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The Year Ahead for Markets - 2024
Introduction — Oh, How Far We’ve Come Exactly one year ago, we published our last Markets Year Ahead report — […]...
76 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2023
The Year Ahead for DeFi 2024
Introduction On the surface, 2023 may seem like a pretty uneventful year for DeFi. The chaotic global macro environment and […]...
100 Min
DeFi
Dec 2023
The Year Ahead for Infrastructure 2024
L2 Wars, Solana Separating From The Pack, THORChain & Chainflip: Decentralized Highways For Bitcoin, Intents & Solvers, Ethereum's 2024 Roadmap and more....
93 Min
Infrastructure
Dec 2023
The Year Ahead for Gaming 2024
Intro 2023 has been a somewhat slow year for blockchain gaming. Although there are many reasons to remain optimistic for […]...
36 Min
Gaming
Dec 2023
The Year Ahead For NFTs 2024
Green Shoots — The State of NFT Markets Last year, we opined that NFTs were in the trough of disillusionment. […]...
37 Min
NFTs
Dec 2023
Rolling the Dice on Rollbit Fundamentals
Established in February 2020, Rollbit has recently become a prominent player in the online gambling sector, providing a diversified platform that spans casino games, sports betting, crypto-asset futur...
23 Min
Betting
Dec 2023
Return of the Coins
Crypto Markets Take Center Stage The much-anticipated debate between ‘Uptober’ and ‘Octover’ came to a head in spectacular fashion. The […]...
27 Min
Financial Market Themes
Nov 2023
What Should Crypto Do About Consumer Fraud?
On October 23, 2023, CoinDesk gathered a group of industry leaders for an intensive private roundtable on how crypto can […]...
14 Min
Policy
Nov 2023
Bitcoin Gaming & The Power Of Nano-Transactions
Blockchain is inherently a financial innovation, originally designed to facilitate the self-custody of funds and trustless transfer or value. What isn’t widely discussed is how, in our pursuit of prog...
22 Min
Gaming
Nov 2023
Brands & NFTs: How Web3 Is A Game Changer For Brand Growth
Introduction It’s tough to be a brand today. In today’s hyper-connected, digital-first world, brands face a plethora of challenges as […]...
37 Min
NFTs
Nov 2023
More Than Just Governance: Unpacking Value Accrual Mechanisms
The mechanisms for value accrual can differ significantly across various tokens. This report aims to scrutinize four distinct models of value accrual implemented by tokens, draw comparisons among them...
27 Min
DeFi
Oct 2023
Through the Fire - Will the Rubber Meet the Road?
We’re getting closer to the point where the rubber will meet the road. We’ve written plenty on the bull case […]...
19 Min
Macro & Markets
Oct 2023
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
Why Asia Will Lead Web3 Gaming: Learnings From Token2049 & KBW
Foreword The number of well-funded blockchain games that are opening their doors to the public with playable builds is swelling. […]...
42 Min
Gaming
Oct 2023
The State of NFT Lending — Opportunities & Risks
Introduction Exactly one year ago, we wrote about how credit markets for NFTs were developing and why they would be […]...
36 Min
NFTs
Sep 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
Friend.Tech Continues Making Waves
This report serves as a partial update of a previous report written by Ceteris, ‘Came for the Tech, Stayed for […]...
7 Min
Social Media
Sep 2023
The Future of On-Chain Liquidity
Introduction Despite the adoption of Automated Market Makers (AMMs) in the DeFi space, numerous problems persist. Liquidity providers(LPs) enter the […]...
31 Min
Spot Exchange
Sep 2023
Coinbase: From Sleeping Giant To Industry Leader
A Certified OG Coinbase was founded on June 20th, 2012. That same day, the price of BTC hit $6.65. It […]...
45 Min
Financial Market Themes
Sep 2023
Came for the Tech, Stayed for the Friends
In our “Reflecting on EthCC” report, we mentioned how most of the crypto discourse has been about the infra layer as opposed to the application layer. Friend.tech, a new social app launched on Coinbas...
30 Min
Social Media
Aug 2023