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And Then You Win
And Then You Win In a blow to the SEC, a judge has ruled the XRP is not a security. […]...
5 Min
Policy
Jul 2023
Catalysts Stacking Up - Will Narratives Drive Fundamentals?
Narratives are meeting places for minds. They are how we make sense of our confusing, intimidating, and seemingly random world. Humans have been inventing narratives since at least the time of ancient...
44 Min
Macro & Markets
Jul 2023
Getting a BIT Mantle
Mantle Network positions itself as a modular L2 that brings together features like modular data availability, MPC, and decentralized sequencers to achieve high scalability and improved user experience...
15 Min
Layer 2 / L2
Jul 2023
June Gaming Roundup
Despite the total number of deals in June falling by 47% compared to May, the total funding raised remained relatively stable ($89.4M vs. $85.8M). That said, Mythical Games’ $37M Series C1 round of fu...
12 Min
Gaming
Jul 2023
A Primer for Fully On-Chain Games
If you believe blockchain’s role in gaming is to evolve beyond an incremental value add, then a natural path of progression for many projects will be towards an end-state that is fully on-chain. This...
29 Min
Gaming
Jun 2023
DeFi Summer
DeFi Summer Four years ago, DeFi “Blue-Chips” such as lending protocol AAVE and derivatives protocol Synthetix put in their all-time […]...
11 Min
DeFi
Jun 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
Market Note: The Surprising Interplay of AI & Cryptocurrencies
A recent and dramatic surge in artificial intelligence innovation has likened the field to a Cambrian explosion. AI went from the realm of science fiction for many to something rapidly approaching rea...
14 Min
Artificial Intelligence
Jun 2023
The Crypto Conspiracy
The Crypto Conspiracy Suddenly, financial titans of the world have collectively decided that it’s time to enter crypto. BlackRock has […]...
7 Min
Asset Management
Jun 2023
NFT Debrief - June 2023
Welcome to our monthly coverage of NFTs and the metaverse. This month: Blend captures 93% of the NFT borrow volume market share, facilitating over $650M in volume. Nike Virtual Studios collaborates wi...
20 Min
NFTs
Jun 2023
BlackRock
BlackRock The SEC is suing Ripple and the lawsuit is expected to come to fruition soon. Ripple’s lawyers have been […]...
12 Min
Asset Management
Jun 2023
Maverick Takes Aim at the DEX Landscape
There’s a brand new DEX in town, and it’s quietly sitting among Ethereum’s top 5 DEXs by volume. Maverick Protocol has been off to a great start since its recent launch on Ethereum and zkSync....
11 Min
AMM
Jun 2023
Battle for Supremacy: Blur vs. OpenSea Pro
Over the past eight months, OpenSea, the once-dominant leader in the NFT marketplace realm, has found itself in a challenging situation. This predicament unfolded when Blur - an NFT marketplace and ag...
14 Min
NFT Marketplace
Jun 2023
Monthly Chartbook - AI Narrative Takes the Wheel
This month’s musing will be devoted to analyzing vibes. You might think, what’s the point of wasting time on, uh, “vibes?” Shouldn’t we focus on more important stuff like numbers, charts, and math? We...
30 Min
Global Macro Themes
Jun 2023
A Wild BART Appears
A BART is a charting pattern that is most often seen in the crypto markets. BART patterns are most frequently characterized by a sharp surge in the price of an asset, followed by a period of consolida...
10 Min
Financial Market Themes
Jun 2023
Gary's Protection
Gary’s Protection In spectacular fashion, the SEC has filed lawsuits against the two largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance and Coinbase, on […]...
8 Min
Spot Exchange
Jun 2023
Solo, Liquid, or Centralized: A Guide to Staking ETH
The launch of Ethereum's Shapella upgrade marks a significant moment that allows the withdrawal of staked ETH from the Beacon Chain, a feature that was previously unavailable. As highlighted in our ea...
16 Min
Liquid Staking
Jun 2023
May Gaming Roundup
Welcome to another edition of Delphi’s monthly Gaming Roundup! As always, we have curated the latest and greatest data and news from the past month to keep you updated with everything that’s going on...
18 Min
Gaming
Jun 2023
Exploring Web3's Implications for Multi-Billion Dollar In-Game Item Economies
As mobile gaming grew its share of the global games industry, representing roughly half of total revenue, the free-to-play (F2P) business was booming. Following a model of onboarding first and monetiz...
25 Min
Gaming
Jun 2023
Vitalik's Warning
Ethereum is known to be the most secure layer-1 blockchain. Part of the reason why it has attracted so much volume and liquidity is due to the security it can provide to applications that deploy on it...
7 Min
Staking
Jun 2023