Understanding moats is crucial in an industry where competition accelerates rapidly, yet existing frameworks fall short.
In his latest deep dive, @robbiepetersen_ presents a new framework tailored to crypto apps, focusing on 6 verticals: Money Markets, DEXs, Stablecoins, LSTs/LRTs, Third-Party Bridges, and Social Apps.
Curious about what makes crypto moats sustainable? 🌱
How secure are the moats of DeFi giants like Maker, @Aave, and @EthenaLabs ?
Is liquidity losing its edge in DEXs? Can @JitoSol maintain its lead in Solana’s LST market?
Reflecting on our report a year ago, "Solana The Monolith", @solana's modular components continue gaining value across platforms, affecting ETH & BTC.
As rollups promote modularity, Solana is at the forefront.👇
In the report, we explore how Solana is contributing to the growing landscape of modular blockchain components while also developing its internal demand through the creation of L2 solutions.
Previously, the SVM and Validator Client were closely integrated, which constrained innovation by requiring any changes to consider the entire system as a whole.
Following unprecedented news, the odds for an ETH ETF approval surged to ~70% after hovering below 25%. Subsequently, ETH’s market cap rose by $71B in one day - the largest daily surge ever recorded.
Here's our developing Ethereum Spot ETF Thread🧵
As @NateGeraci notes, recent shifts suggest a possible approval. However, for a launch of ETH ETFs both the 19b-4 and S-1 filings must be approved.
Big Tech companies have built the Internet into an attention-warping machine, employing legions of highly paid PhDs to keep users engaged within the digital matrix.
If it were up to them, you would scroll, click, and add-to-cart forever.
After scaling supply to $2.3B in <1 month, USDe is now the fastest growing “stablecoin” of all time.
At the root of Ethena’s early success lies a fundamentally different approach to what the market has conceptualized as the “synthetic dollar” 🧵
Don't miss out on the deep dive!
The full report - The Rise of Ethena: Unpacking The Emerging Synthetic Dollar - by @robbiepetersen_ & @yeak__ dissects Ethena’s architecture, risks, scalability, broader implications for DeFi, $ENA, and the road ahead 👇
Throughout the bear, our research team worked tirelessly to uncover opportunities we thought would stand out when crypto markets finally turned around.
We're starting to drop our 2024 Year Ahead Reports, so here's a glimpse at some of our analysts' hard work this past year. 🧵
Please note that reports are linked in the pictures. Links pop-up by hitting ALT in the bottom left corner.
🚨Disclaimer 🚨
Before @celestiaorg’s launch, @CannnGurel dropped the deep dive “Pay Attention to Celestia '' in Feb 2022.
One Key takeaway: A multi-chain world seems inevitable for scalability, and we believe modular blockchains could offer an optimal approach.