Cryptocurrencies in December saw significant gains in anticipation of the January ETF approvals along with the frenzy around memecoins and inscriptions. Read Treehouse's December Market Recap!

December 2023 Market Recap - Treehouse Insights

March witnessed BTC’s record high of $74K which was quickly eclipsed by a drop to $60K. The Fed surprised investors by maintaining interest rates, while the Swiss National Bank took a dovish turn with a rate cut. This month, memecoins stole the show, with projects on Solana and Base network attracting retail investors and exceeding $100M market caps, highlighting significant growing interest in alternative digital assets. Read on to unravel the market dynamics that shaped the memecoin frenzy in March.

March 2024 Market Recap

 In the evolving world of cryptocurrency trading, perpetual futures have emerged as a game-changer, offering leveraged exposure to assets without expiry, surpassing spot markets in trading volume. Meanwhile, Perpetual Decentralized Exchanges (Perp DEXes) are reshaping the landscape, providing safer and more accessible alternatives. The future promises a resilient financial realm, guided by lessons learned and a commitment to decentralization. Read on!

The Acceleration of Perp DEXes: Navigating the Fast Lane of DeFi

February saw the crypto market soar to a $2.3 trillion market cap, with BTC hitting a yearly high of $64K, ETH peaking at $3.3K, and ten BTC ETFs recording $7.69B in trading volume, indicating institutional participation, while the Ripple-SEC legal battle reached a critical phase with potential regulatory impacts. Read Treehouse's January Market Recap!

February 2024 Market Recap

January witnessed the approval of BTC Spot ETFs along with the meme coin frenzy on Solana, and the emergence of Eigenlayer’s decentralized Ethereum Restaking Protocol adding new dimensions to the crypto market. Read Treehouse's January Market Recap!

January 2024 Market Recap

As the stablecoin landscape matures, the emergence of FRAXv3, USDe, and T-Bill-backed stablecoins signals a pivotal shift towards decentralization, challenging traditional fiat-collateralized models and addressing the Stablecoin Trilemma. Read on!

Stablecoins in Flux: Growth, Challenges, and the Future of Crypto Stability

Our latest research report, co-authored with Bybit, delivers a deep dive into Q1 performance for BTC and ETH, along with the narratives shaping the rest of 2024. Throughout the report, we'll unveil the dominant players driving both centralized and decentralized exchanges (CEXs & DEXs). In addition, you'll discover how crypto adoption and innovation are taking center stage in Central and Southeast Asia. With the latest Bitcoin halving looming in April 2024, this report examines the historical impact of these events on Bitcoin's price and how they reinforce the coin's scarcity and reliability. You'll also discover Bitcoin's potential to hedge equity-focused portfolios. As we dive into on-chain metrics for BTC and ETH, including the rise of smaller wallets and the decline of larger ones, you'll be able to critically identify the key events that could fuel the next crypto bull cycle.  Additionally, while we examine derivatives domination we'll explore the prevalence of perpetual contracts in derivatives markets. At the same time, a shocking analysis reveals the prevalence of changes in investment behavior in crypto with a decrease in long-term BTC holders and a rise in shorter-term strategies. Finally, the report touches on the resurgence of challenger blockchains and the VC landscape's growing interest in infrastructure, gaming and AI projects.

Bybit x Treehouse: Institutional Industry Report 2024

Bitcoin (BTC) is the world's first decentralized digital currency, and it remains the largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Read on for more! 

What Is Bitcoin? Is Bitcoin Useful? - Treehouse Academy

GameFi refers to video games built on blockchain technology, featuring DeFi elements through tokenomics and gaming economies. Read on to find out more! 

The Role of DeFi in GameFi Tokenomics - Treehouse Academy

Following the flow of Web3 VC money and the projectsthey support can indicate the direction the space is heading towards. Read on for more! 

A discussion about Web3 VC funding and its influence.

Following the Money: VC Investment and Institutional DeFi - Treehouse Academy

Web3 wallets are essential to both retail and institutional users. We explore how new wallet innovations can encourage institutional DeFi adoption. Read on! 

A discussion about Web3 wallet innovations.

New Web3 Wallet Innovations and How Institutions Can Benefit - Treehouse Academy

DeFi brings new ways to optimize the use of future yield through tokenization and self-repaying loans with procotols like Pendle and Alchemix. Read on!

 A introduction to using future yield in DeFi.

Ways to Unlock the Potential of Future Yield in DeFi - Treehouse Academy

Liquid staking derivatives (LSDs) solve the problems of capital efficiency and high barriers to entry in regular staking. Read on for more! 

An introduction to liquid staking derivatives (LSDs) and how they work.

