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Modifications to Our CVP Proposal
With the launch of the PowerIndex right around the corner, our team has been spending more time finalizing a few tweaks to hopefully help make the launch as successful as possible....
5 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
The State of Yearn ($YFI)
In this Daily, we break down how we see the State of Yearn ($YFI). In short, We see Yearn as the protocol well positioned to dictate supply-side liquidity flows through the highest sustainable liquidi...
8 Min
Vaults
Nov 2020
Aave Proposal Walkthrough
In this video, we walk through our recent Aave proposal where we suggest a fundamental change to the current token architecture. Our goal with this is to move Aave towards becoming a credit protocol r...
2 Min
Lending / Borrowing
Nov 2020
No, This is Not Your 2017 Bitcoin...
Despite its latest surge, bitcoin’s total market value still represents less than ~0.4% of global M2 money supply....
5 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Our New PowerPool Proposal (#9) Ahead of Next Week’s PowerIndex Launch
It’s time for the main Power Index to launch. The purpose of this proposal is to create a smooth transition from the current baby index to the main index, while incorporating a few improvements to the...
9 Min
DAO
Nov 2020
The Butterfly Effect of UNI Rewards Ending - Part I
UNI rewards have officially ended. Given Uniswap’s strong and engrained position within the market, these rewards going away will impact every facet of the space....
7 Min
AMM
Nov 2020
Delphi Radar Webinar Replay - Nov 12 2020
We have a video replay of the Delphi Radar webinar for those interested in learning more about this exciting new product!...
1 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Bitcoin for Advisors [Presentation]
Key discussion points from my presentation at the Bitcoin for Advisors conference earlier this week titled, “Global Macro Outlook and What It Means for Bitcoin”....
7 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Institutional Chat AMA - Nov 4 2020
To be sure all our Institutional members were able to benefit from the open conversations with strong teams building and investing in the space, we’re sharing a transcript of the first official AMA we...
1 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Empty Set Dollar: A Game Theoretical Approach to Elastic Stablecoins
Empty Set Dollar (ESD) is an elastic, algorithmic stablecoin that uses in-built monetary incentives to maintain its peg. The protocol is still experimenting with the overall mechanism design with an a...
9 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Nexus Mutual Update and Outlook
We analyze the significance of the MCR% decline on recent outflows from the Capital Pool, along with what’s being done to potentially curb that outflow and expectations going forward....
1 Min
Insurers
Nov 2020
The Shift to Layer 2: A Potential Disruption Catalyst for the AMM Ecosystem
Layer two solutions such as optimistic and zero-knowledge rollups promise reduced latency and cost, but these present a further liquidity fragmentation problem as AMMs will need to launch copies of th...
5 Min
Layer 2 / L2
Nov 2020
Towards Aave as a Credit Protocol: Tranching Risk To Enable Greater Capital Efficiency, Innovation and Robustness
Having worked closely with the Aave team for months, in this post we propose a new token architecture for Aave that we believe will lead to greater capital efficiency, innovation and robustness....
1 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Towards Aave as a Credit Protocol: Tranching Risk To Enable Greater Capital Efficiency, Innovation and Robustness
Having worked closely with the Aave team for months, in this post we propose a new token architecture for Aave that we believe will lead to greater capital efficiency, innovation and robustness....
1 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Empty Set Dollar: A Game Theoretical Approach to Elastic Stablecoins
Empty Set Dollar (ESD) is an elastic, algorithmic stablecoin that uses in-built monetary incentives to maintain its peg. The protocol is still experimenting with the overall mechanism design with an a...
9 Min
Stablecoins
Nov 2020
Polkadot’s DeFi Stack
Polkadot was one of 2020’s most anticipated mainnet launches. Despite launching in May 2020, the Web 3 Foundation – which developed Polkadot – has been hard at work with other teams to create an ecosy...
1 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
? Best of Delphi Research (Oct. 2020)
Keeping up with content these days has become increasingly hard, which is why we’re excited to announce our new monthly Delphi Research Recap! From now on, we’ll be releasing a monthly digest highligh...
1 Min
Stablecoins
Nov 2020
? Best of Delphi Research (Oct. 2020)
Keeping up with content these days has become increasingly hard, which is why we’re excited to announce our new monthly Delphi Research Recap! From now on, we’ll be releasing a monthly digest highligh...
1 Min
Stablecoins
Nov 2020
Coordination, Public Goods and Crypto (Part 1)
While private property rights and markets have led to massive progress, underfunded public goods are a class of coordination problem which cannot be solved solely using markets. In this post, I explor...
6 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020
Coordination, Public Goods and Crypto (Part 1)
While private property rights and markets have led to massive progress, underfunded public goods are a class of coordination problem which cannot be solved solely using markets. In this post, I explor...
6 Min
DeFi
Nov 2020