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MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Blueprint
MicroStrategy’s convertible debt sale provides bond investors with a way to get exposure to BTC, laying the blueprint for similar offerings to come....
5 Min
Derivatives
Feb 2021
NFTs: The Lay of The Land
The NFT market is undeniably hot right now, with the vast majority of record-breaking sales happening within the last 30 days. We have seen an Axie Estate sell for 888 ETH, Danny pickup a HashMask for...
6 Min
NFTs
Feb 2021
DeFi Aggregators
DeFi aggregators had a breakout year in 2020 and YTD data suggests they're just getting started as growth continues to accelerate....
13 Min
Liquidity Aggregator
Feb 2021
How Nexus Can Incentivize Auditors
DeFi needs a solution that gives auditors and white hat hackers skin in the game, so they are incentivized to act honestly rather than maliciously. We believe Nexus is in a unique position to deliver...
7 Min
Insurers
Feb 2021
MetaMask: Aggregating the Aggregator
The unfolding MetaMask story reveals valuable insights on the emergent and ever-evolving Ethereum defi stack. In particular, aggregators, as well as underlying liquidity protocols....
3 Min
Spot Exchange
Feb 2021
Cosmos' Catalysts; BSC Makes Some Noise
With gas fees higher than ever, Ethereum's own success is hindering further adoption. This represents an opportunity for competing networks to gain market share. Let's talk about two we currently have...
5 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Feb 2021
Harvest Finance
Harvest Finance is a yield aggregator that’s been stuck in yEarn Finance’s shadow. Yet the data indicates there are strong growth prospects for FARM, and the market is already starting to price in the...
6 Min
Vaults
Feb 2021
The Curve Bull Case, StakeDAO Strategies and Managing Mbappé
In this piece, I share some highlights and after-thoughts from a conversation with Julien Bouteloup, who I hosted on the Delphi Podcast last week....
8 Min
Asset Management
Feb 2021
Revenge of the Yams (Yam Finance)
With the rally in DeFi, many projects are getting second chances and capitalizing. Yam Finance as one may recall had a short stint in the spotlight this past summer. In this daily, I dive into the pro...
9 Min
Derivatives
Feb 2021
February 2021 Analyst Call
Our February Analyst Call in an updated format where we cover Bitcoin, Ethereum, SUSHI, UNI, NBA TopShots, Mirror, Luna, and more!...
2 Min
Asset Management
Feb 2021
Ethereum Ecosystem Analysis
The developments made during the bear market are paying off. Innovation on Ethereum continues at a torrid pace thanks to the composability of lego blocks built in DeFi. In this issue, we dive into var...
1 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Feb 2021
As Aave Soars, Maker Eyes Rate Hike
Aave, Compound and Maker's combined circulating market caps sit at a lofty $9.95 billion, having grown +46% over just the past 24 hours. The majority of those gains came from Aave alone, which added $...
2 Min
DeFi
Feb 2021
Building Conviction In Magical Founders and Projects
Building conviction in magical founders and projects takes time, and falls along four key cornerstones. In this post, we dive into what to look for while you’re on the hunt for the next great project....
11 Min
Vaults
Feb 2021
Building Conviction In Magical Founders and Projects
Building conviction in magical founders and projects takes time, and falls along four key cornerstones. In this post, we dive into what to look for while you’re on the hunt for the next great project....
11 Min
Infrastructure
Feb 2021
Speculation Spillover
Understanding parallels we can draw to traditional markets and how they may impact our neck of the woods....
6 Min
Indices
Feb 2021
Mirror vs Synthetix? How About Terra
Mirror Finance is a new synthetic asset protocol built on top of the Terra blockchain. While Mirror ($MIR) is attracting much of the attention right now, we’ve pursued a different strategy by investin...
16 Min
DeFi
Feb 2021
Curve: Crypto’s Forex Leader
Can Curve generate so much volume and trading fees that people stake CRV faster than it’s released? Let's analyze the data to find out!...
7 Min
DeFi
Feb 2021
$UNI Moves The Goalposts Higher, Will $SUSHI Follow?
Historically, Sushiswap's rolling price-to-sales (P/S) ratio has been higher than Uniswap's, but that recently changed as the valuation of UNI has surged higher. Currently, on a rolling 7-day basis, S...
3 Min
AMM
Feb 2021
How the GameStop Fiasco Exposed the Ultimate DeFi Bull Case
The culprit for the recent GameStop debacle was believed to be censorship by financial institutions, but it was later revealed that financial infrastructure and processes were to blame. Crypto network...
9 Min
Synthetic Assets
Feb 2021
Into The Void: Where Crypto Meets The Metaverse
The Metaverse: a persistent, live digital universe that affords individuals a sense of agency, social presence, and shared spatial awareness, along with the ability to participate in an extensive virt...
4 Min
NFTs
Jan 2021