Founded in 2017, Aave is the top lending protocol in DeFi by TVL. In my view, what sets Aave apart from others is that, Stani and the team have continued to innovate and push the boundaries for DeFi.

DeFi on Ethereum and other Layer 1 blockchains has grown exponentially so far this year. Given the recent developments, I thought it would be helpful to share some updates on “Blue Chip” projects for new users curious about the space, starting with Curve Finance.

With many layer 1 protocols out there, interoperability between different ecosystems is becoming more and more important. The Ren Project tackles this issue by offering a decentralized cross-chain bridging solution.

Nexus Mutual pioneered a decentralized approach for providing coverage to losses in DeFi. In this post, I delve into Nexus Mutual and the role it plays in the DeFi ecosystem.

The Basic Attention Token (BAT) seeks to solve the inefficiencies of the existing digital ad industry. By applying cryptoeconomic incentives to directly connect the major players in the digital advertising supply chain, BAT empowers user ownership and control of their data while improving returns for both advertisers and publishers.

This week, I partnered again with Flipside Crypto to dive deep into USD Coin (USDC) metrics to understand how it has become one of the most prevalent stablecoins used for payments and DeFi.

For this week, I’ll be looking at Ampleforth, a rebasing stablecoin that uses smart contracts to adjust its supply and token price.

In this edition, I couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with Flipside Crypto to bring OpenFi to the next level. As a leading business intelligence firm for crypto projects, Flipside Crypto brings valuable data and analytics to answer OpenFi’s key questions. 

In this post, I take a look at BitGo under my OpenFi framework. While not a DeFi app, BitGo provides services to support the DeFi ecosystem in many ways, from its wallet and custodial services to its support of WBTC.

I review Aave using the OpenFi framework in this post, one of the most well-known lending applications in DeFi.

This week, we will be evaluating Yearn, a DeFi gateway that offers yield farming, lending, and other products, under the OpenFi framework.

dHEDGE is an asset management protocol that connects fund managers and investors on Ethereum. Asset management is an area that has been slow to see blockchain disruption. How does dHEDGE score under OpenFi?

This week, I’ll be evaluating Balancer, an automated market maker for any ERC-20 token, under the OpenFi framework.

The first project to be evaluated under the OpenFi framework will be Curve, an automated market maker for stablecoins and other wrapped and synthetic assets.

There’s been an explosion of new DeFi projects and businesses this year but few ways to evaluate or compare them. I am introducing a new framework that I built using my experience at Tiger Management, Kingdon Capital, and even my own fund, Sureview Capital, that I call OPENFI.

Much noise has been made about institutional money making its way into crypto over the last two years, but we still haven’t seen that happen. We are still missing key pieces of infrastructure to support material amounts of capital flowing into DeFi.

Powering the sports betting market with blockchain can optimize odds for bookmakers and enhance product offerings for customers.

Professional sports entertainment is a market with much interest but few opportunities for investment. Blockchain can open the market to investors with new products.

Transparency from blockchain technology creates tremendous cost savings in finance, reduces regulatory needs, and opens capital availability. The CDS market is only one example.

We've come long way since the hype cycle of 2017. Blockchain is ready to overhaul Wall St's legacy infrastructure.