Introduction to Curve Curve was founded by Michael Egorov, a Russian psychicist and entrepreneur who had previously co-founded an encryption protocol for big data called NuCypher, in early 2020. While…
Aptos vs Sui
Introduction After years of seeking regulatory compliance, Diem, a cryptocurrency payment project from Facebook/Meta, ended abruptly in 2022. Its assets were sold off, including the underlying blockchain network. In its…
Growing up with Kujira
Key Take-Aways Kujira was initially launched as ORCA, a Terra-native liquidation platform focusing on liquidations on Anchor Protocol, and was rebuilt as a semi-permissioned Cosmos SDK blockchain in July 2022,…
Silo Finance: An Isolated Advantage
Introduction Lending protocols in DeFi aim to create decentralized, permissionless loans, which enable capital-efficient strategies for users. Users can lend their money out and earn interest yield. Borrowers can then…
Move With Sui
Introduction With the Solana and Nomad hacks over the last week, the demand for a secure and scalable blockchain has become increasingly apparent. Our previous report discussed Aptos, a blockchain…
Diving into the Aptos Network
Introduction After years of seeking regulatory compliance, Diem, a cryptocurrency payment project from Facebook/Meta, ended abruptly in 2022. Its assets were sold off, including the underlying blockchain network. Mo Shaikh…
Blockchain vs Traditional Databases
Chainlink Staking: v0.1 Roadmap
Introduction In our previous paper on oracles, we dove into the intricacies that make up these networks, both old and new. Among the oracles discussed was Chainlink, the decentralized oracle…
UMA: Modern Incentive Structures
Introduction A blockchain oracle is a third party data-feed that serves as a bridge between blockchains and data that exists off-chain. In our last piece, we talked about what blockchain…
Oracle Networks: A Deep Dive Into Data Bridging Solutions
Table of Contents What is an Oracle? The Oracle Problem Chainlink Chainlink Network Architecture Chainlink Scalability Chainlink Tokenomics Chainlink Staking API3 API3 Network Architecture API3 Tokenomics Band Protocol Band Network…