Intro In 2021 the crypto space saw valuations of metaverse and play-to-earn protocols soar. Sparked by the huge success of Axie Infinity and later by Facebook’s wishful rebranding as Meta, interest in these overlapping sectors has surged. The first to break out,...
Despite the recent market pullbacks across the board, blockchain activity is through the roof: the total value of crypto assets stored on-chain (TVL) is up to $190bn, compared to $36bn compared to this time last year (a 5.2x increase). At its peak, TVL topped $259bn....
I have been writing about the incoming multi-chain world for quite some time, and we have seen this play out with the greatest capital influx of 2021 being allocated to the alternate Layer-1 (or L1) space. It didn’t take a genius to work out it was coming; the user...
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“In ███ theory, with the butterfly effect, ████████████████████ a small change █████████████████████████████████ can result in large differences █████” Unless you have been living under a rock you will have noticed a lot of this: “█████ something, something, cryptic...
A few weeks back I was lucky enough to be brought onboard to the Perpetual Protocol Grants Programme. Me, being an idiot, assumed this was reserved for those who are looking to contribute in a technical way to the protocol… but no, us regular plebs are also invited to...
This is the 4th instalment in a series of articles surrounding the new Perpetual Protocol V2 launch - Curie. Previous articles include: A Complete Guide to Perpetual Protocol V2 A Complete Tutorial to Perpetual Protocol V2 A Complete Guide to Market Making on...
Following a recent flurry of Metamask issues, I reached out to people in the community who might be interested in writing a short piece on some basic security housekeeping when operating in DeFi. Purple Fortress, who offer security assessments for crypto users to...
Hello again! So after releasing A Complete Guide and A Complete Tutorial, covering Perpetual Protocol V2, I did say I would cover standalone articles for market makers and market takers, so here we go with the former. The reason for doing this, as discussed in the...
This article has been recently updated to reflect the recent deployment of Perp V2 on Optimism. I recently released “A Complete Guide to Perpetual Protocol V2” which if you haven’t read already, then what are you playing at? Just kidding, but anyway... I thought it...
The Problem and the Solution - It is kind of crazy to think how far we have come as an industry. Real-world adoption was once the biggest meme on CT and now, as if it popped up out of nowhere, it is part of our everyday lives. SHIB is on the news, stablecoins are...
The Problem and the Solution- I don’t know about you but using a traditional centralised exchange (CEX) feels… you know, kinda shit. Don’t get me wrong, the ease and accessibility of it is great and obviously, the liquidity is unparalleled. That being said, there is...
Productive assets are a thing of beauty. One of the first things I do when taking people through a whistle-stop tour of crypto is showing them the potential APYs you can get in DeFi. The response is always a moment of reflection whilst the cogs begin to turn and then...