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Dec 17, 2024 7 tweets 3 min read Read on X
1/ @Base has emerged as a dominant L2, suggesting that Coinbase's distribution advantage is translating into sustainable ecosystem growth.

In just a year and a half since launch, a thriving ecosystem of applications is beginning to emerge...🧵 Image
2/ Base pulled in more inflows than Solana over the last 90 days.

It's flipped Arbitrum in TVL, leads L2s in daily transactions, and matches both in stablecoin market cap.

The growth curve is getting steeper. Image
3/ @AerodromeFi owns the DEX landscape, commanding 62% market share vs Uniswap's 29%.

The protocol's dominance looks sustainable heading into 2025. Image
4/ Lending markets exploded from $150M to $1B+ YTD.

@MoonwellDeFi is generating $19.6M annualized fees after the Circle integration, while @MorphoLabs leads with $294M TVL.

The growth here is just getting started. Image
5/ AI agents are the breakout story.

@virtuals_io has launched 2200+ agents, with AIXBT trading over $341M in total volume.

We expect this trend to continue into 2025. Image
6/ Memecoin activity keeps driving volume.

Clanker has deployed 20k+ tokens, pushing consistent DEX growth since September. Image
7/ The Base ecosystem is maturing, but plenty of upside remains.

Read the full report with detailed analysis from @_dshap here: app.blockworksresearch.com/research/base-…

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More from @blockworksres

May 15
1/ We just released an updated version of our Solana DEX Activity dashboard!

We now cover information on Bitcoin trading on Solana, FX trading, memecoin launches, and various other DEX data.

Here are the main takeaways. Image
2/ SolFi and Pump (Pumpfun and Pumpswap) have increased their volume market share in 2025, but Raydium is still the largest DEX by % of volume. Image
3/ The percentage of volume going through DEX aggregators has decreased since the launch of Pumpfun and other bonding curve DEXs.

About 60% of all DEX volume was routed through Jupiter in early 2024 but this is down to 30% in 2025. Image
Read 10 tweets
May 13
1/ Hyperliquid's HIP-3 proposal outlines its evolution towards a foundational liquidity infrastructure platform, enabling permissionless creation of Hypercore perpetual markets by third-party builders.

Learn more about its impact on revenue, builders, and Hyperliquid's vision: Image
2/ HIP-3 builds on:

HIP-1: Enabled permissionless spot market creation. Developers launched spot tokens on a HyperCore order book, winning "ticker rights" in 31-hour Dutch auctions (USDC bids, cumulative $20M revenue total to Assistance Fund).

HIP-2: Complemented HIP-1 by allowing deployers to bootstrap an automated market maker strategy (Hyperliquidity) for new spot tokens, providing embedded liquidity at issuance.Image
3/ HIP-3 extends the auction model to perpetual futures, allowing builders to permissionlessly create dedicated HyperCore order books for any asset with an oracle. Winning a 31-hour Dutch auction (bids in HYPE, creating a deflationary sink) grants a one-block window to deploy.

The deployer then defines contract specifications (quote/base asset), the oracle-updater, collateral token, margin tiers, funding frequency, and an optional extra fee up to 50%. For security, a 1M HYPE stake is required which can be slashed.
Read 6 tweets
May 5
1/ Launchpads have been a hot topic in recent weeks with many new projects coming to market.

@Pumpdotfun's success and dominance of the category over the past year serves as motivation for other teams to compete for a slice of the pie.

So what's happening with launchpads?🧵 Image
2/ At the top, Pumpfun dominates the launchpad market with over 200k launched tokens per week and a graduation rate climbing towards 2%.

Token creation has declined 50% since January, but has grown by more than 100% since the summer of 2024. Image
3/ @RaydiumProtocol punched back at Pump's native DEX offering with their own native launchpad - LaunchLab.

Activity was minimal up until the recent @bonk_fun variant launched.

LaunchLab enables teams to spin up branded versions of the launchpad product. Image
Read 9 tweets
Apr 21
1/ With over $3B in liquidity, @pendle_fi dominates the vertical in which it operates. Tailwinds are present for growing Pendle’s utilization, distribution, and revenue.

- PTs coming to @aave
- Permissionless listings
- YT take rate from 3% to 5%
- Boros upgrade

🧵 Image
2/ Pendle's PTs can make for highly attractive collaterals on money markets.

Particularly for carry trades, the fixed yield offered by PTs can reduce the variance and uncertainty in the realized yield on the long leg of these strategies.

Historically, @MorphoLabs has won the lion's share of lending against these instruments, given permissionless vault creation.Image
3/ However, Aave recently passed an ARFC approving the listing of PTs on the main market, beginning with USDe and sUSDe PTs.

As eligible collateral on the largest money market offering a demand venue for growing utilization of the instruments, Pendle's PTs can benefit from broader distribution and utility.
Read 7 tweets
Apr 18
1/ Despite ending its points program last year, @HyperliquidX has maintained a dominant market position with nearly 80% of perpetuals DEX volumes.

Hyperliquid's success stems primarily from rapid, relevant token listings and superior UX for users and market makers. Image
2/ Currently, it is the only DEX that has been able to compete with CEX volumes.

Over the past three months, the platform has averaged $6.4B in daily trading volume, which sits just above 50% of the daily trading volumes of Bybit and OKX.
3/ Fees generated on HyperCore are divided between the HLP and the assistance fund. The assistance fund uses fees to buyback the HYPE token.

From February until now, the assistance fund has bought a cumulative $96M USD in HYPE, which is approximately $1.4M daily. Image
Read 8 tweets
Mar 28
1/ PumpSwap, the new native DEX from @pumpdotfun, is aiming to shake up Solana's DEX scene.

Pumpfun (bonding curve + PumpSwap AMM) captured 20% of Solana's total DEX volumes yesterday, hitting a new all-time high.

Could this uptrend continue? 🧵 Image
2/ What drives Solana DEX volumes?

Market share by trading pair in the past 30 days:
- Non-Pumpfun Memes: 33%
- SOL-USD: 27%
- Pumpfun Memes: 25%
- Others: 15%

Notably, Pumpfun coins peaked at 43% of the chain DEX volumes in November 2024. Image
3/ Raydium had historically captured 70% of Pumpfun token volume.

Pumpfun has quickly reclaimed that activity, now making up over 60% of market share in this category. Image
Read 7 tweets

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