Background Radix is an open-source decentralised public ledger that is built to support the development of DeFi dapps and other decentralised applications. For consensus, Radix uses a new algorithm called Cerberus, which helps secure the network and allows for a high...
Introduction As you read this, the global stablecoin market cap is ~ $150 billion. This accounts for approximately 16% of the total cryptocurrency market cap of ~ $950 billion when writing this article, according to CoinMarketCap. Interestingly, a majority of...
A wise man with a wealth of wisdom once said “Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn” - Drake. On May 7, 2022, the tables turned for UST as it depegged from 1$, and by May 13, 40 billion had evaporated from thin air. On May 15, 2022, DEI depegged and...
We recently wrote an idiots predictions model to work out the fair value for the HXRO token and since then we have had a lot of questions from the community asking where is the best place to buy HXRO? It is a little confusing I’ll admit as liquidity is pretty...
Introduction Here at blocmates, we’ve covered a lot of DEX platforms as of late. HXRO, GMX, and PERP to name a few. However, none of these combined come close to doing the daily volume of the current king of DEX platforms dYdX. Year to date, dYdX has done $330 billion...
Just as perps took the crypto world by storm, options have begun to pique users' interests, particularly in these volatile times. If we work backwards and look at what the traditional markets tell us about the relationship between options and derivatives activity, we...
Stablecoins are amongst the most popular sectors within crypto. They make up 14.2% of the total crypto market cap which is no small feat given how vast the crypto landscape has become over the last few years. The sector is populated with a plethora of stablecoins with...
Hello, hello, I wanted to finish accumulating HXRO before posting this but I am going away for the weekend and have committed to all you degens to get consistent content out there… So, what I’ll be exploring today is looking at the Hxro Network and its...
First of all, thank you to ELI5_DEFI for allowing us to use your infographics from a recent thread. Go check out their work! Let’s get to it: What are crypto options? Options, options, options… Let's be honest the average crypto-ape does not know the first...
Before we go down the rabbit hole we want to introduce you to our (almost) daily Newsletter, The Catch-Up. We pack a 5 minute summary of the markets into a lighthearted email every (nearly) every morning. We release our ones-to-watch list too which I have to say has...
What is Entangle Protocol and the ENTANGLE Token? Liquidity is the single most important aspect of this whole thing we are trying to build. The future of France will not be achieved if the current issues around liquidity provision remain the same. Naturally, as with...
Intro - Cost and TPS speed have been one of the most crippling infrastructural problems for blockchain mass adoption. As many waited for the ETH 2.0 Merge (still waiting), we saw the rise of many layer 1 competitors. In addition, we saw the creation of...