📢 BC Insights

2022-09-01 17:40:46 Coinbase Venture’s POV on the Web3 Developer Stack. Read more Open / Comment

2022-02-01 22:01:43 Nice Web 3 Overview by Coinbase

https://blog.coinbase.com/a-simple-guide-to-the-web3-stack-785240e557f0 Open / Comment

2021-11-23 18:04:55 New Web 3 report for q3 21 by ConsenSys

Intro to Web 3
User numbers for DeFi, NFT & Metaverse
Analysis of Stablecoins
Borrowing & Lending Market Overview
Analysis of DeFi Revenues
Governance of top DeFi protocols
Ethereum layer 2 comparison

Follow the link for the full report and key takeaways for DeFi

https://twitter.com/defireporting/status/1463160390901280786 Open / Comment

2021-11-10 21:51:44 What are the best information sources on blockchain, crypto and Web3?

BC Knowledge Base & Quickstart to research:
- https://blockchain-comparison.com/blockchain-knowledge-base
- https://blockchain-comparison.com/blockchain-knowledge-base/lists-comparisons/

Bitcoin Knowledge Base:
- https://lopp.net/bitcoin-information.html

Ethereum Knowledge Base:
- https://ethhub.io

What are the best blogs to stay up-to-date?

- https://newsletter.banklesshq.com
- https://ournetwork.substack.com
- https://messari.io/newsletter
- https://delphidigital.io/daily
- https://www.theblockcrypto.com/newsletter-signup
- https://insights.glassnode.com
- https://coinmetrics.substack.com
- https://thedailygwei.substack.com

Best Telegram channels

- https://t.me/lobsters_chat
- https://t.me/NFT_avenue
- https://t.me/thedailyape Open / Comment

2021-10-07 14:36:34 Stakingrewards shared a great writeup that covers everything around Kusama and upcoming Polkadot parachains and slot auctions:

Common good parachains
Auction granted parachains
Parathreads

https://www.stakingrewards.com/journal/a-deep-dive-into-polkadot-kusama-parachain-slot-auctions/ Open / Comment

2021-10-01 09:15:07 Overview: DeFi Revenue Leaders

DYDX is the new DeFi (annualized) revenue leader - due to the product-market fit of perp trading and DYDX trading incentives.

Decentralized exchanges (and lending protocols) on Ethereum and alternative layer 1 protocols are at the core of DeFi and enjoy the highest profitability margins.

*Data annualized from last month

https://twitter.com/ryanwatkins_/status/1443569443699834886 Open / Comment

2021-09-07 12:42:12 Folius Ventures released a very comprehensive deck on the emerging Web 3 ecosystem which includes the current state and potential future of layer 1 & layer 2 blockchains, cross-chain solutions, DeFi, new verticals such as NFTs, data and governance as well as token valuation frameworks. Check it out
https://docsend.com/view/9x4a3reuvvfmawzj Open / Comment

2021-02-05 19:06:40 We hope you‘re having fun in this bull run and taking profits on the way

We’ll focus more on DeFi in the future to get everyone involved in the financialization of everything. Open / Comment

2020-12-25 14:05:15 Merry Christmas

Did you already collect your christmas present from 1inch.exchange? https://1inch-exchange.medium.com/1inch-token-is-released-e69ad69cf3ee

Make sure to also check out this fantastic piece on tokens and bootstrapping networks from Deribit Insights.

Projects have found a hack to bridge the difficult early adoption phase by funneling the utility of future adopters to early ones, thereby smoothing out their respective utility functions.

https://insights.deribit.com/market-research/why-i-have-changed-my-mind-on-tokens/ Open / Comment

2020-12-21 22:06:11 a16z: 5 Charts explain why 2020 was a big year for crypto

DEX Volume grew rapidly
The flippening: Ethereum fees > Bitcoin fees
Rise in Bitcoin & Ethereum addresses
DeFi market cap grew to $15B but is still very small compared to the overall market
DAOs have strong fundamentals, capture value and really took off in 2020

https://twitter.com/a16z/status/1341073770212167683 Open / Comment