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Tokenomics lessons from Terra, Bancor, and the Death Spiral.
There’s no doubt the vast majority of readers know exactly what happened to Terra back in May. Whether you believe it was a deliberate attack or just a perfect storm of external conditions, UST depegged and the existing supply contraction mechanisms were not enough to fix the situation. This led to the large-scale and permanent depeg, sending both Luna and UST both to near-zero. This massive $35 billion dollar collapse further led to the continued declines in an already hurting crypto and glo...
Tokenomics lessons from Terra, Bancor, and the Death Spiral.
There’s no doubt the vast majority of readers know exactly what happened to Terra back in May. Whether you believe it was a deliberate attack or just a perfect storm of external conditions, UST depegged and the existing supply contraction mechanisms were not enough to fix the situation. This led to the large-scale and permanent depeg, sending both Luna and UST both to near-zero. This massive $35 billion dollar collapse further led to the continued declines in an already hurting crypto and glo...
Economic review and analysis of Thetan Arena
NOTE AND CONTEXT: This is a piece I wrote as part of an interview process. This work showcases my analytical skills and research quality. I had never heard of this game prior to the interview. I am posting for posterity, as it makes for a nice addition to my writing and research portfolio.Thetan Arena — Introduction Thetan Arena is a gamefi, play-to-earn protocol on the Binance Smart Chain. Thetan Arena is a simplified version of a MOBA game, similar to that of League of Legends or Dota 2, bo...
Economic review and analysis of Thetan Arena
NOTE AND CONTEXT: This is a piece I wrote as part of an interview process. This work showcases my analytical skills and research quality. I had never heard of this game prior to the interview. I am posting for posterity, as it makes for a nice addition to my writing and research portfolio.Thetan Arena — Introduction Thetan Arena is a gamefi, play-to-earn protocol on the Binance Smart Chain. Thetan Arena is a simplified version of a MOBA game, similar to that of League of Legends or Dota 2, bo...
Buffer Finance’s Dynamic Option Vaults fix the issues of regular Option Vaults.
Learn how you can profit using them on the Aurora network.https://buffer.finance/Disclaimer: I received compensation for writing this article. While the explanations are hopefully objective, it’s important to note for transparency.Buffer Finance’s Dynamic Decentralized Option Vaults (DDOVs) have launched on Aurora! These vaults are their way of improving upon existing DeFi option vault technology. Option vaults tap into a billion-dollar DeFi market as well as a trillion-dollar Traditional Fin...
Buffer Finance’s Dynamic Option Vaults fix the issues of regular Option Vaults.
Learn how you can profit using them on the Aurora network.https://buffer.finance/Disclaimer: I received compensation for writing this article. While the explanations are hopefully objective, it’s important to note for transparency.Buffer Finance’s Dynamic Decentralized Option Vaults (DDOVs) have launched on Aurora! These vaults are their way of improving upon existing DeFi option vault technology. Option vaults tap into a billion-dollar DeFi market as well as a trillion-dollar Traditional Fin...
How to Analyze Tokenomics on Terra
Using TheDefiEdge’s tokenomics ideas to analyze Terra protocols.A recent thread by @TheDefiEdge on Twitter went over the basics of Tokenomics, as it relates to Defi in general. The thread is a great read and very informational as all material by @TheDefiEdge is. He details tokenomics concepts and pointers, as well as a few examples of projects that implement them. To piggyback on his thread, provide further reach for his ideas, as well as provide some more specific insight from my own experie...
How to Analyze Tokenomics on Terra
Using TheDefiEdge’s tokenomics ideas to analyze Terra protocols.A recent thread by @TheDefiEdge on Twitter went over the basics of Tokenomics, as it relates to Defi in general. The thread is a great read and very informational as all material by @TheDefiEdge is. He details tokenomics concepts and pointers, as well as a few examples of projects that implement them. To piggyback on his thread, provide further reach for his ideas, as well as provide some more specific insight from my own experie...
The simple explanation of Retrograde and Astroport
Terra’s version of Convex and Curve.To begin, I’ve made a thread with most of this information on Twitter already, but wanted to write an article so I could add in a lot more detail, as well as use the long-form format of a document. See that thread here, and feel free to send me ideas or feedback for what you’d like to see explored or explained.How Astroport’s vxAstro worksAstroport has announced that in the near future, they will be implementing a veToken model for staked Astro, or xAstro. ...
The simple explanation of Retrograde and Astroport
Terra’s version of Convex and Curve.To begin, I’ve made a thread with most of this information on Twitter already, but wanted to write an article so I could add in a lot more detail, as well as use the long-form format of a document. See that thread here, and feel free to send me ideas or feedback for what you’d like to see explored or explained.How Astroport’s vxAstro worksAstroport has announced that in the near future, they will be implementing a veToken model for staked Astro, or xAstro. ...
