The Block Research digs into ConsenSys for its latest company intelligence report.
JellyFi: Zero-collateral lending and borrowing Undercollateralized lending and borrowing is a service that many DeFi projects have been attempting to offer. Because of the anonymous nature of DeFi, there are limited repercussions for malicious actors if they default on undercollateralized loans from protocols. As such, the largest DeFi lending protocols are all overcollateralized, which makes […]
The Block Research examines the current state of the Bitcoin network's global mining pool ecosystem.
This week's DeFi Digest explores Alkimiya Protocol and Pawn.Fi.
This week's DeFi Digest from The Block Research explores Lemma and Spectral.
Bitso is a Mexican cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2014. Despite its dominance in Mexico and its presence in the greater Latin America region, Bitso is not a well-known brand in the U.S. and Europe. This is unsurprising as the exchange has historically focused its business and marketing efforts on growing its footprint in Latin America […]
Today's DeFi Digest takes a close peek at Gearbox and Automata.
Founded in 2013 by Jeremy Allaire and Sean Neville, Circle was launched with the goal of creating a platform to allow consumers and merchants to interact with digital currency payments — primarily bitcoin at that time. Since its inception, Circle has undertaken multiple adjustments to its core business, from growing into a digital currency banking platform to […]
In this week's DeFi Digest, The Block's Steven Zheng explores MEV projects.
Founded in 2014 by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Gemini was marketed as a regulatory-friendly cryptocurrency exchange. As described in Ben Mezrich’s book Bitcoin Billionaires, unlike the early supporters of bitcoin who had libertarian and anti-establishment political leanings, “Cameron and Tyler also knew that government regulation would come; and unlike many in the room, they believed […]
This week's DeFi Digest explores Fractional and Risk Harbor.
Company Overview 2020-2021 saw an acceleration of large financial institutions and payment companies expanding their support for cryptocurrency and blockchain services. Powering the backend infrastructure of many of these expansion efforts is Paxos, a firm that, until more recently, shied away from the media spotlight that other crypto firms like Coinbase and Binance have basked […]
As the cryptocurrency industry continues to grow, communications between industry leaders and lawmakers will be increasingly important. Due to the novelty and technical aspects of the industry, securing the attention of lawmakers and regulators and providing research and education helps in the creation of sensible laws that many cryptocurrency firms operate under. In the U.S., […]
As the most prominent U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase is often viewed as the poster child of the burgeoning cryptocurrency industry. The Block Research presents a company profile dive into the exchange.
Company Overview Few cryptocurrency exchanges have as rich of a history as Bitstamp. As one of the largest and oldest exchanges in the industry, Bistamp has survived multiple hacks, regulatory scrutiny and the extreme price volatility commonly associated with cryptocurrencies. Established in 2011, Bitstamp is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in the United Kingdom and […]
The Block's Steven Zheng explores Zora, uVOL, Ruler Protocol and Ribbon Finance in this week's DeFi Digest.
In this piece, The Block Research analyzes activity on peer-to-peer bitcoin markets.
This week's DeFi digest explores rollup migrations and WRAP LP.
The Block takes a look at some of the recent trade volumes around DeFi tokens.
The Block examines the growth of blockchain-related citations in scholarly journals using data from Google Scholar.