Crypto Research

Sean Farrell, Head of Digital Asset Strategy, provides an overview of the recent headlines surrounding cryptocurrency and how, if any, his 2022 outlook has shifted. THE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE CONTINUES 2022 DIGITAL ASSETS OUTLOOK WITH SEAN FARRELL

VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Espresso Systems is a new layer 1 blockchain protocol that uses Proof-of-Stake consensus with zero-knowledge rollups in order to maintain user privacy while also improving transaction speed and costs. The project raised $32 million in a seed round led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital, with Sequoia Capital, Blockchain Capital, and Slow Ventures also participating in the round. Espresso’s differentiator is its smart contract application that allows...

Not all yields and farms are created the same. Knowing this, how would one differentiate good yield from the bad? How do you know if the yield farm you are in is bountiful like the former picture below, or if the farm token price prints the latter[1], like the fate of many high-yielding predecessors before it? To understand the quality of the crops (yields), we have to examine the different...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe digital assets space has witnessed a Cambrian explosion of alternative crypto networks over the past few years, with many projects experimenting on concepts pioneered by Bitcoin. Despite the new options for crypto investors, we believe Bitcoin remains differentiated as the only sound monetary cryptoasset due to its unique technical characteristics around decentralization, consensus, and supply. Bitcoin is also fundamentally superior to other existing monetary assets such as the...