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MultiversX – Mass adoption, security, sharding, EGLD, xDay, and more | Fundamentals ep.73
In this episode we’re joined by Benjamin Mincu, the Founder and CEO of MultiversX – a Layer 1 blockchain, designed from scratch to bring a 1000-fold cumulative improvement in throughput and execution speed.
Maven 11 – Value capture, modular blockchains, due diligence, good tech vs. good business | Fundamentals ep.72
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Mathijs van Esch, Associate Partner at Maven 11 – a crypto-native fund that partners with brave outliers challenging the status quo by redefining ownership.
Sei – the fastest Layer 1 blockchain, optimizing UX for the exchange of digital assets | Fundamentals ep.71
In this episode, we’re joined by Jay Jog, the Co-founder of Sei - a general purpose, open-source Layer 1 blockchain offering infrastructure optimized for the exchange of digital assets.
Folius Ventures – Analyzing BLUR, MKR, and friend.tech with Jason Kam | Fundamentals ep.70
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Jason Kam, the founder of Folius Ventures – a fund that invests in, evangelizes, and builds web3 initiatives.
Blockchains (L2) – Weekly fundamentals #79
This week’s newsletter focuses on the blockchains (L2) market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Chronicle Protocol – Decentralized and transparent oracle infrastructure | Fundamentals ep.69
In this episode, we’re joined by Niklas Kunkel, the Founder of Chronicle – an oracle service born out of MakerDAO’s Oracle Core Unit that will be launching publicly in September 2023.
Bridges – Weekly fundamentals #78
This week’s newsletter focuses on the bridges market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Internet Computer – Replacing all of traditional IT with a blockchain | Dominic Williams | Fundamentals ep.68
In this episode, we're joined by Dominic Williams, the Founder and Chief Scientist of DFINITY, a major contributor to the Internet Computer blockchain.
Trending contracts – Weekly fundamentals #77
This newsletter focuses on the projects and smart contracts that are trending across blockchains. Let’s dig in!
Modular Capital – Crypto investment firm with a fundamental and thesis-driven approach | ep.67
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by James and Vincent, the founders of Modular Capital – a crypto investment firm with a fundamental and thesis-driven approach.
Stablecoin issuers – Weekly fundamentals #76
This week’s newsletter focuses on the stablecoin issuers market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Portal Ventures – Accelerating the protocol economy through business fundamentals | Fundamentals ep.66
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Evan Fisher, the founder of Portal Ventures – a fund that is accelerating the protocol economy through business fundamentals.
Blockchains (L1) – Weekly fundamentals #75
This week’s newsletter focuses on the blockchains (L1) market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Liquid staking – Weekly fundamentals #74
This week’s newsletter focuses on the liquid staking market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
GFX Labs – DAO governance, Uniswap fee switch, onchain lending | Fundamentals ep. 65
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Getty Hill, the Co-Founder of GFX Labs, a multi-faceted blockchain research and development company.
NFT marketplaces – Weekly fundamentals #73
This week’s newsletter focuses on the NFT marketplaces market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
TRON – User activity, stablecoins, emerging markets | H.E. Justin Sun | Fundamentals ep.64
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by H.E. Justin Sun, the Founder of Tron – a layer 1 blockchain.
Lending – Weekly fundamentals #72
This week’s newsletter focuses on the lending market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
frens capital – Liquid venture, web3 business models, market inefficiencies & more | Fundamentals ep.63
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Chris Abiaad, the founder of frens capital – a thesis-driven investment fund focused on liquid digital assets. frens capital’s strategy is to make long-only investments based on fundamentals and the core principles of value investing.
Infrastructure – Weekly fundamentals #71
This week’s newsletter focuses on the infrastructure market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Synthetix V3, lessons learned, SNX staking, driving adoption | Kain Warwick | Fundamentals ep.62
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we're joined by Kain Warwick, the founder of Synthetix – a derivatives liquidity protocol providing the backbone for derivatives trading in DeFi.
