Leverage can be a crypto trader’s best friend or their worst enemy. As with any other tool, whether the use of leverage leads to positive or negative outcomes depends on how effectively it is utilized in your trading. One definition of leverage is described as making something lighter, such as where a lever amplifies the force exerted to make the lifting of a heavy object easier. Similarly, in cryptocurrency trading, leverage refers to the situation where your buying power is multiplied and i...

Leverage can be a crypto trader’s best friend or their worst enemy. As with any other tool, whether the use of leverage leads to positive or negative outcomes depends on how effectively it is utilized in your trading. One definition of leverage is described as making something lighter, such as where a lever amplifies the force exerted to make the lifting of a heavy object easier. Similarly, in cryptocurrency trading, leverage refers to the situation where your buying power is multiplied and i...

Welcome to our market review for August, where we recap the biggest developments in the past month, provide some snapshots of the cryptocurrency markets and assess the fallout of the Tornado Cash sanctions.OverviewNews RecapMarkets SnapshotThe Tornado Cash Sanctions Fallout: What Next for Privacy on Ethereum?Upcoming EventsNews RecapJerome Powell’s Jack Hole speech warns of “pain” aheadSlow economic growth and possibly rising unemployment ahead for Americans as the Federal Reserve continues r...

Welcome to our market review for August, where we recap the biggest developments in the past month, provide some snapshots of the cryptocurrency markets and assess the fallout of the Tornado Cash sanctions.OverviewNews RecapMarkets SnapshotThe Tornado Cash Sanctions Fallout: What Next for Privacy on Ethereum?Upcoming EventsNews RecapJerome Powell’s Jack Hole speech warns of “pain” aheadSlow economic growth and possibly rising unemployment ahead for Americans as the Federal Reserve continues r...

The new and improved iteration of PERP staking utilizing the veToken model on Optimism has launched. Read on to find out more and how you can earn a share of the 25K PERP weekly rewards! Want to earn an easy stream of income? Lazy River allows you to do exactly that and sets the stage for our eventual USDC fee distribution. While we’re building the most anticipated tokenomic component, vePERP holders can enjoy PERP tokens rewards, depending on their locked token amount and lock time. The laun...

The new and improved iteration of PERP staking utilizing the veToken model on Optimism has launched. Read on to find out more and how you can earn a share of the 25K PERP weekly rewards! Want to earn an easy stream of income? Lazy River allows you to do exactly that and sets the stage for our eventual USDC fee distribution. While we’re building the most anticipated tokenomic component, vePERP holders can enjoy PERP tokens rewards, depending on their locked token amount and lock time. The laun...

Blockchain enthusiasts and wizards from all over the world gathered at Dune Analytics’ first conference DuneCon on September 15th, which was hosted at Funkhaus on the banks of the river Spree in Berlin. Several of our marketing team members attended the event, networked with attendees and gave out some cool Perp swag! The Berlin Pepe t-shirt will soon be available on our merch store. Read on for some highlights from DuneCon.Opening KeynoteThe first talk was by Dune co-founder and CEO Fredrik ...

Blockchain enthusiasts and wizards from all over the world gathered at Dune Analytics’ first conference DuneCon on September 15th, which was hosted at Funkhaus on the banks of the river Spree in Berlin. Several of our marketing team members attended the event, networked with attendees and gave out some cool Perp swag! The Berlin Pepe t-shirt will soon be available on our merch store. Read on for some highlights from DuneCon.Opening KeynoteThe first talk was by Dune co-founder and CEO Fredrik ...

Perpetual swaps allow traders to profit from both uptrends and downtrends. In this article, we’ll go over some ways you can use perpetual swaps to make money in bearish markets. A bear market is usually defined as a widespread decline in asset valuations of at least 20% from the highs. Despite declining prices, that doesn’t mean you cannot profit from when the market is in ‘down only’ mode. First off, it’s important to remember that you can go short as well as go long to profit using perpetua...

Perpetual swaps allow traders to profit from both uptrends and downtrends. In this article, we’ll go over some ways you can use perpetual swaps to make money in bearish markets. A bear market is usually defined as a widespread decline in asset valuations of at least 20% from the highs. Despite declining prices, that doesn’t mean you cannot profit from when the market is in ‘down only’ mode. First off, it’s important to remember that you can go short as well as go long to profit using perpetua...

With the Merge now behind us, Ethereum’s next big milestone will be the Shanghai hard fork which will include EIP-4844. The upgrade, estimated to occur in March 2023, is likely to include an improvement to the protocol that will significantly boost the throughput of Layer 2s and bring transaction costs down to a fraction of a penny. EIP-4844, also known as Proto-danksharding, is an exciting proposal for Ethereum that has the potential to deliver big scalability gains, especially for rollups, ...

With the Merge now behind us, Ethereum’s next big milestone will be the Shanghai hard fork which will include EIP-4844. The upgrade, estimated to occur in March 2023, is likely to include an improvement to the protocol that will significantly boost the throughput of Layer 2s and bring transaction costs down to a fraction of a penny. EIP-4844, also known as Proto-danksharding, is an exciting proposal for Ethereum that has the potential to deliver big scalability gains, especially for rollups, ...

