Research

The Latest

Crypto Fundamentals #086

This week, newly announced “Solana Economic Zone” to be hosted in Buenos Aires (X/FormaCity), Sanctum, Solana liquid staking application, launches much anticipated $CLOUD at $300m FDV (X/SanctumSo)

Protocol Highlight: Wave Wallet on Sui

Meet the co-founder/CPO of the top dApp on Sui

Crypto Fundamentals #085

This week, Coinbase announces new crypto wallet super-app, ETH CC conference attendees report a mixture of optimism, fragmentation, and boredom, and the US House failed to override the SAB 121 veto (The Block).

Crypto Fundamentals #084

This week, ‘Decentralized’ AI network Bittensor halted in response to $8M hack (Protos), Multicoin Pledges up to $1M for Pro-Crypto Senate Candidates (Coindesk)

A History Primer on Tokenization: Why Assets Will Move to Public Blockchains

Crypto Fundamentals #083

This week, Coinbase accuses the SEC and FDIC for improperly blocking document requests (Coindesk), Vitalik Buterin backs new blockchain MegaETH which raises $20 million at '9-figure' token valuation (TheBlock).

Protocol Highlight: TRON Network

Meet Dave, Leader of Ecosystem Development at TRON

Crypto Fundamentals #082

This week, Pantera Capital seeks to raise funds for second TON investment (The Block), US Congressman discloses purchase of VELO tokens (X/PelosiTracker_).

Protocol Highlight: Aptos

Meet Avery Ching, Co-Founder/CTO of Aptos Labs

Crypto Fundamentals #081

This week, Paradigm announces a new $850mm fund to invest in early-stage blockchain startups (Bloomberg), ether ETFs could start trading as soon as the end of the summer (Axios), MicroStrategy raises another $700m in latest convertible note offering (Coindesk).

Crypto Fundamentals #080

This week, metaverse project The Sandbox raises $20M at $1B valuation (Business Insider).

Sui: How are users leveraging its speed, security, & scalability?

Crypto Fundamentals #079

This week, Paradigm Leads $70 Million Funding Round for Babylon Bitcoin Project (Bloomberg), T+1 settlement goes live on traditional financial markets (Reuters), Bitcoin ETPs start trading on London Stock Exchange (BitcoinMag).

Crypto Fundamentals #078

This week, Farcaster raises 150m Series A led by Paradigm (The Block), Genesis settles with NYAG for $2 billion (Coindesk), Metamask to add support for Bitcoin (Coindesk) and physically backed bitcoin and ether ETPs set to launch in the UK (Blockworks).

Crypto Fundamentals #077

This week, shares of Gamestop (GME) stock jumped >200% following cryptic tweets by @TheRoaringKitty, before crashing back down. Blast, an Ethereum L2 with native yield, confirmed an airdrop for June 26 (X).