Gaming – Weekly fundamentals #70
This week’s newsletter focuses on the gaming market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Valuing blockchains with Michael Nadeau: an institutional investor's perspective | Fundamentals ep.61
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, I’m joined by Michael Nadeau, a crypto data and research analyst and author of the DeFi report. We explore how blockchains can be valued, especially from the perspective of more traditional and institutional investors.
IPOR Protocol – Building the foundational layer for DeFi credit markets | Fundamentals ep.60
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, I’m joined by Darren and Dimitar, the Co-Founders of IPOR Protocol. IPOR is a non-custodial exchange for interest rate swaps built on Ethereum.
Exchanges (DEX) – Weekly fundamentals #69
This week’s newsletter focuses on the exchanges (DEX) market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Blockchains (L2) – Weekly fundamentals #68
This week’s newsletter focuses on the blockchains (L2) market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
BNB Chain – Accelerating adoption of the digital asset and blockchain economy | Fundamentals ep.59
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, I’m joined by Arno Bauer, a Senior Solution Architect at BNB Chain. BNB Chain is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications and is currently the most widely used blockchain.
Asset management – Weekly fundamentals #67
This week’s newsletter focuses on the asset management market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Angle Protocol – The most liquid Euro stablecoin: agEUR | Fundamentals ep.58
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, I’m joined by Pablo Veyrat, the Co-Founder of Angle Protocol – a decentralized Euro stablecoin protocol.
Derivatives – Weekly fundamentals #66
This week’s newsletter focuses on the derivatives market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
MakerDAO's Endgame with Rune Christensen | Fundamentals ep.57
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, I’m joined by Rune Christensen – Co-Founder of MakerDAO – a decentralized stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, and the first-ever DAO, to discuss their recent Endgame update.
Bridges – Weekly fundamentals #65
This week’s newsletter focuses on the bridges market sector, which has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Theia Blockchain – Fundamentals-based value investing in crypto | Fundamentals ep.56
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by John McNiff and Felipe Montealegre, the founders of Theia Blockchain – a fundamentals-driven investment fund that is applying the principles of prudent investing to blockchain.
Trending contracts – Weekly fundamentals #64
This newsletter focuses on the projects and smart contracts that are trending across blockchains. Let’s dig in!
Polkadot – Building an unstoppable blockchain ecosystem | Fundamentals ep.55
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Shawn Tabrizi, Lead Developer at Polkadot. Polkadot is the first fully-sharded blockchain, i.e. it is a multi-chain environment. Polkadot enables scalability by allowing specialized blockchains to communicate with each other in a secure, trust-free environment.
Blockchain economics – Weekly fundamentals #63
In this article, we focus on the economics of Proof of Work Layer 1 (PoW L1), Proof of Stake Layer 1 (PoS L1) and Proof of Stake Layer 2 (PoS L2) blockchains. Let’s dig in!
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) – Offchain names, crypto-enabling DNS, v3, revenues | Fundamentals ep.54
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we’re joined by Greg Skril, a core contributor at Ethereum Name Service (ENS). ENS is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain.
Crypto Fundamentals application launches today on the Bloomberg App Portal
Crypto Fundamentals is the first Digital Assets application of its kind that is made available via the Bloomberg App Portal.
Alchemix – Self-repaying loans with yield from deposited collateral | 15-min fundamentals ep.53
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we're joined by Scoopy Trooples – Co-Founder of Alchemix – to discuss what Alchemix is and how it works, the protocol’s use cases, target customer profile, economic and business models, current growth drivers and challenges, the most exciting things coming up, the team behind the project, and more!
Blockchains (L1) – Weekly fundamentals #62
This week’s newsletter focuses on the blockchains (L1) market sector, that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Morpho – Building a secure protocol & the launch of Morpho-AaveV3 | Fundamentals ep.52
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we're joined by Merlin Egalite – Co-Founder of Morpho – a lending pool optimizer that operates a peer-to-peer layer built on top of lending pools such as Compound and Aave, to dive into the details behind Morpho-Aave V3, and the teams approach to building a truly secure protocol.
Solana – Interview with Co-Founder Anatoly Yakovenko | Fundamentals ep.51
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we're joined by Anatoly Yakovenko – Co-Founder of Solana – to discuss what Solana’s core value proposition is, the optimizations Solana has focused on, and how they are positioned within a multi-chain ecosystem.
