Reports29 results
Zenrock: Paving the Path in dMPC
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
The Year Ahead for Infrastructure
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
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
Cosmos: The Evolution of IBC
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
GMX Users Increase, King Dollar, HOPping Thru L2s
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
Hop Protocol - A Hare, or a Tortoise?
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
veBAL Lockups, Governance House, & ThorChain's Revival
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
The Resurrection of THORChain
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
Real Vision Pro Crypto AMA - 29 March 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: Calm Before The Storm, As Axie Origin Approaches
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
Pay Attention To Celestia
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
Aave V3: A Multi-Chain Liquidity Protocol
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
Delphi Office Hours Call (January 19th, 2022)
We recently hosted our Delphi Office Hours call on January 19th....
1 Min
Derivatives
Jan 2022
Incentives Rule Everything Around Me: Multi-Chain Edition
Market Update After yesterday’s rally, BTC is having a breather as L1s take center stage again. Apart from L1s, DeFi […]...
4 Min
Infrastructure
Oct 2021
Out From Chaos Comes THORSynths
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
Bridging Fragmented Liquidity: Hop & Connext
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, Terra's Scare, and DAI's Resilience
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
DeFi Rundown, Curve Captures the Long Tail, & Stablecoin Growth
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
Examining Cross-Chain Liquidity
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