Research & Opinion

Research & Opinion
Bitcoin Eyes Q2 Rebound as Institutions Deepen Crypto Commitment: Nexo
After crypto's worst Q1 since 2018, ETF inflows have turned positive, and $268 billion in stablecoins sits on the sidelines waiting for a catalyst.

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Distributed Tokenized RWA Market to Hit $400B by 2030: Keyrock, Securitize
RWA perpetuals tied to assets like gold, silver and oil, grew 40x in six months, the new report shows.

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DeFi Lending's Risk-Reward Ratio Sparks Debate Between Researchers and Curators
An analysis of Morpho markets finds depositors are undercompensated by 5-10x. Curators counter that empirical loss data tells a different story.

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84% of Polymarket Traders Are Losing Money, New Research Finds
On-chain researcher Andrey Sergeenkov found that only 2% of the 2.5 million wallets analyzed have ever made over $1,000.

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Google Quantum AI Paper Rewrites Threat Timeline for Bitcoin, Ethereum Security
A whitepaper co-authored with the Ethereum Foundation and Stanford researchers slashes qubit estimates by 20x, warns that billions in crypto assets are exposed to multiple attack vectors.

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ECB Study Concludes DeFi DAOs Aren't as Decentralized as They Claim
A new working paper from the European Central Bank examined four major protocols and found that a small number of actors control the bulk of governance token holdings.

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Dismantling "Fraud Factories". ChainPatrol Premieres "Lights in Dark Rooms" in Cannes
Disrupting the digital backbone of global scam compounds means looking
beyond the screen.

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DeFi Generated $8 Billion in Onchain Yield in 2025: Analysis
A breakdown of DeFi's yield sources reveals that borrowing demand, trading fees, and funding rates drove the bulk of returns, while more than half of stablecoin deposits in the Ethereum ecosystem are earning less than U.S. Treasuries.

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Ethena's Deployed Capital Slumps as Demand for Leverage Dries Up
An analysis from WuBlockchain shows basis trade capital at record lows as hedging crowds out leveraged longs, pushing derivatives markets toward an unusual equilibrium.





