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Money Markets
Radiant Capital Finds Initial Traction, But Will It Sustain?•
Radiant Capital aims to be a one-stop money market where users can deposit and borrow across multiple chains seamlessly. While money markets like Aave exist on many different blockchains, they don’t have full cross-chain functionality.
Algorithmic Stablecoins
Frax Finance: Examining The Protocol’s Holy Trinity of De-Fi•
Frax Finance is a household name for seasoned DeFi users. In the last year, they’ve launched Fraxlend and Fraxswap alongside several other products. This post will look at Frax’s newer product launches and examine their traction.
Lending / Borrowing
Aave: A Review Of The FundamentalsBy
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In our Year Ahead report for DeFi, we examined the thesis for so-called DeFi blue chips and their ability to bounce back from a tough year. Aave is one of those projects, and one that virtually everyone in crypto is aware of.
Money Markets
Real-World Assets in Decentralized Finance•
Although protocols using RWAs currently comprise a small part of DeFi, the potential of this sector has a high ceiling.
Options
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.
Money Markets
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.
Vaults
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.
Money Markets
Fraxlend Attracts $10M in Collateral as a Whale Deposits CRV•
🌅 Welcome! A Southeast Asian crypto hub proposes clamping down on leverage and the CEO of a prominent crypto exchange […]
Money Markets
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.
Unsecured Lending
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 report, we look at the top three undercollateralized lending protocols and how they’ve fared over the past year.
NFTs
NFT Lending: A Rising Opportunity When NFTs Meet DeFiBy
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Introduction In 2020, we had “DeFi Summer.” We witnessed the rise of core building blocks of an alternative, decentralized financial […]
Money Markets
ETH Borrow Rate On Aave Rises As Users Position For The Merge•
🚨 In Case You Missed It Vitalik says he is in favor of burning the staked ETH of any validator that […]