Deep Dives

In a year that’s full of exciting crypto projects making waves, Terra has been one of the standouts. Since launching in late 2020, Terra has added several new projects and their respective tokens, including Mirror (MIR) and Anchor (ANC). While each is compelling on its own, these projects truly shine when viewed as part of a broader ecosystem. 

We take a look at Compound — the lending and borrowing protocol built on Ethereum.

What are the on-chain metrics that matter most for the success of stablecoins? In this report we focus on USDC specifically, and look at its DeFi activity and health in comparison to three other leading stablecoins (USDT, DAI and PAX) for the last 10 months.

We take a look at Alchemix — a red-hot DeFi protocol that launched just over a month ago — and explore how it enables users to earn advances on the future yield of their crypto. As well, we document the basic steps to staking on Alchemix and examine the pros and cons of doing so.

Today Tally launched its governance app – which lets anyone easily create and vote on proposals put forth by various DeFi projects. 

The app brings much needed transparency to on-chain governance, not only within specific proposals so users can see which stakeholders are voting and how, but also more broadly within DeFi, by regrouping key projects on a single platform.

We shine a spotlight on Polkadot — one of 2021’s most exciting crypto projects thus far — and the unique value proposition it presents to cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Along the way, we dive into the details of on-chain intelligence and how the FCAS uses it to rate projects.

We dedicated the month of March to sharing data about Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) – the digital collectible craze that’s taken crypto by storm.

The New KPI Platform for Crypto Projects including Algorand, USDC, Terra, FLOW, NEAR and Orbs.

Everyone can see which Top Shot is selling for the most. We wanted to look at transactions to see which one had exchanged hands the most – as a proxy for popularity.

OpenSea is the largest secondary marketplace for trading crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Users can sell and purchase collectibles like CryptoKitties or Crypto Punks, and even create their own marketplace to showcase new NFT collections — and as of Jan. 28, there’s a new superstar on the market.

Transaction fees on the Ethereum network have been increasing rapidly since late July 2020, when “the Summer DeFi Boom” visibly started. We broke down daily Ethereum fees by the hour, to highlight the best times to transact per region. We also take a look at the types of accounts that are causing these fee surges.

“Data integrity is a core value of the Kava DeFi platform. In an effort to increase the standard of transparency to the larger crypto community, Kava has partnered with Flipside to bring real time data about the activity and health of the Kava project to the public. This information is imperative and we hope more DeFi projects will join us in this pursuit.”

Looking at Terra’s on-chain data, 5 key metrics stand out as clear indicators of LUNA’s strong potential for growth.

Your blockchain startup is a business like any other — if you’re looking to create value, you’ll need metrics that generate actionable insights, guide your decisions, and ultimately drive growth. Here’s where to start.

Comparing peg variance, daily transfers and daily transfers from new addresses for the top five stablecoins in terms of market capitalization, namely USDT, USDC, DAI, ESD and AMPL.

Stakeholders who deposit exactly 32 ETH (worth around $19,000 at the time of writing) to the deposit contract will become validators on Ethereum 2.0. Here’s how many have already done so.

Some claim it’s never been a more dangerous time to be a Uniswap or Balancer LP due to large price fluctuations. But do trading fees compensate for this loss? Here’s what the data shows.