DeFi Research

IOSG Ventures Discusses Current State Of Ethereum Staking Market

An Opinion From SenseiNode Based on Blockchain Data

A Deep Dive Into Consensus on Ethereum, Polkadot, Solana and Avalanche

Staking Mechanism Seeks to Spur Interest in Yuga Collections — Is it Working?

ZKSync's Coming Mainnet Launch Underscores Mounting Activity for the Technology

Mechanics of Ethereum's Blockchain Are Changing in a Proof of Stake World

Stablecoin Yields Mirror Speculative and Deleveraging Cycles

Part Two: Optimism, Hop and Loot Provide Key Lessons on the Future of Decentralization

Part One: A Convergence of Forces Disrupts the Logic of Centralization

After dominating during the bull run, decentralized exchanges have been losing ground to CEXs as trading volumes plunge.

A Look at Ribbon Finance Shows Key Lessons on Revenue and TVL

This special report from DappRadar compares the 2018 crypto winter with the current six-month bear trend in an attempt to assess whether a crypto winter is ahead, and what the crypto industry can expect in the upcoming months. 

Speculation Mounts About Prices and Airdrops

A Deep Dive Into What Comes Next for DeFi

Nearly a billion dollars in crypto assets have been stolen from blockchain bridges in 2022.

IntoTheBlock: There Are Other Threats Besides Exploits in DeFi

Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine is shaking up crypto in unprecedented ways.

A professional investor looks at NFTs as an emerging asset class.

In this primer, IntoTheBlock unpacks how Curve drives user engagement with staking and swapping.

In this exclusive report, IntoTheBlock explores the financial structure of decentralized exchanges and how they produce revenue.

An exclusive DappRadar report explores the separation between NFT valuations and the crypto market during the selloff.

DAOs should memorialize their cooperative structures in legal entities that protect members from liability, the authors say in this research piece.

After 30 years n gestation, the metaverse is finally emerging with citizens, economies, currencies, and millions of users.

On-Chain Markets Update by IntoTheBlock Uniswap v3’s concentrated liquidity improved capital efficiency, but also amplified the risks of impermanent loss. Here is the breakdown of the profitability of liquidity providers and how it could potentially be improved.  Recently an interesting paper was published by the Bancor team related to impermanent loss when providing liquidity on…

This research piece explains NEAR, a smart contract protocol that uses a sharded public Proof-of-Stake blockchain.