Reports13 results
Liquity's Chicken Bonds: Will They Fly?
Chicken bonds are a bonding mechanism that can be applied to yield-bearing tokens to bootstrap protocol-earned liquidity while boosting yields for bonders. The enhanced yield on boosted tokens is deri...
11 Min
Structured Products
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
Opyn Squeeth Doubles, Concentrator IFO, Uniswap vs. Curve
Chart of The Day: Opyn Squeeth Doubles In A Week as ETH Bounces Over the past week, ETH has gained […]...
7 Min
Structured Products
Jul 2022
The Inner Workings of DeFi Option Vaults (DOVs)
A Different Way To Earn Yields Decentralized Option Vaults (DOVs) are a relatively new product in the world of DeFi. […]...
15 Min
Vaults
Jul 2022
Tracer (Mycelium) Brings Perpetual Pools to Arbitrum
NOTE: Since original publication, Tracer Dao has re-branded to Mycelium. Introduction The most intimidating aspect of digital assets for most […]...
12 Min
Perpetual Futures
Mar 2022
Squeeth & The Crab Strategy
Squeeth & The Crab Strategy Earlier this year, Opyn released a new financial derivative Squeeth (Squared ETH). Pioneered by the […]...
9 Min
Structured Products
Feb 2022
Vega: The Most Comprehensive On-Chain Exchange
A Brief Introduction to Vega Vega is a standalone blockchain with a single purpose: being the base layer for a […]...
21 Min
Perpetual Futures
Feb 2022
In Search of Yield: How DeFi is Reinventing TradFi
Structured products allow TradFi investors to earn a risk-adjusted return tailored to their individual risk appetite. These are the DeFi projects reinventing structured products and democratizing acce...
8 Min
Derivatives
Mar 2021
Barnbridge Brings Structured Finance to DeFi
Risk mitigating protocols help investors and traders hedge their exposure to a financial instrument. Barnbridge is a new DeFi project bringing CDOs to DeFi and pioneering permissionless risk managemen...
6 Min
DeFi
Oct 2020
Rising risks of insolvency and deflation could serve as a headwind to Bitcoin and crypto, but the long-term consequences highlight the value proposition of digital scarcity....
6 Min
Derivatives
Oct 2020
CSOs & The Evolution of Capital
Continuous securities offerings are a way to align incentives between a company and its key stakeholders more directly in a world in which strong community engagement will become increasingly importan...
7 Min
Structured Products
Oct 2020
Ethereum Ecosystem Analysis
In this report, we analyze the increased usage on Ethereum and explain the impacts of the continuation of yield farming and experimentation on various sectors ranging from DEXs to stablecoins. We also...
1 Min
Derivatives
Sep 2020