The battle of the Layer 1's was one of the most popular trades of the late bull run. From Solana, Luna, and Avalanche, to Fantom, Harmony, NEAR and many others, all of them saw a good amount of usage. Now that the tide has shifted, we can see that most of them have...
Background on Sturdy Finance There is no denying the fact that borrowing and lending protocols have played and will continue to play a pivotal role in the widespread adoption of DeFi across the world. I mean, who doesn’t understand the appeal of decentralised,...
GM GM,It’s been a wild week so far. SBF arrested, Wonderboy FUDs Binance HARD, CPI came in at 7.1% and the FOMC announced a 50 basis points hike but keeps a firm hawkish stance. When will the Christmas Printer Index (CPI) go brrrrrrr again?Today we look at the 3...
A Brief History of Yield Optimisers in DeFi. The fields of DeFi are vast, and over the last 2 years, everybody wanted to become a farmer to harvest their share of the available yield. Yield farming became so popular that even non-crypto native participants were aware...
A Brief History of HXRO Network If you’re a regular blocmates reader, then you will know about the Hxro Network. We’ve extensively covered the project on multiple occasions. As rightly mentioned in our first article about the project, it will take us a few months and...
GMGMOur World Cup dreams have been crushed (again) and this week is probably one of the most pivotal weeks of the year.SBF speaks in front of Congress Tues/Weds, US CPI numbers on Tues, and the FOMC on Weds followed by the press conference.But before the games begin...
GM GM, Viva la crypto as bears are crying that crypto is dead, wall street is bleeding as the markets digest J Powell’s words and Sams's contagion is still spreading. aaaaand JFC Jimmy C has turned bullish and doesn't see a recession coming...by the laws of...
Introduction to Handle.fi The handle.fi protocol is a DeFi native foreign exchange market on the blockchain. The protocol aims to democratise the use of non-USD-pegged stablecoins in the DeFi landscape. In the time to come, as the crypto markets grow globally, demand...
GMGM,NEWS just in this morning, Caroline has been spotted in a local coffee shop in SoHo Manhattan. Altcoin Daily showed a map in showing she is a 6-minute walk from an FBI field officeAnd this meme sums up those current feels as to how the media is portraying Sam as...
GM serrrs and serrettes yes, Markets pumped following JP’s speech yesterday and the levels of hopium for 50 basis points raise in December are high. Come on Santa, don’t fail us this year with a rally to Valhalla!The research apes have been digging into...
Editors' notes from Grant - First of all thanks to Shaurya for this monster of an article and thanks to ELi5 DeFi for letting us use your incredible graphics. I want to start by saying when we were looking at interesting projects to cover that were currently being...
Yoyoyo GMGM Happy Monday and welcome to Alpha Ape #1.Every Monday we’ll be giving you a collection of:• Alpha tweets, • Up-and-coming projects• Governance proposals Without further ado pen and paper at the ready, let’s jump right...