Kalao and it´s on-chain moment of truth
The 2020 crypto bull run witnessed the meteoric rise of NFTs with millions of users wanting to get their hands on the next BAYC or Cryptopunk. Obvious beneficiaries of this exponential demand for NFTs were the NFT marketplaces, particularly Opensea.io which leveraged its first-mover advantage to become the defacto NFT marketplaces. However, the rising gas prices on Ethereum and the alternative L1s gaining prominence led to a slew of newer NFT marketplaces across chains competing for the volum...
Kalao and it´s on-chain moment of truth
The 2020 crypto bull run witnessed the meteoric rise of NFTs with millions of users wanting to get their hands on the next BAYC or Cryptopunk. Obvious beneficiaries of this exponential demand for NFTs were the NFT marketplaces, particularly Opensea.io which leveraged its first-mover advantage to become the defacto NFT marketplaces. However, the rising gas prices on Ethereum and the alternative L1s gaining prominence led to a slew of newer NFT marketplaces across chains competing for the volum...
The Playbook to Game.Fi 2.0
GameFi at its inception changed lives at a scale that was unprecedented in the history of the gaming world. It flipped the narrative of gaming from fun to livelihood. In July 2021 Axie´s monthly revenue of $300 million surpassed any other Dapp and was almost 3X of Ethereum´s ( Source: Dapp Radar). By encapsulating players in its ownership model, GameFi looked all set to vest the power of web3 into the masses but the paradigm was not agile enough to weather the changing market conditions. Any ...
The Playbook to Game.Fi 2.0
GameFi at its inception changed lives at a scale that was unprecedented in the history of the gaming world. It flipped the narrative of gaming from fun to livelihood. In July 2021 Axie´s monthly revenue of $300 million surpassed any other Dapp and was almost 3X of Ethereum´s ( Source: Dapp Radar). By encapsulating players in its ownership model, GameFi looked all set to vest the power of web3 into the masses but the paradigm was not agile enough to weather the changing market conditions. Any ...
The Battle of PancakeSwap Heavy Weights
“We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.” - Tyler WinklevossPancakeswap is among the most used Dexes in the whole of crypto, often its 24H volume even exceeds that of Uniswap, thus I thought it would be interesting to compare its top two Liquidity pools.WBNB-USDT AND WBNB-BUSDUnsurprisingly, WBNB is part of both pools. This is also a comparison between the two most popular centralized stablecoins Binance native BUSD and ...
The Battle of PancakeSwap Heavy Weights
“We have elected to put our money and faith in a mathematical framework that is free of politics and human error.” - Tyler WinklevossPancakeswap is among the most used Dexes in the whole of crypto, often its 24H volume even exceeds that of Uniswap, thus I thought it would be interesting to compare its top two Liquidity pools.WBNB-USDT AND WBNB-BUSDUnsurprisingly, WBNB is part of both pools. This is also a comparison between the two most popular centralized stablecoins Binance native BUSD and ...
RociFi - A blue pill for DeFi Lending?
Anyone who tries borrowing in DeFi for the first time is aghast to know that the collateral value for the loan is always equal to or more than the borrowed value. It kind of defeats the purpose of why most people want to take a loan, the fact that they don’t have enough liquidity in the first place.Besides, that over-collateralization leads to two major problems at the protocol level:Most protocols suffer from a low utilization ratio particularly if the collateral ratio or the borrowing APR i...
RociFi - A blue pill for DeFi Lending?
Anyone who tries borrowing in DeFi for the first time is aghast to know that the collateral value for the loan is always equal to or more than the borrowed value. It kind of defeats the purpose of why most people want to take a loan, the fact that they don’t have enough liquidity in the first place.Besides, that over-collateralization leads to two major problems at the protocol level:Most protocols suffer from a low utilization ratio particularly if the collateral ratio or the borrowing APR i...
Derivatives in DeFi, how's it going?
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. Warren BuffettDerivatives are one of the most sought-after financial instruments of mankind. With its total netted value at a mammoth $12.3 Trillion as of 2021 (Source - Investopedia.) They play a pivotal role in smoothening the rough edges(arbitrage opportunities) as well boost the liquidity of any market. In the mid-2010s when crypto started grabbing eyeballs from all over the world. It was inevitable that we will get to see crypto deri...
Derivatives in DeFi, how's it going?
Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction. Warren BuffettDerivatives are one of the most sought-after financial instruments of mankind. With its total netted value at a mammoth $12.3 Trillion as of 2021 (Source - Investopedia.) They play a pivotal role in smoothening the rough edges(arbitrage opportunities) as well boost the liquidity of any market. In the mid-2010s when crypto started grabbing eyeballs from all over the world. It was inevitable that we will get to see crypto deri...