Stablecoin issuers – Weekly fundamentals #61
This week’s newsletter focuses on the stablecoin issuers market sector, that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
MakerDAO SES – Removing barriers between decentralized workforce, capital, and work | Fundamentals ep.50
In this episode of the Fundamentals podcast, we're joined by Wouter Kampmann, Co-Founder at MakerDAO Sustainable Ecosystem Scaling (SES) – a Core Unit that focuses on sustainably growing the Maker Protocol’s moats by removing barriers between decentralized workforce, capital, and work – to discuss the basics of Maker and the SES Core Unit.
15-minute fundamentals with Zora
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Zora with Co-Founder & CTO Tyson.
Liquid staking – Weekly fundamentals #60
This week’s newsletter focuses on the liquid staking market sector, that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
15-minute fundamentals with Trader Joe
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Trader Joe with Co-Founder Murloc.
15-minute fundamentals with ether.fi
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of ether.fi with Founder & CEO Mike Silagadze.
Fees – Weekly fundamentals #59
This week’s newsletter focuses on fees, a metric that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
15-minute fundamentals with Gauntlet
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the state of Gauntlet with VP of Growth Nick Cannon.
NFT marketplaces – Weekly fundamentals #58
This week’s newsletter focuses on the NFT marketplaces market sector, that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
15-minute fundamentals with Perpetual Protocol ep.2
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the latest at Perpetual Protocol with core contributor Jamie Holmes.
Active developers – Weekly fundamentals #57
This week’s newsletter focuses on the active developers metric, that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
15-minute fundamentals with Synthetix
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Synthetix with core contributors Mike Griffith & Matt Losquadro.
Exchanges (DEX) – Weekly fundamentals #56
This week’s newsletter focuses on the Exchanges (DEX) market sector, that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
15-minute fundamentals with Allbridge
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Allbridge with Co-Founder Andriy Velykyy.
Daily active users – Weekly fundamentals #55
This week’s newsletter focuses on daily active users, a metric that has a designated dashboard on Token Terminal. Let’s dig in!
Introducing market sector dashboards
Benchmarking projects within a specific market sector has never been this easy! In our latest product update we’ve sought to bring even more structure to the Token Terminal web application.
15-minute fundamentals with PancakeSwap
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of PancakeSwap with Head Chef, Mochi.
15-minute fundamentals with Metavault.Trade
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Metavault.Trade with Anna.
15-minute fundamentals with Arbitrum
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Arbitrum with A.J. Warner – Chief of Strategy at Offchain Labs.
15-minute fundamentals with GMX
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of GMX with core contributor Coinflipcanada.
15-minute fundamentals with Across Protocol
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Across Protocol with Co-Founder Hart Lambur.
15-minute fundamentals with Paragons DAO
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Paragons DAO with DeFi Ted.
15-minute fundamentals with Gearbox Protocol
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Gearbox Protocol with Amplice.
Introducing Financial statements for DAOs
A new era in fundamentals-based cryptoasset investing has begun.
15-minute fundamentals with Gains Network
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Gains Network with Founder Seb.
Is crypto dead?
It's not. Let's explore the state of crypto through the lens of fundamentals.
Blur – The NFT marketplace for pro traders
Blur launched in October 2022 and quickly established itself as the market leader in terms of volume in the NFT space. In this episode we gain insights into Blur's day-to-day operations.
Axie Infinity – Digital property rights for all users of the internet
A dive into the world of Axie Infinity with Co-founder Jeff (Jiho) Zirlin. We discuss the Ronin chain, Axie's two-token model, ensuring the long-term sustainability of Axie's economy, what the future has in store, and more.
Euler Finance – Growing in a bear market
DeFi lending in a bear market, drivers behind Euler’s growth, the Euler DAO, bad debt in DeFi, feeless flash loans, the Eulerswap AMM, and more.
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Weekly fundamentals #54
A peek into the current state of the DeFi lending market.
