Reports120 results
ETH Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Data Digest 1. ETH futures/perpetuals volume and open interest rise 2. ETH options volume flips BTC options volume 3. ETH […]...
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DeFi
May 2021
The Sunday Dip Post-Mortem
April 18th saw a record ~$9.6b worth of futures contracts liquidated in just 24 hours. Here's a rundown on what happened and what could be coming next....
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DeFi
Apr 2021
MCDEX
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Derivatives
Apr 2021
Delphi Bi-Weekly Analyst Call (March 31st, 2021)
We recently hosted our bi-weekly live analyst call (03/31) where we discussed our outlook for markets and several recent notes & reports exclusively for our Institutional members....
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DeFi
Apr 2021
In Search of Yield: How DeFi is Reinventing TradFi
Structured products allow TradFi investors to earn a risk-adjusted return tailored to their individual risk appetite. These are the DeFi projects reinventing structured products and democratizing acce...
8 Min
Derivatives
Mar 2021
Delphi Bi-Weekly Analyst Call (March 5th, 2021)
We recently hosted our bi-weekly live analyst call (03/05) where we discussed our outlook for markets and several recent notes & reports exclusively for our Institutional members....
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Derivatives
Mar 2021
Alchemix: The Yield-Derivative Primitive
Alchemix, a “future-yield-backed synthetic asset platform,” went live this weekend and has already absorbed close to 190M in DAI TVL.  While TVL growth is primarily driven by ALCX farming, the Alchemi...
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Debt-Backed (CDP) Stablecoins
Mar 2021
Best of Delphi Research (Jan. 2021)
The January 2021 edition of Delphi's Research Recap report includes our Bitcoin Monthly Outlook, Ethereum Ecosystem Analysis, and much more of our team's top content....
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Derivatives
Feb 2021
Best of Delphi Research (Jan. 2021)
The January 2021 edition of Delphi's Research Recap report includes our Bitcoin Monthly Outlook, Ethereum Ecosystem Analysis, and much more of our team's top content....
1 Min
Derivatives
Feb 2021
MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Blueprint
MicroStrategy’s convertible debt sale provides bond investors with a way to get exposure to BTC, laying the blueprint for similar offerings to come....
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Derivatives
Feb 2021
Revenge of the Yams (Yam Finance)
With the rally in DeFi, many projects are getting second chances and capitalizing. Yam Finance as one may recall had a short stint in the spotlight this past summer. In this daily, I dive into the pro...
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Derivatives
Feb 2021
Mirror vs Synthetix? How About Terra
Mirror Finance is a new synthetic asset protocol built on top of the Terra blockchain. While Mirror ($MIR) is attracting much of the attention right now, we’ve pursued a different strategy by investin...
16 Min
DeFi
Feb 2021
How the GameStop Fiasco Exposed the Ultimate DeFi Bull Case
The culprit for the recent GameStop debacle was believed to be censorship by financial institutions, but it was later revealed that financial infrastructure and processes were to blame. Crypto network...
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Synthetic Assets
Feb 2021
Looking in The Mirror
In this piece I explore the present and future of Mirror, a synthetic assets protocol focused on real world assets....
13 Min
DeFi
Dec 2020
The Bitcoin Bull Case: 2021 & Beyond
Market cycle forecasts leveraging UTXO analysis, institutional demand, and a conducive macro backdrop make the bullish setup for Bitcoin over the next 12 months hard to ignore....
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DeFi
Dec 2020
The Bitcoin Bull Case: 2021 & Beyond
Market cycle forecasts leveraging UTXO analysis, institutional demand, and a conducive macro backdrop make the bullish setup for Bitcoin over the next 12 months hard to ignore....
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Infrastructure
Dec 2020
Gauge Weight Shifts & The Impact on Vaults
Assuming boosts remain constant, we expect the yUSD Vault to see its APY jump from 11.1% to 20.0% as a result of tomorrow's gauge weight shift, which may attract inflows....
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Asset Management
Nov 2020
Barnbridge Brings Structured Finance to DeFi
Risk mitigating protocols help investors and traders hedge their exposure to a financial instrument. Barnbridge is a new DeFi project bringing CDOs to DeFi and pioneering permissionless risk managemen...
6 Min
DeFi
Oct 2020
The Aftermath of One Big Macro Trade
Rising risks of insolvency and deflation could serve as a headwind to Bitcoin and crypto, but the long-term consequences highlight the value proposition of digital scarcity....
6 Min
Derivatives
Oct 2020
CSOs & The Evolution of Capital
Continuous securities offerings are a way to align incentives between a company and its key stakeholders more directly in a world in which strong community engagement will become increasingly importan...
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Structured Products
Oct 2020