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1. Market Index

The 30-day price, volume, and volatility indices were negative at -3.78%, -2.37%, and -5.82%, respectively.


2. Monthly Feature Articles

Monthly Feature Article | Overview of Decentralised Derivatives

The crypto asset market has expanded significantly and matured rapidly in the last few years. While this development translates into many vectors — including the emerging innovations in the trading space, among others — one key indicator we can look into is the rapid growth of the crypto derivatives market. As a primer, our first feature report provides an overview of mainstream derivatives offered in the DeFi market today, their features and latest market information, and other derivative types such as everlasting options and power perpetuals. Check out: Overview of Decentralised Derivatives.

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Monthly Feature Article | Deep Dive Into Decentralised Derivatives

We dive deep into decentralised derivatives, which aim to achieve the same objectives as traditional derivatives: hedging price risk and acquiring exposure to the underlying asset’s value without actually owning it. We take GMX and Gains Network as examples as they gained traction throughout 2022, having kept sustainable growth even though the decentralised derivatives market shrank. In this report, we explore their key features, mechanisms, and how these two protocols sustained their growth during the bear market. We also analysed what ‘real yield’ entails within the context of decentralised derivatives, and shed light on the risks that come with them.

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Monthly Feature Article | OpFi: Options Powered DeFi

What exactly is OpFi? Still in its nascent stages, ‘Options-powered DeFi’ is an innovation in the decentralised finance space that utilises options to power DeFi  infrastructure. OpFi aims to remove the complexity that typically comes from trading options, and can potentially address some of the challenges faced by DeFi functions (e.g. forced liquidations, and high fees for token swaps, among others). In our latest private report, we answer all your questions around OpFi.

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3. Alpha Navigator

This institutional-focused report dives into macro trends, market-neutral pair trades, style-factor screens, and event-driven ideas. Read the full Alpha Navigator report here.


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Research Roundup Newsletter [February 2023]

In this issue we feature trending market insights, and our analyses of the current state of decentralised derivatives market.

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