With Ethereum’s Merge fast approaching and the launch of staked ETH (stETH) on Layer 2 networks like Optimism imminent, our short guide serves as an introduction to the most popular liquid staking derivative for ETH. Read on to learn more!stETH ExplainedAs a token that represents staked ether in Lido, stETH combines the value of the initial ETH deposit and the difference between staking rewards and penalties. As a rebasealbe token, staking rewards are accumulated (minus a 10% fee that goes to...

With Ethereum’s Merge fast approaching and the launch of staked ETH (stETH) on Layer 2 networks like Optimism imminent, our short guide serves as an introduction to the most popular liquid staking derivative for ETH. Read on to learn more!stETH ExplainedAs a token that represents staked ether in Lido, stETH combines the value of the initial ETH deposit and the difference between staking rewards and penalties. As a rebasealbe token, staking rewards are accumulated (minus a 10% fee that goes to...

Derivative contracts come in all shapes and sizes. In this article, we’ll explain what futures contracts are, how they work and how they differ from perpetual futures. The concept of futures can be traced back to the ancient world, recorded by the Hammurabi code thousands of years ago, stating that goods must be delivered on an agreed-upon price at a date in the future based on a written contract with witnesses present. Arising from the need to hedge against uncertainty, futures contracts pro...

Derivative contracts come in all shapes and sizes. In this article, we’ll explain what futures contracts are, how they work and how they differ from perpetual futures. The concept of futures can be traced back to the ancient world, recorded by the Hammurabi code thousands of years ago, stating that goods must be delivered on an agreed-upon price at a date in the future based on a written contract with witnesses present. Arising from the need to hedge against uncertainty, futures contracts pro...

OverviewRollups ExplainedA Brief History of OptimismHow Optimism Scales EthereumThe Optimism CollectiveVision For The FutureFurther ResourcesRollups ExplainedBefore getting into Optimism and Optimistic Rollups, it’s useful to know what rollups are and how they work. Rollups are central to the vision for scaling Ethereum, as outlined by Vitalik Buterin here. Until Ethereum becomes vastly more scalable and able to handle a much higher throughput than centralized payment networks like VISA, roll...

OverviewRollups ExplainedA Brief History of OptimismHow Optimism Scales EthereumThe Optimism CollectiveVision For The FutureFurther ResourcesRollups ExplainedBefore getting into Optimism and Optimistic Rollups, it’s useful to know what rollups are and how they work. Rollups are central to the vision for scaling Ethereum, as outlined by Vitalik Buterin here. Until Ethereum becomes vastly more scalable and able to handle a much higher throughput than centralized payment networks like VISA, roll...

Did you know that when you’re providing liquidity or trading on Perp v2, you’re actually trading virtual tokens through pools on Uniswap v3? Read on to learn more about how virtual tokens are used to represent your positions. Simply put, a virtual token (or vToken) is a synthetic asset with no intrinsic value, used for accounting purposes. The base asset, also known as vBase, is the underlying asset you’re trading and the quote asset is always USD. For example, when trading ETH-USD on Perp v2...

Did you know that when you’re providing liquidity or trading on Perp v2, you’re actually trading virtual tokens through pools on Uniswap v3? Read on to learn more about how virtual tokens are used to represent your positions. Simply put, a virtual token (or vToken) is a synthetic asset with no intrinsic value, used for accounting purposes. The base asset, also known as vBase, is the underlying asset you’re trading and the quote asset is always USD. For example, when trading ETH-USD on Perp v2...

The Grants Committee had four new proposals and accepted one grant over the course of August 2022. Read on to find out more about what great things are being built on Perp v2!Grants Accepted ✅RoboVaultRoboVault builds automated delta-neutral strategy vaults to offer users sophisticated trading strategies with a single deposit. Originally launched on Avalanche, RoboVault is expanding its offerings to Optimism. Their team has proposed a multi-stage grant for building out an LP vault on top of P...

The Grants Committee had four new proposals and accepted one grant over the course of August 2022. Read on to find out more about what great things are being built on Perp v2!Grants Accepted ✅RoboVaultRoboVault builds automated delta-neutral strategy vaults to offer users sophisticated trading strategies with a single deposit. Originally launched on Avalanche, RoboVault is expanding its offerings to Optimism. Their team has proposed a multi-stage grant for building out an LP vault on top of P...

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) have become an integral part of the DeFi ecosystem, facilitating trillions in trading volume. Pioneered by projects like Bancor and Uniswap in 2017/2018, AMMs provide an interesting alternative to the traditional central limit order book model. Replicating an order book on the blockchain runs into two major problems: first, there are gas costs involved for each order a maker wants to submit or change, which becomes expensive over time and inefficient. Second, si...

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) have become an integral part of the DeFi ecosystem, facilitating trillions in trading volume. Pioneered by projects like Bancor and Uniswap in 2017/2018, AMMs provide an interesting alternative to the traditional central limit order book model. Replicating an order book on the blockchain runs into two major problems: first, there are gas costs involved for each order a maker wants to submit or change, which becomes expensive over time and inefficient. Second, si...