Dec 13, 2022Optim Liquidity Bonds — A New Cardano PrimitiveOptim Labs has created and launched to Cardano Mainnet a new DeFi primitive, specific to Cardano, the new Liquidity Bonds! Introduction Anyone in the Cardano ecosystem that self-custodies knows that staking your ADA could not be easier. ADA itself is inherently ‘liquid staking’ — meaning that you can stake you ADA…Cardano10 min readCardano10 min read
Nov 11, 2022IPOR — DeFi Interest Rates Growing UpThere are a couple themes that I think are really going to take off in the next 1 to 2 bull runs in crypto: Fixed Rate Lending, Undercollateralized Lending, and Real World Assets. Today I want to focus on the first, Fixed Rate Lending. Fixed Rate Lending, why its important, what we need Fixed Rate Lending is going to…Defi12 min readDefi12 min read
Jul 18, 2022Rethinking Emissions SchedulesWhat are Emissions and Emission Schedules Anyone who has messed around with DeFi has come learned that much of the ‘yield’ you earn from lending, borrowing, providing liquidity, etc. comes from token emissions. Token emissions are the extra incentive that protocols add to different strategies in order to get people to use their protocol. They usually…Defi7 min readDefi7 min read
Jun 6, 2022How do we create a better token modelI have been thinking a lot about what a token is, and what it should be. There is a constant evolution of token models and designs across all different ecosystems, it’s almost impossible to stay up to date. …Cryptocurrency6 min readCryptocurrency6 min read
Apr 15, 2022A Formula Driven Model for Minswap MIN EmissionsA Formulaic Approach to Minswap’s MIN Emissions I have been using Minswap Labs DEX since they launched. I was extremely impressed with their FISO, their LBE for Protocol Owned Liquidity, the fact that they open sourced their code, and their overall community oriented approach to everything they do. After they announced their farming pools, I was curious…Cardano10 min readCardano10 min read
Apr 5, 2022Concentrated Liquidity versus Constant Product (CLMM versus CPMM)Providing liquidity to liquidity pools is a great way to earn yield in DeFi. Most liquidity pools are set up using the Constant Product Market Maker (CPMM) function. This function allows for liquidity to be available at all potential prices between two assets. However, the downfall of this simple and…Defi7 min readDefi7 min read
Mar 3, 2022Collateral Debt Position (CDP) and Liquidations ExampleCDPs are a really interesting way to create stablecoins and synthetic assets. I am going to focus this article on the synthetic asset piece. I am really interested in Indigo Protocol and their development of synthetic assets on Cardano. This will be bring real world and traditional assets into the…Defi6 min readDefi6 min read
Feb 18, 2022Pseudo Delta Neutral Yield Farming- How Important is Rebalancing?Pseudo Delta-Neutral (PDN) Yield Farming / Liquidity Mining is a really interesting way of trying to harvest yield without having to take on the price risk of the tokens (a risk you have to take when regular yield farming or hodling). I am not going to get into the specifics…Solana Network9 min readSolana Network9 min read
Feb 7, 2022Leveraged Yield Farming — Can it be Delta-Neutral?Providing liquidity and Yield Farming (YF) are important concepts in the world of DeFi. Check out this article describing the process, benefits and risks of yield farming. In my opinion, there are 2 large risks of yield farming. The first is the fact that you are very exposed to the…Defi10 min readDefi10 min read
Jan 31, 2022Providing Liquidity and Yield Farming in DeFi: Process, Benefits and RisksThe crypto space has been evolving at an amazing pace. One of the more interesting evolutions, in my opinion, is DeFi (Decentralized Finance). Anyone who participates in DeFi is really searching for yield on their assets. Yield doesn’t come without risk (‘there is no free lunch’… TradFi saying), and I…Defi9 min readDefi9 min read