DeFi Education Fund – Policy education and advocacy to help DeFi
Miller Whitehouse-Levine, Policy Director at DeFi Education Fund (DEF), joined us for an interview to walk through the basics of DEF and the important role that Policy work plays within crypto.
Optimism – a Layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum
Smit Vachhani, Head of DeFi at OP Labs, walks us through the basics of what Optimism is, how it works, how it's positioned within the Ethereum ecosystem, current growth drivers, challenges, and plans for the future.
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Weekly fundamentals #53
Vesting schedule (token unlocks) data is now live for the first batch of projects on Token Terminal.
BENQI – Liquid staking and lending on Avalanche
JD Gagnon, Co-Founder & CEO of BENQI joined us to discuss the basics of what BENQI is, how it works, how it's positioned within the market, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future.
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Weekly fundamentals #52
Growth in perpetual exchange trading volume due to market volatility and user migration from CEXs.
Pangolin – A multi-chain decentralized exchange
In this interview with Justin Trollip, CEO of Pangolin Exchange, we discuss the basics of what Pangolin is, how it works, how it's positioned within the exchange market, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future.
Morpho – A lending pool optimizer for better rates in DeFi
In this interview with Paul Frambot, Founder & CEO of Morpho Labs, we discuss the basics of what Morpho is, how it works, how it's positioned within the lending market, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future.
UniDex — Aggregating all of DeFi
In this interview with Krunal Amin, Founder & CEO of UniDex, we discuss the basics of what UniDex is and how it's positioned within the exchange market, current products and their features, growth drivers and challenges, and plans for the future.
StakeWise — A dual-token model for Ethereum liquid staking
In this interview with Kirill Kutakov, Co-founder of StakeWise, we discuss the basics of; what StakeWise is and how it's positioned within the liquid staking market, onboarding institutions, plans for the future, and more.
Weekly fundamentals #49
We added the Earnings metric to project dashboards, showcasing the difference between a project’s revenue and token incentives.
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Weekly fundamentals #48
Bridge exploits, Ethereum L2 revenues, and comparing the user acquisition costs between Rocket Pool and Lido Finance.
Ribbon Finance — Building a one-stop solution for crypto structured products
In this episode with Julian Koh, Co-Founder & CEO of Ribbon Finance, we dive into the current state of Ribbon and discuss recently launched products Ribbon Earn and Ribbon Lend, and the soon to be launched options exchange Aevo.
Decentral Games – Stabilizing the ICE Poker economy
In this episode with Miles Anthony, Co-Founder & CEO, we speak about the past 6 months at Decentral Games, the current state of the business, new game modes for ICE Poker, the ICE Merge, and what effects the recent changes have had on the Decentral Games ecosystem.
Perpetual Protocol – An on-chain perpetual futures exchange
Jamie Holmes joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Perpetual Protocol is an on-chain perpetual futures DEX with deep liquidity and builder-ready composability.
Hop Protocol – A rollup-to-rollup general token bridge
Hop is a scalable rollup-to-rollup general token bridge. It allows users to send tokens from one rollup to another almost immediately without having to wait for the rollup’s challenge period.
Livepeer – A decentralized video streaming network on Ethereum
Adam Soffer, Product Engineering Lead at Livepeer, joined us for an episode of 15-minute fundamentals to dive into the details behind the charts available on Token Terminal. Livepeer is a decentralized video streaming network built on the Ethereum blockchain.
Notional Finance – A fixed-rate crypto lending protocol
In this interview with Teddy Woodward, Co-founder of Notional Finance, we discuss the risks that lending protocols face during the Ethereum merge, give a detailed overview of Notional's tokenomics, and describe the different roles that community contributors have.
NFTX – A liquidity protocol for NFTs
In this interview with Quag we break down NFTX's operating model and learn about the drivers behind the data you see on Token Terminal's charts.
Weekly fundamentals #41
Sudoswap is now listed on Token Terminal.
Liquity's unstoppable stablecoin
In our second episode with Michael Svoboda from Liquity we discuss the censorship of USD-linked stablecoins, how the Terra crash and market volatility has affected Liquity, and how the truly DeFi native stablecoin LUSD is positioned amidst these events.
