Ethereum and DeFi Primer on Automated Market Making and Uniswap Decentralized exchanges (DEXs), such as Uniswap, are a fundamental building block of the crypto-financial system. These platforms enable users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other, or via pools of liquidity, eliminating the need for a counterparty or a centralized entity to execute the trade. In this article, we will
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part III Classifying Uniswap's Liquidity Providers and Their Strategies Introduction The introduction of concentrated liquidity in Uniswap V3 has granted market makers greater flexibility and opportunity to manage their positions. However, it has also increased competition among Liquidity Providers, who can now compete by using different market-making strategies. Additionally, it
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part II Understanding Liquidity Supply and Demand Dynamics on Uniswap Introduction The introduction of concentrated liquidity in Uniswap V3 has given market makers more freedom and opportunity to manage their positions. It has also made the competitive landscape more challenging, and thus the decision-making process has become substantially more complex for selecting
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part I A Breakdown of Uniswap's Protocol Activities Introduction One of the fundamental building blocks within the cryptocurrency ecosystem is decentralized exchanges (DEXs). These platforms enable users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other, or via liquidity pools, eliminating the need for a counterparty or a centralized entity to execute
The Week On-chain Newsletter Ethereum's Staking Issue The Ethereum community is debating a change to the ETH monetary policy, following a proposals aimed at constraining the rapid expansion of the staking pool. This is motivated by a surge in demand for Liquid Staking and Restaking protocols.
Ethereum and DeFi Ethereum's Dencun Upgrade The Dencun upgrade has activated successfully, introducing a new architecture for Layer-2 solutions to anchor into the mainchain. It also introduces modifications to the staking pool. Both could impact Ethereum's monetary policy.
The Week On-chain Newsletter Moving Out On The Risk Curve With strong market momentum following the Bitcoin spot ETFs, several indicators are hinting at early signs of investor capital moving out on the risk curve. In this piece, we explore how capital starts to rotate through assets, by tracking asset performance, TVL, and trade volumes on DEXs.
The Week On-chain Newsletter Who's next? With the Bitcoin ETF becoming a classic sell-the-news event, we explore the market's risk appetite for tokens further out on the risk curve. There are some indicators alluding to ETH outperformance, as well as interesting divergences in altcoin price action relative to the majors.
Ethereum and DeFi Twists and Turns The growth rate of the Ethereum validator set has slowed in recent weeks, as an increasing number of validators voluntarily exit. This has slowed the rate of ETH issuance. Alongside increasing ETH burnt via EIP1559 due to growing network activity, the ETH supply has turned deflationary once again.
Ethereum and DeFi stETH's Effect on Ethereum Liquid staking transforms the supply dynamics of ETH and creates a shift in the demand for Ethereum's native token. stETH becomes particularly attractive on lending platforms, while stETH liquidity on decentralized exchanges diminishes.
Ethereum and DeFi Tracking Sentiment via Liquidity Pools Volatility has returned to digital assets markets, with performance of ETH and many tokens experiencing outsized drawdowns. Derivatives markets are suggesting liquidity continues to move higher up the risk curve. We also deep dive into how liquidity pools provide market information.
Ethereum and DeFi Is DeFi Back in Business? Regulatory conditions in 2023 have been a tug-of-war between positive and negative news, with altcoins and DeFi tokens being most heavily impacted. With MKR and COMP experiencing significant out-performance in recent weeks, we explore how we can extract information from changes in DEX liquidity.
The Week On-chain Newsletter The Surge in Liquid Staking Since the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade, a very clear market preference for liquid staking tokens has emerged. Lido's stETH maintains an impressive dominance, with DeFi capital flows suggesting it has become a preferred collateral asset.
Ethereum and DeFi Risk-Off Capital Rotation While digital asset prices have remained stagnant in recent months, several indicators point towards a risk-off rotation of capital taking place beneath the surface. Volumes have dried up, and investors are increasingly expressing a preference for stablecoin capital.
Ethereum and DeFi Dealing With The DeFi Downtrend DeFi on the Ethereum is a centrepiece of the ecosystem, with DeFi protocols being a destination for tokens, stablecoins and NFTs alike. However, DeFi tokens remain in a multi-year, and relentless bearish trend. In this piece, we uncover why this may be.
Ethereum and DeFi Post-Shanghai: What Really Happened We previously simulated the potential economic outcomes of ETH withdrawals enabled by the Shapella upgrade. In this edition, we will examine what actually happened to the 1.55M withdrawn ETH, and how stake has reshuffled between stakers, staking service providers, and sell-side pressure.
Ethereum and DeFi Simulating Shanghai Sell-side: Investigating the Ethereum Unlock The highly anticipated Shanghai/Capella hard fork is scheduled to take place on 12-April-2023, which enables withdrawals of staked ETH. In this piece, we establish cohorts of stakers, and assess the potential sell-side pressure which may occur due to the unlock event.
The Week On-chain Newsletter The Merge: A Feat of Engineering This week saw the successful deployment of one of the most impressive feats of engineering in the blockchain industry: The Ethereum Merge. We explore it as it happened, on-chain.
Ethereum and DeFi CoinMarketCap + Glassnode: Analysing the Ethereum Beacon Chain With the Ethereum Merge on the horizon, we present a suite of new metrics which describe Proof-of-Stake consensus, and profile the performance of the Beacon Chain since genesis in a new report with CoinMarketCap.
Market Pulse Market Pulse: ETH 2.0 Stakers Are Underwater The Ethereum 2.0 upgrade is one of the most anticipated, and most watched events in digital asset industry. However, with staked ETH locked up, and market prices declining over 75%, the vast majority of stakers are now firmly underwater on their position.
Ethereum and DeFi The Great DeFi Deleveraging The Ethereum DeFi market is undergoing a dramatic deleveraging, with over $124B in capital flushed out in just six weeks. The Ethereum investor base is now heavily underwater on spot positions, and is locking in historically large realized losses.
Product A Short History of the Etherverse We deep dive into Ethereum's most prominent use cases by quantifying gas consumption across major token, protocol, and transaction categories. Our analysis shines a light on the complexity and ever-evolving nature of the Ethereum ecosystem.
Ethereum and DeFi DeFi Uncovered: DeFi Valuations Dislocate As a predominantly leverage driven correction hits the market, we continue to see expansion in DeFi protocol usage, whilst token valuations struggle to keep pace.
Ethereum and DeFi DeFi Uncovered: What's Next for DeFi? NFTs continue to command an impressive lead in Ethereum ecosystem attention. We explore whether this attention is leaking back into the DeFi sector.
Ethereum and DeFi DeFi Uncovered: Hints of a Multichain Future Interest in alternative smart contract chains hits a new stride in the past weeks, as the prices of Avalanche, Solana and Terra explode higher.
