Reports246 results
The Fat App Thesis: An Inflection Point in Value Accrual
We are witnessing the slow, structural inversion of crypto’s power dynamics. From infrastructure-heavy protocols with bloated valuations and abstracted use cases, to application-first ecosystems that...
43 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Apr 2025
Story Protocol: Does IP Need a Chain?
Story Protocol offers an exciting, forward-thinking vision for intellectual property management in an AI-driven, digital economy. Rather than extending outdated legacy systems, Story takes a bold leap...
24 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Apr 2025
Celestia's Roadmap: $TIA Time, or is DA a Commodity?
Celestia has the tech and the thesis. What it doesn’t have is validation. It needs one breakout rollup, one app with traction and DA needs big enough to matter. That’s what turns the narrative into fe...
47 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Apr 2025
EVM Wars: Between Giga Gas and Giga Gimmicks
EVM chains have forever been optimizing for scalability but have always lagged behind alt VM chains like Solana, Sui, and Aptos when it comes to throughput and latency. But now we have a lineup of sev...
13 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Mar 2025
Initia: Fulfilling The Appchain Vision
If the appchain thesis holds and every major app launches its own L2, they’ll need more than just pure infra; they’ll need a full-stack solution. This is where Initia steps in—offering customization w...
31 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Feb 2025
Sui Network: Demystifying the Monolithic Contender
Our premier publication of Delphi and The Tie’s Institutional Accelerator is a deep dive into Sui Network. In this report we cover the tech stack, token economics, and the ecosystem around Sui....
43 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Dec 2024
Supra - Vertical Integration with The Intralayer
Supra is building the IntraLayer, a vertically integrated blockchain stack that includes a Layer 1, Oracles, Bridges, VRF, and a Virtual Machine. With emerging rollapps and appchains, liquidity is...
39 Min
Infrastructure
Apr 2024
The State Of Bitcoin
Bitcoin rebounded strongly in 2023, not just with respect to price but on-chain activity through ordinals and renewed interest in Bitcoin scaling. This report is a retrospective on what 2023 brought t...
28 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Feb 2024
Zetachain Part 2: The Opportunity Ahead for Omnichain Applications
App Building Opportunities Zetachain’s ability to support smart contracts and connect to heterogeneous chains – including the Bitcoin blockchain – […]...
47 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jan 2024
Zetachain Part 1: A Competitive Landscape of Blockchain Bridges
ZetaChain – Architecture & Key Features Architecture At a high level, the way we would explain ZetaChain is “THORChain with […]...
51 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jan 2024
WTF Is Anoma? Part 3: WTF is Typhon?
What is Anoma? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anoma is not a blockchain. Or, more accurately, not just a blockchain. Anoma is an architecture....
28 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Oct 2023
WTF Is Anoma? Part 2: WTF Are Intent-Based Apps?
What is Anoma? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anoma is not a blockchain. Or, more accurately, not just a blockchain. Anoma is an architecture....
24 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Sep 2023
WTF Is Anoma? Part 1: WTF Are Intents?
What is Anoma? This is a surprisingly hard question to answer. Anoma is not a blockchain. Or, more accurately, not just a blockchain. Anoma is an architecture....
23 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Aug 2023
Pro Crypto Insider Talks - July 2023
In July's Crypto Insider Talks, Ash Bennington, Raoul Pal, and Kevin Kelly discuss key topics: Ripple ruling and its market implications, pending BTC ETFs, potential of Coinbase's $COIN in a bull mark...
1 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jul 2023
BRC-20s: The Past, Present, and Future
For the first time in a long time, Bitcoin seems to have the potential to develop an exciting and vibrant digital economy. BRC-20s have breathed new life into Bitcoin, and people would be remiss to ig...
25 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jun 2023
Solana the Monolith
Solana is not just about slapping some expensive hardware on a blockchain and calling it a day, but rather, how do we optimize software to best take advantage of performant hardware?...
52 Min
Layer 1 / L1
May 2023
Pro Crypto Insider Talks - May 2023
Delphi Co-founder & Head of Research, Kevin Kelly and Head of Delphi Labs, Jose Maria Macedo join Founder & CEO of Real Vision, Raoul Pal, for May 2023's edition of Crypto Insiders where they...
53 Min
Layer 1 / L1
May 2023
Bitcoin - Back From the Future
For the first time in a while, Bitcoin's future is exciting with possible upcoming catalysts and innovations. Only time will tell if they lead to a positive renaissance on Bitcoin or fundamentally bre...
17 Min
Layer 1 / L1
May 2023
Market Note: INJ Ecosystem Fund Boost Has Precedent
The second half of the most recent bull market, colloquially named the "double bubble," was dominated by the "L1 Wars" narrative. The initial spark was Avalanche's announcement of "Avalanche Rush," a...
17 Min
Layer 1 / L1
May 2023
Preparing For Shanghai
Since Ethereum's Beacon chain went live at the end of 2020, over 18M ETH or 15% of the total supply has been staked in a deposit-only staking system. In this report, we consider the implication of the...
7 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Apr 2023