Derivatives
Mining
The centralization of Bitcoin: Behind the two mining pools controlling 51% of the global hash rate
Only two pools were responsible for mining more than half of Bitcoin's blocks in the second half of December. We looked at Foundry and Antpool to see what's behind the mining behemoths and is Bitcoin really as centralized as it looks.
DEX
Uniswap V3 was the most used Ethereum contract in 2022
The latest iteration of the popular DEX was the largest gaz guzzler on Ethereum, using up over 2.8 million gas in 2022.
Adoption
MicroStrategy just bought another 2,500 BTC
Michael Saylor's latest acquisition brings MicroStrategy's total holdings to 132,500 BTC.
Research
Research: The Antminer profitability crisis
CryptoSlate's analysis of the Antminer S9 and the Antminer S17 profitability shows trouble ahead for strained miners.
Research
Cryptocurrencies are outpacing inflation – but traditional assets are not
A look at how various financial assets have performed against the inflation brought on by the pandemic.
Research
Bitcoin balances on exchanges are shrinking and Binance is no exception
Binance saw 90,000 BTC leave the exchange in a single week in December. The exchange says it's business as usual but could the outflow trigger a bigger bank run in the future?
Stablecoins
Adoption grows as more than $7T settled with stablecoins in 2022
The total value settled with stablecoins this year surpassed the settlement value at Mastercard, which processed around $2.2 trillion in value in 2022.
Tokenization
Aave founder offloads entire LDO bag over 12 months for a total of $2.4M
Aave founder Stani Kulechov was given 2 million LDO tokens as an early investor in December 2020, which he held for a year and began selling at the end of 2021.
Legal
Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison takes plea deal, faces no criminal charges
A recently unsealed plea agreement shows that Caroline Ellison, the CEO of Alameda Research, pleaded guilty to seven fraud charges. In return for cooperating with authorities, Ellison faces a $250,000 fine and forfeiture of any assets she obtained from FTX money.
Trading
Wintermute: The new crypto behemoth rising from the ashes of FTX and Alameda
A smart play on the failed UST made Wintermute one of the most profitable trading companies in crypto. Now, with FTX and Alameda gone, it could claim their throne.
Exchanges
Deribit transferred 10,000 ETH to an Alameda address in the past 10 days
A Deribit address transferred 10,000 ETH in five transactions to a wallet associated with Alameda Research. The nature of the transfers is still unknown.
Analysis
Cathie Wood’s ARK Investment isn’t doing so great
Everything ARK Investment touched is crumbling down and Cathie Wood's ETF is back to its pre-pandemic lows. However, investors are still holding tight.
