Pharos: Free and Open Research-Grade Stablecoin Intelligence
Pharos tracks stablecoin pegs, safety scores, liquidity, early warnings, and systemic risk as a free open-source public good.
DeFi Bullshit Detector
Setup guide for a Claude-based DeFi research assistant that checks onchain reality, team history, and risks before trusting protocol marketing.
Why Polaris? The Stablecoin we needed to build
Why Polaris is being built as a counterparty-free, immutable stablecoin system after years of watching DeFi stablecoins drift toward TradFi dependencies.
Turning Locks into Leverage: How Autopilot, 40Acres & haiVELO Evolve veNFTs
The development of the veNFT infrastructure layer with Autopilot, 40Acres, and haiVELO: automation, collateral, and yield enhancement.
The Cycle of Aggregation Spins On, Now with Lending
The real edge isn’t in finding the rate; it’s in owning the rails that connect them all.
The Pegged Asset Swap Wars
A look at debt-driven liquidity for pegged asset swaps, and why constant incentives may not be the best way to sustain deep stable liquidity.
Leverage Like a Sir: Polynomial Gains, No Liquidation Pains
Exploring a novel protocol offering no funding fee no liquidation leverage with convex returns, and announcing my involvment.
DeFi’s UX Disaster: Curation Could Save Innovation
Shining a light on DeFi’s dirty secret: the curation layer crisis - and what can we do to address it.
Is this a Lending Protocol Renaissance?
New models are being explored both for CDP protocols and money markets, and some protocols are even merging the two into one: is this a lending protocol renaissance?
Subtles nuances with great consequences: a cross analysis of Curve and Velodrome
Why the Velodrome model improves veCRV-style alignment between LPs, tokenholders, and projects seeking liquidity.