Weekly fundamentals #38
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Connext – trust-minimized crosschain communication
In this episode, we dive into the current state of Connext with Founder & CTO Rahul Sethuram.
Rook – An open MEV marketplace for Ethereum
In this interview with the project's CEO Hazard, we discuss Rook's operating and business models, MEV, Keepers, tokenomics, treasury, and more.
Weekly fundamentals #36
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Maple Finance – xMPL, Solana, and market volatility
In this interview, we discuss everything that has happened over the last three months including launching xMPL staking, and expanding to Solana. Tune in for the latest on Maple Finance and the plans for its future.
DeFi Saver – tools for tracking and managing your DeFi portfolio
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of DeFi Saver with Co-founder Nenad Palinkasevic.
Weekly fundamentals #33
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Interview with Michael Svoboda, COO of Liquity
A write-up of our discussion about the current state of Liquity with CEO Michael Svoboda.
Weekly fundamentals #32
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Polygon – Bringing the world to Ethereum
In 15-minute fundamentals, we interview core protocol contributors & together dive into the details behind the charts available on TokenTerminal. In this episode, we dive into the current state of Polygon with Aishwary Gupta.
Lido Finance – Liquidity for staked assets
In this episode, we discuss the current state of Lido's business, growth drivers, bottlenecks, future roadmap, and the complex topic of whether liquid staking protocols are becoming centralizing forces.
Weekly fundamentals #31
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Interview with Michael Bentley, Co-founder & CEO of Euler Finance
Euler's business model, differentiators to other lending protocols, current growth drivers, the EUL token, and more!
dYdX – a non-custodial trading, lending and derivates protocol
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of dYdX with Corey Miller.
Weekly fundamentals #30
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Interview with Joe Flanagan, Co-founder of Maple Finance
A write-up of our discussion about the current state of Maple Finance with Co-Founder Joe Flanagan.
The state of Optimism: An Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution
Optimism is a scaling solution that increases Ethereum’s throughput by performing some computation off-chain. In technical jargon, Optimism is an optimistic rollup.
Ribbon Finance – 15-minute fundamentals
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Ribbon Finance with Co-founder Julian Koh.
Weekly fundamentals #28
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
The state of Ethereum Name Service (ENS)
Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a naming system on the Ethereum blockchain. It improves the user experience of Ethereum by connecting human-readable names to machine-readable addresses.
Decentral Games – Play & Earn poker in the metaverse
The current state of Decentral Games' business, Miles' thoughts on the broader play-and-earn ecosystem, Decentral Games' plans for populating the metaverse, and what effect the recent changes in the market environment might have.
Weekly fundamentals #26
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Goldfinch – crypto borrowing without crypto collateral
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Goldfinch with Blake West.
The state of Cosmos: A scalable network of application-specific blockchains
Cosmos is a network of blockchains that can securely communicate between each other to transfer data and value. The team behind Cosmos envisions a scalable network of application-specific blockchains.
15-minute fundamentals with Euler Finance
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Euler Finance with Co-Founder & CEO Michael Bentley.
Weekly fundamentals #24
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Osmosis – 15-minute fundamentals
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of Osmosis with Alpin.
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Weekly fundamentals #22
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Liquity – 15-minute fundamentals
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of the Liquity protocol with CEO Michael Svoboda.
The state of Euler: A permissionless lending protocol
Euler is a lending protocol that allows users to borrow and lend almost any token on the Ethereum blockchain in a permissionless manner.
Weekly fundamentals #20
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Maple Finance – 15-minute fundamentals
In this episode of 15-minute fundamentals, we dive into the current state of the Maple Finance protocol and the plans for its future with the project's Co-Founder Joe Flanagan.
Weekly fundamentals #18
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Weekly fundamentals #17
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
The state of Centrifuge: Bringing real-world assets to DeFi
Centrifuge recently secured a Polkadot parachain slot with its promise to bridge the gap between real-world assets (RWAs) and decentralized finance (DeFi).
Weekly fundamentals #10
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.
Weekly fundamentals #1
A walkthrough of the most interesting charts and trends across our key metrics.