Crypto Research Reports & Releases

Join Ceteris for this in-depth episode of Check the Chain as we dissect the best index play for the Cosmos ecosystem. We'll be exploring a range of options, from Stride's liquid staking solution and the ATOM token itself, to newcomers like Neutron and Umee. But maybe the best index is actually a wildcard NFT project, Badkids. Alongside this, we touch upon the unexpected high yields Ethereum investors can achieve on Cosmos via Sommelier Finance. 

In this special two-part episode of Check the Chain, join Ceteris and Jordan as they scope the current Cosmos ecosystem. Part one focuses on the Cosmos starmap, featuring Cosmos Hub, Osmosis (AMM for LPs), Stride (Liquid Staking Appchain), and upcoming app chains like Noble, set to natively issue assets (e.g., USDC & WBTC) to Cosmos, and DyDX, launching their app chain in September. Stay tuned for part two, where they'll dive into Voltz, a new interest rate swaps protocol.

ZK-bridges use ZKPs to improve performance of light-client bridges without introducing new trust assumptions. Polymer and zkBridge stand out with their use of parallelizable/recursive proofs. Others will adopt similar solutions to cut down proving time and verification costs.

A popular takeaway regarding the FTX drama has been that this was not a DeFi problem, but a TradFi one. It’s absolutely true that custody risks apply to CEXs and not DeFi. Yet, given the size of the collapse, we find it important to ask why, despite all their inherent custodial risks, CEXs continue to attract capital at such higher orders of magnitude.

Delphi Labs is Delphi’s protocol R&D arm, with a team of ~50 dedicated to building new Web 3 primitives. Previously, the team was focused on researching & developing protocols on Terra. In the wake of the Terra collapse, Delphi Labs was faced with a big decision regarding where to focus our builder efforts going forward.

Interchain Accounts & Interchain Security are the two biggest catalysts in the Cosmos ecosystem to date, greatly increasing cross-chain composability.

In this episode, we sit down with Anna Carroll (Protocol Lead at Nomad) and Arjun Bhuptani (Founder of Connext) to discuss the blockchain interoperability trilemma, bridge architectures, Nomad’s optimistic design, and much more.

Chart of The Day: GMX Users Increase Through Integrations  GMX is a DEX and margin trading platform that utilizes an […]

Rollups and Composability Rollups allow Ethereum to scale by moving the execution of transactions to a separate chain and then […]

Chart of The Day: Balancer’s veBAL Driving Lockups Balancer recently launched the veBAL governance system. VeBAL is a unique ve-derivative […]

Since the beginning of March, THORChain has experienced a surge in activity. By the end of the month, both volume […]

Below is a recording and transcript of the Real Vision Pro Crypto AMA call our team did on Tuesday, March […]