” asserts that as the ultimate front-end, no one is better positioned to re-cap...
32 Min
Wallets
Oct 2024
Mantle Network
Mantle Network is redefining the L2 landscape with its innovative modular design. Central to Mantle's strategy is its goal to establish itself as the premier native yield chain, simplifying and democr...
16 Min
Asset Management
Jun 2024
The Revival of MakerDAO: Unpacking The MKR Thesis
Introduction MakerDAO has historically been punished for its lack of innovation and stagnant culture, but it could be on […]...
18 Min
DeFi
May 2024
The Crypto Conspiracy
The Crypto Conspiracy Suddenly, financial titans of the world have collectively decided that it’s time to enter crypto. BlackRock has […]...
7 Min
Asset Management
Jun 2023
BlackRock
BlackRock The SEC is suing Ripple and the lawsuit is expected to come to fruition soon. Ripple’s lawyers have been […]...
12 Min
Asset Management
Jun 2023
Analyzing Market Behavior for Key Airdrops
Airdrops are one of the most sought-after events for users of on-chain projects. It’s the distribution of a protocol’s token, often to historical users. The aim is to reward loyal users and encourage...
17 Min
Asset Management
Mar 2023
A Look at Convex's Business Model and a Looming Catalyst
Yield farming, or some form of token-based bootstrapping, has become a core component of every project’s go-to-market strategy. Protocols actively think about how best to employ game theory to attract...
10 Min
Vaults
Feb 2023
Ribbon Expands to Options DEX With Aevo
DeFi options have failed to take off. While we can point to the success of dYdX as a blueprint for perpetuals, or GMX for synthetic margin trading, there is no single DeFi options venue that has achie...
11 Min
Options
Feb 2023
The Future of ETH Liquid Staking
In this report, we analyze the ETH staking market from a business and financial perspective. The end goal of this exercise is to try and ascertain these protocols' potential for value generation....
15 Min
Liquid Staking
Jan 2023
A Nuanced Approach to Estimating Mark-to-Market Crypto-Asset Values
The reasons for the monumental collapse of FTX still aren't entirely clear. There are numerous theories that speculate on what went down. Yet, nothing can be said with absolute certainty. That said, s...
15 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2022
The Curious Case of Token Unlocks
Tokens are an integral part of crypto projects. Over the years, the way token economies are designed has changed considerably, becoming increasingly complex. They can help a good project prosper but f...
24 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2022
The Current State of Crypto Insurance
The emergence of DeFi opened up yield-generating opportunities across many protocols. But as protocols gained traction and saw increasing deposits to smart contracts, this created lucrative opportunit...
10 Min
Asset Management
Nov 2022
GBTC And ETHE Trade at Record Discount to NAVs
🌅 Welcome! El Salvador gets one step closer to the construction of its Bitcoin City as a new bill to […]...
5 Min
Asset Management
Nov 2022
Exploring DYAD: A New Approach to Decentralized Stablecoins
DYAD is a new overcollateralized algo-stablecoin with NFT-gated token minting....
14 Min
Algorithmic Stablecoins
Nov 2022
Gearbox Protocol: Shifting DeFi Into the Next GEAR
Gearbox is one of the few recent 0-1 products in DeFi, bringing a more efficient approach to leverage....
10 Min
Vaults
Nov 2022
The Emergence of Principal-Protected Yield in DeFi
After two years of free money, DeFi yields have fallen to unimpressive levels. The days of depositing stables into a Yearn vault for 20% APY seem long gone. Crypto yields are now struggling to compete...
10 Min
Structured Products
Oct 2022
Arrakis Finance is Growing, But Must Shed Dependence
The Land of Liquidity Uniswap v3 was born out of the capital inefficiencies and LP trade-offs faced by its predecessor, […]...
10 Min
Vaults
Sep 2022
Finding a Home for Labs
Delphi Labs is Delphi’s protocol R&D arm, with a team of ~50 dedicated to building new Web 3 primitives. Previously, the team was focused on researching & developing protocols on Terra. In the...
48 Min
Inside Delphi
Sep 2022
It's SAFE to Say Gnosis is a Monopoly
Table of Contents Introduction The Unsung Hero of Crypto An Exponential Rise in Usage The $SAFE Question Speculating on Monetization […]...
11 Min
Asset Management
Aug 2022