Reports29 results
This report explores Zenrock’s innovative approach to cross-chain communication through its distributed Multi-Party Computation (dMPC) technology and the transformative applications it enables, with a...
12 Min
Cross-Chain
Feb 2025
ZK-bridges use ZKPs to improve performance of light-client bridges without introducing new trust assumptions. Polymer and zkBridge stand out with their use of parallelizable/recursive proofs. Others w...
18 Min
Bridges
Feb 2023
A popular takeaway regarding the FTX drama has been that this was not a DeFi problem, but a TradFi one. It’s absolutely true that custody risks apply to CEXs and not DeFi. Yet, given the size of the c...
83 Min
MEV
Dec 2022
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
Interchain Accounts & Interchain Security are the two biggest catalysts in the Cosmos ecosystem to date, greatly increasing cross-chain composability....
23 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jul 2022
Chart of The Day: GMX Users Increase Through Integrations GMX is a DEX and margin trading platform that utilizes an […]...
5 Min
Macro & Markets
May 2022
Rollups and Composability Rollups allow Ethereum to scale by moving the execution of transactions to a separate chain and then […]...
26 Min
Bridges
May 2022
Chart of The Day: Balancer’s veBAL Driving Lockups Balancer recently launched the veBAL governance system. VeBAL is a unique ve-derivative […]...
7 Min
Cross-Chain
Apr 2022
Since the beginning of March, THORChain has experienced a surge in activity. By the end of the month, both volume […]...
15 Min
Bridges
Apr 2022
Below is a recording and transcript of the Real Vision Pro Crypto AMA call our team did on Tuesday, March […]...
40 Min
AMM
Mar 2022
Ronin is Sky Mavis’ answer to Axie Infinity’s scaling problem. Or rather problems, as there were more than a few […]...
11 Min
Layer 2 / L2
Mar 2022
Introduction A monolithic chain where everyone executes every transaction is inherently not scalable. Indeed, this is why almost every major […]...
25 Min
Proof-of-Stake
Feb 2022
Introduction On January 31st, 2023, we released Aave: A Review Of The Fundamentals, offering updated insights on the themes covered […]...
14 Min
Money Markets
Feb 2022
We recently hosted our Delphi Office Hours call on January 19th....
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Derivatives
Jan 2022
Market Update After yesterday’s rally, BTC is having a breather as L1s take center stage again. Apart from L1s, DeFi […]...
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Infrastructure
Oct 2021
We're excited to provide a large update on THORChain, which we present in 3 parts. First, we share our brief assessment on the recent unfortunate exploit. Next, we analyze historical THORChain MCCN da...
21 Min
Layer 1 / L1
Jul 2021
Liquidity is spreading across layer 1s and 2s as multi-chain becomes the new norm. Meet the bridge builders seeking to keep liquidity liquid....
19 Min
Bridges
Jun 2021
Multi-chain DeFi is growing, Terra's scare with UST has a silver lining, and Maker DAO's PSM hits $1 billion of liquidity,...
3 Min
DAO
May 2021
Multi-Chain DeFi TVL, ETH DeFi Performance YTD, Meta Pools Push Curve's Liquidity Higher, DeFi Stablecoins Nearing $10 Billion Market Cap...
2 Min
DAO
May 2021
A new generation of decentralized, cross-chain liquidity networks are currently being developed and improved upon. They promise a more trustless UX and offer unique utility relative to existing soluti...
6 Min
Bridges
Mar 2021