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Coinbase Share Price Hits an All-Time Low
πŸŒ… Welcome! A major Bitcoin mining company has filed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, SBF can be extradited to the US as […]...
4 Min
Spot Exchange
Dec 2022
A Nuanced Approach to Estimating Mark-to-Market Crypto-Asset Values
The reasons for the monumental collapse of FTX still aren't entirely clear. There are numerous theories that speculate on what went down. Yet, nothing can be said with absolute certainty. That said, s...
15 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2022
Binance Sees USD Outflows of $5B as Users Withdraw Funds
πŸŒ… Welcome! MetaMask is partnering with one of the world’s largest digital payment platforms and SBF may have just seen […]...
4 Min
Spot Exchange
Dec 2022
Monthly Chartbook - Uncertainty Reigns Supreme Post-FTX Collapse
Has anything changed on the macro front given the macro-driven bear market? This month, the answer is…we’re getting closer....
19 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2022
The Year Ahead for DeFi
In this report, we look to highlight some key opportunities and challenges for DeFi and spell out the reasons we remain optimistic that DeFi will thrive....
54 Min
Options
Dec 2022
The Curious Case of Token Unlocks
Tokens are an integral part of crypto projects. Over the years, the way token economies are designed has changed considerably, becoming increasingly complex. They can help a good project prosper but f...
24 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2022
DEX Volume Spikes After FTX Collapse
πŸŒ… Welcome! OpenSea continues to expand to other chains, announcing that NFTs on BNB Chain will be integrated by the […]...
3 Min
Spot Exchange
Nov 2022
The Current State of Crypto Insurance
The emergence of DeFi opened up yield-generating opportunities across many protocols. But as protocols gained traction and saw increasing deposits to smart contracts, this created lucrative opportunit...
10 Min
Asset Management
Nov 2022
GBTC And ETHE Trade at Record Discount to NAVs
πŸŒ… Welcome! El Salvador gets one step closer to the construction of its Bitcoin City as a new bill to […]...
5 Min
Asset Management
Nov 2022
Liquity's Chicken Bonds: Will They Fly?
Chicken bonds are a bonding mechanism that can be applied to yield-bearing tokens to bootstrap protocol-earned liquidity while boosting yields for bonders. The enhanced yield on boosted tokens is deri...
11 Min
Structured Products
Nov 2022
Morpho Finance: A Pareto-Efficient Lending Optimizer
Instead of just P2Pool matching, as with Aave and Compound, Morpho uses a hybrid model. It combines P2P matching with the underlying P2Pool market as a fallback....
13 Min
Money Markets
Nov 2022
Monthly Chartbook - Inflation Cooperates, But Is It Enough?
This month’s Monthly Chartbook focuses on the macro outlook, market structure & on-chain observations, L1s, L2s, & DeFi analysis, and an NFTs & gaming sector breakdown....
20 Min
Macro & Markets
Nov 2022
Exploring DYAD: A New Approach to Decentralized Stablecoins
DYAD is a new overcollateralized algo-stablecoin with NFT-gated token minting....
14 Min
Algorithmic Stablecoins
Nov 2022
Gearbox Protocol: Shifting DeFi Into the Next GEAR
Gearbox is one of the few recent 0-1 products in DeFi, bringing a more efficient approach to leverage....
10 Min
Vaults
Nov 2022
Fraxlend Attracts $10M in Collateral as a Whale Deposits CRV
πŸŒ… Welcome! A Southeast Asian crypto hub proposes clamping down on leverage and the CEO of a prominent crypto exchange […]...
4 Min
Money Markets
Oct 2022
The Emergence of Principal-Protected Yield in DeFi
After two years of free money, DeFi yields have fallen to unimpressive levels. The days of depositing stables into a Yearn vault for 20% APY seem long gone. Crypto yields are now struggling to compete...
10 Min
Structured Products
Oct 2022
Can Euler Finance Carve Out a Moat?
Aave and Compound have paved the path for the basic money market design space in DeFi. While Euler's TVL is incredibly small compared to them, it has been a standout year for the protocol's growth....
13 Min
Money Markets
Oct 2022
The Better TWAP Oracle: Arithmetic or Geometric Mean?
Delphi Labs is proud to present a overview on arithmetic and geometric mean TWAPs. In this piece we’ll try to […]...
1 Min
AMM
Oct 2022
GMX's Success Spawns Competition, But Can They Keep Up?
GMX’s success has resulted in competitors attempting to replicate it with designs inspired by GMX. Mycelium (previously TracerDAO) and MUX (previously MCDEX) are two protocols designed very similarly...
21 Min
Perpetual Futures
Oct 2022
The State of Undercollateralized DeFi Lending
Unsecured lending is one of the best ways to unlock capital efficiency in DeFi, and various protocols have tried their hand at developing robust systems to earn the trust of crypto lenders. In this re...
10 Min
Unsecured Lending
Oct 2022