0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, we look into ETH’s rebound, the launch of Banker Joe, and the recent performance of Perp and CEX tokens.
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1/ After days of hovering at the bottom of the 0.06 to 0.08 range, ETH bounced from support rather abruptly to 0.066. Daily RSI14 also recovered from oversold levels (30), adding promise.
It’s too early to tell whether this is mean reversion or part of a larger move.
2/ @traderjoe_xyz’s TVL (and, by extent, @avalancheavax’s TVL) increased by close to $700m following the launch of Banker Joe, Trader Joe’s new lending product.
In the past 3 days, TVL on Trader Joe has increased by $700m.
3/ BNB has performed well in the last 3 days following @binance’s $1b ecosystem fund announcement.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about FTT and especially HT. While FTT has underperformed BNB, HT has performed far worse as it fell nearly 50% since September.
4/ The DYDX token has come out strong since it’s launch on Sept 8th, reaching a FDV of $22.7b.
Other Perp protocol tokens have taken the opportunity to stretch their legs.
Beneficiaries from this narrative include newer protocols like TCR (TracerDAO) and FST (Futureswap).
0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, we analyzed @MonteCarloDEX, an on-chain futures and derivatives platform.
We examined perpetual trading volume and funding rates for both ETH and BTC.
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1/ Market Update-
🔹Crypto is having a slow day as BTC finds it difficult to climb above $58K.
🔹BTC is still well above the trend break we outlined last week, but considering BTC is leading the market at the moment, a downturn could turn ugly for all of crypto.
2/ MCDEX is an on-chain platform to trade futures and derivatives.
The project launched on mainnet alongside Arbitrum on Aug. 31, and followed through with a deployment to BSC on Sep 28.
Over $1B of volume has been traded on MCDEX since it launched.
0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, BTC is leading the way and @0xPolygon transactions drop.
BTC’s dominance has been rising and taking the total crypto market cap with it.
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1/ Market Update-
Besides a market sell of $40m worth of BTC leading to pullback yesterday, the weekend was rather uneventful, with a handful of altcoins outperforming BTC.
Bitcoin swiftly recovered and continues exuding strength, relative to most of the digital assets market.
2/ It’s officially Bitcoin season. In the last 24 hours, only 4 crypto assets in the CoinGecko top 100 have managed to outperform Bitcoin’s immense strength.
In the last 7 days, only 12 crypto assets outperformed BTC.
1/ The safety module is an insurance mechanism that allows $DYDX holders to stake their tokens to create a backstop, and earn rewards for providing this service
2/ What was unknown at the time was that there was an error in the implementation. The ratio of DYDX to staked DYDX was supposed to be 1:1, but was actually 1:0
🔹After yesterday’s rally, BTC is having a breather as L1s take center stage again.
🔹Apart from L1s, DeFi is surprisingly the only other sector in the green.
🔹Top performers over the last 24 hours are FTM, SHIB, AR, and DOT.
2/ Flows from Ethereum to @FantomFDN averaged $10-25M per day over September. But over the last two days, flows to Fantom increased by an unprecedented amount on the back of a new yield farm.
0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, we examined delta neutral AXS farming, LUNA burning, recent L1 rally, and yield generating NFTs.
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1/ Market Update-
🔹The broader crypto market is seeing a slight pullback after the weekend run-up, seemingly weighed down by traditional markets, with major equity indices down on the day.
🔹Nonetheless, AXS, LUNA, and DYDX were among today’s top gainers.
2/ AXS staking began on Friday and opened up opportunities for yield arbitrage via perpetual futures.
This can be done by buying spot AXS to stake, while shorting the AXS-perpetual future. The trade is delta-neutral, meaning there’s no price risk, and captures the difference.
0/ In today’s Delphi Daily, we examine the near-term bull case for ETH, and offer the slightest bit of hopium.
We analyzed ETH open interest, options buying, and usage levels.
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1/ Market Update-
🔹It’s a relieving sight to see green across the board for crypto today, although it isn’t a very convincing bounce for majors such as BTC and ETH.
🔹Coins like DYDX (+12.1%), AR (+11.6%), AXS (+10.5%), and BNB (+10.3%), are leading this bounce at the moment
2/ OI for ETH futures and options is down nearly 40% since the start of September. The market is crippled by fear, but, thankfully, there is a silver lining.
Options open interest fell as dramatically as it did at the end of this month due to a large number of recent expiries.