👀 This week’s Market Pulse is out - bringing you insights on market sentiment, turning points, fund flows, derivatives, and upcoming catalysts
🧗 $ETH is gaining momentum, up 24.1% in the past 1 month
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🎓 July's Scholar Report studies the Global Financial Stability Report by the IMF (@IMFNews). We focus on Chapter 3, which covers #DeFi
💰 DeFi has a lower marginal cost and higher cost efficiency as compared to #TradFi because of low labour and operational costs
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Weekly Layers 1 & 2 Update
✅ Ethereum developers have activated the Merge on the Sepolia testnet
🏃 Approx. 50 Terra projects are migrating to the Polygon network
👾 Ronin attacker in March gained access via a fake job advert
Full details 👇
https://t.co/sh0fx0OQMo
📈 Visualise recent crypto trends through our latest Monthly Chartbook
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Bancor paused Impermanent Loss Protection (ILP) this month, citing potentially anomalous user behaviour. The pausing of ILP seems to have coincided with an increase in withdrawals from the platform.
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The Weekly GameFi Update
🏢 @SkyMavisHQ introduces land staking in Axie Infinity
🏀 @NianticLabs partners with NBA to create AR game
🎮 @oasys_games raises US$20M with the help of @Cryptocom_Cap
Full details 👇
https://t.co/qZqBFwIvym
👀 The latest edition of Alpha Navigator, an institutional-focused @Cryptocom_Insto report, is out!
🧵 Here are 5 key takeaways
1️⃣ Almost all major asset classes were down in 1H2022, amid inflation concerns, monetary tightening, and a volatile geopolitical environment
The Weekly NFT Update
👨🏻💻 @Meta trialling NFTs as Facebook posts
🎲 @worldofwomennft and @hasbro to create Monopoly NFT game
💰 @ensdomains ‘000.eth’ sells for 300 ETH
Full details 👇
https://t.co/SvylgT0DrM
https://t.co/lhCPQEMURB Research & Insights team presents the June Research Roundup newsletter - a recap of our research publications in June.
Check out this month’s collaboration, trending market insights, and our exclusive feature reports 👇
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The Weekly DeFi Update
🛑 MakerDAO users reject centralisation proposals and consider bond investing
📉 Tether reduces its commercial paper holdings to US$8.4B
💸 Aave launches Aave Arc, a new service approved by 30 institutions
Full details 👇
https://t.co/GIR2vvTb6E
👀 This week’s Market Pulse is out - bringing insights on market sentiment, turning points, fund flows, derivatives, and upcoming catalysts
🏃 $BTC moves in lockstep with high-beta equities
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The Weekly NFT Update
🐶 @SnoopDogg and @Eminem feature #BAYC NFTs in music video
🦄 @Uniswap acquires NFT marketplace aggregator Genie
🛒 eCommerce giant @Shopify incorporates NFTs into a new service
Full details 👇
https://t.co/Y7po1GBldN
🔬Introducing our June Feature Reports on Blockchain Trilemma
As of June 2022, 4.40% of the global population owns crypto
Check out the 🧵 for 6 key takeaways and full report links👇
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The Weekly DeFi Update
🐋 Solend users vote to limit a whale to avoid major liquidation
📈 USDC tops USDT in the daily number of transactions but not in volume
🛑 Bancor pauses impermanent loss protection
Full details 👇
https://t.co/5hIRLEk4m3
Decentralized staking platform @ConvexFinance set up new website addresses for users after a previous URL was involved in a phishing attack.
By @shauryamalwa
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🎓Proudly Supporting Academic Research🎓
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🔐Research Goals: deepen knowledge of blockchain and related technologies
Learn more about the Oxford Blockchain Research Centre 👇
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📈 Visualise recent crypto trends through our latest Monthly Chartbook
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💪 Loan-to-Deposit ratios among DeFi lenders show strength (ability to lend more) in their financial positions (typically, the ideal LDR is 80% to 90%)
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Weekly Layers 1 & 2 Update
🏁 Arbitrum launches a reward system called Arbitrum Odyssey
🧰 Ethereum launches a testnet Beacon chain
🔒 VeChain tests Proof of Authority 2.0
Full details 👇
https://t.co/oD81juQYKX