This week we present a novel method for measuring the severity of stablecoin depegs.

This week we recap a slow summer, examining volatility, liquidity, and volumes.

Curve Finance is back as the center of attention in DeFi just a few weeks after CEO Michael Egorov’s large CRV-backed loans drew scrutiny. This time, however, the inciting incident was an exploit.

Worldcoin’s launch was one of the most unique and controversial in recent years. Much of the controversy stems from the understandable skittishness with Worldcoin’s goal (creating a global identity network) and sci-fi-like methods of achieving this goal (eyeball scans). This has been nicely summarized by the MIT Technology Review here. I’ll instead focus on why this launch was unique by analyzing tokenomics, trading, and liquidity.

This week we examine stETH’s liquidity and leverage in light of its increasing usage on DeFi protocols.

This week we use lending and borrowing data to explore an extremely large position that raised some red flags last week.

This week we’ll examine volume and liquidity data related to the SEC’s charges against Binance, Binance.US, and Coinbase.

This week we are excited to reveal Kaiko’s brand new Asset Metrics product, which aggregates liquidity and volumes for all assets across all exchanges. Using LDO as a case study, we’ll show how this product is a game changer for understanding a crypto asset’s market structure.