🔹The market had yet another quiet weekend with little volume across the top 100 coins (likely a result of most of the industry gathering in Miami).
🔹Despite $BTC falling less than $ETH from current ATHs, ETH looks like the stronger asset for now.
2/ If you look at the YTD ETH/BTC chart in isolation, you probably wouldn’t guess fear in the crypto market is the highest it’s been in a year.
It’s worth noting that in 2017, ETH/BTC topped out mid cycle and proceeded to trend down as BTC ripped to $20,000.
3/ With a unique incentive scheme for $CRV lock ups, @ConvexFinance has surpassed @iearnfinance’s $veCRV locked less than a month since launching.
It’s important to note that Yearn’s strategies also include depositing and farming CVX, so Yearn isn’t quite in the backseat yet.
4/ DEX volumes have receded hard over the past few weeks. Even @Uniswap, which has grown through previous pullbacks in 2020, has seen it’s volume shrink.
However, this isn’t exactly a DEX-specific phenomenon, as volume on centralized spot exchanges fell in tandem with DEXes.
🔹El Salvadore passed the bill that makes BTC legal tender in Central American country.
🔹Technical indicators are giving mixed signals with a bullish divergence forming while BTC defends its H&S neckline.
🔹ETH supply in smart contracts makes new highs.
2/ Yesterday, BTC attempted a test of its 2021 yearly open support level at $29,400. This level is crucial to defend if the longer-term bull market structure is to continue. This is accompanied by dip-buying and exchange withdrawals as mentioned in our previous daily.
0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, $ETH gas prices reach pre-DeFi summer levels, utilization rates in DeFi markets remain high, and implied volatility of $BTC options have fallen.
🔹 @coinbase’s announced its 4% rewards card can be spent through Apple Pay and Google Pay
🔹Next few weeks of price action are likely to be choppy, but early data suggests volatility may be culled for now.
2/ Implied volatility for various durations of BTC options have fallen over the past week, indicating cheaper options across the board (good for buyers, bad for sellers).
Implied volatility, as the name suggests, is not a measure of actual volatility.
1/ May 2021 hasn’t been kind to BTC bulls, but today was by far the worst day for the market since March 2020.
Over $2 billion in BTC positions —longs and shorts — were liquidated in today’s choppy market. Over $10 billion were liquidated across crypto perps and futures.
2/ As demand dried across BTC markets, the annualized basis for one month futures briefly traded at a big discount. @DeribitExchange had the worst reaction, with basis reaching -75%.
This was a result of heavy selling across futures market causing them to go into backwardation.
0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, we look at @0xPolygon’s continued growth, DeFi tokens leading recent relief rally, and @uniswap v2 vs. v3 capital efficiency.