US Treasury goes after DeFi and top MEV bots lose $25m
Regulators have always been playing catchup when it comes to crypto, and after a string of (coordinated) regulatory actions against…
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After Shapella, a new dawn for ETH yield products
Ethereum’s Shapella upgrade earlier this month was the culmination of a nearly decade-long effort to shift to proof-of-stake (PoS). The…
High transaction fees and MEV star jaredfromsubway.eth
ICYMI: Check out last month’s post, which dives into the restaking market and what the future of ETH yield products…
Rollups are expanding Ethereum’s ecosystem
Working out how to scale blockchain to internet levels has been a focal point for researchers ever since Bitcoin launched.…
Higher Dai rates means more revenue for Maker
ICYMI: Check out last month’s post on the expanded ecosystems that Ethereum rollups are building. Maker has had a busy…
Fresh hope for passive LPs
Dose of DeFi will be off for the rest of the summer and back in the fall. Research ideas and…
MEV resolution: Are we there yet?
This is part 1; check out part 2, Will MEV mitigation destroy onchain liquidity? Ahoy! Back after a restful summer…
Will MEV mitigation destroy on-chain liquidity?
This is part 2. Check out part 1, MEV resolutions: Are we there yet? As we discussed last month, the…
Abstract away! The race towards interoperability
Increasing scalability has always been the number one priority for blockchains trying to capture more users. A quick gander at…
DeFi’s OPM era: The custody hurdle
Co-written with Lucas Gaylord, co-founder & CEO of Eulith, which builds on-chain trading infrastructure for professional traders DeFi has to…