How to Unlock the Potential of Liquid Staking Derivatives (LSDs) - Treehouse Academy

Uncover the world of institutional DeFi adoption and analytics. Explore how institutions are embracing crypto and DeFi as part of their investment strategies.

An overview of the current institutional DeFi landscape.

Institutionalizing DeFi: Opportunities, Risks, and the Future of Finance - Treehouse Academy

Tracking your crypto assets across multiple protocols and chains is a challenge. DeFi analytics platforms can help you monitor your portoflio. Read on for more!

How to Track Your Crypto Assets - Treehouse Academy

Airdrops are native to crypto, and they refer to an event where projects distribute tokens or assets to their community for free. Read on for more! 

What You Need to Know About Airdrops in DeFi -Treehouse Academy

In the volatile landscape of crypto, delta neutral strategies are a way for traders to profit with less risk. Read on for more! 

An introduction to DeFi delta neutral strategies.

How to Reduce DeFi Price Risk With Delta Neutral Strategies - Treehouse Academy

Flash loans are unsecured and uncollateralized loans, a concept introduced by Aave on Ethereum. Read on for more!

Flash Loans and Flash Loan Attacks? What Are They and How to Prevent Them? - Treehouse Academy

Beginner-friendly guides on getting started in DeFi

Guides

Thought provoking articles on things happening in the DeFi space

DeFi Digest

Interesting things happening in the DeFi space

Outlook

Protocols DeFined

This article aims to provide an overview of crypto options, the use cases on them, and the types of investors that use them. It references cryptocurrency and options.

What Are Crypto Options? Who Is Using Them?

As with all nascent technologies, education has an important role to play in driving the push towards Web3 mass adoption. Read on for more! 

A discussion about the importance of education in Web3 mass adoption.

Web3 Mass Adoption: The Importance of Education - Treehouse Academy

The Ethereum Shanghai upgrade will enable ETH staking withdrawals, with rewards worth more than $1M currently. Will this impact institutional staking? Read on!

An discussion about ETH Staking after the Shanghai upgrade.

Institutional ETH Staking in a Post-Shanghai World - Treehouse Academy

Cloud service providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are focusing on blockchain products and partnerships.  Will this bridge the Web2 to Web3 gap?

A discussion about cloud service providers bridging the Web2 to Web3 gap.

In the Clouds: Bridging the Web2 to Web3 Gap - Treehouse Academy

How will the increased interest in private DeFi, permissioned chains, and the potential of ZK Proof technology impact institutional DeFi? Read on!

A discussion about private DeFi's impact on institutional DeFi adoption.

Private DeFi’s Impact on Institutional Adoption of Web3 - Treehouse Academy

NFT royalties - fixed or flexible? There has been an ongoing debate on this matter, and a divide between marketplaces, creators, and collectors. Read on for more!

All About Royalties for NFTs - Treehouse Academy

Launchpads in crypto help early-stage projects establish their footing before a proper public token launch. Read on for more! 

What You Should Know About Launchpads in Crypto - Treehouse Academy

DeFi is a nascent but growing space, while CeFi seems to bridge the gap between TradFi and DeFi. Is one better than the other? Read on for more! 

CeFi vs. DeFi: Which Is Better? - Treehouse Academy

Maximal extractable value (MEV) is the maximum profit validators gain from reordering transactions in a block. Read on for more!

An introduction to Maximal Extractable Value (MEV).

What Is Maximal Extractable Value (MEV)? - Treehouse Academy

Yearn Finance is a DeFi platform that provides aggregator services on the blockchain such as yield generation and lending aggregation. Read on for more! 

An introduction to Yearn Finance with facts and figures.

Yearn Finance - Treehouse Academy 

dYdX is a DEX that offers perpetual futures and margin trading, offering over 35 perp pairs including BTC/USDC and ETH/USDC. Read on for more! 

An introduction to dYdX with facts and figures.

dYdX - Treehouse Academy

Liquity is a decentralized borrowing protocol on Ethereum that allows you to draw interest-free loans in LUSD against ETH as collateral. Read on for more!

An introduction to Liquity with facts and figures.

Liquity - Treehouse Academy

Balancer is an AMM DEX built on Ethereum known for its unique protocol vault architecture for customized AMM mechanics. Read on for more!

An introduction to Balancer with facts and figures.

Balancer - Treehouse Academy

Magpie is yield-boosting platform on the BNB Chain that maximizes users' governance benefits and rewards on Wombat Exchange.  Read on for more!

An introduction to Magpie with facts and figures.

Magpie - Treehouse Academy

Compound is a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol built on Ethereum, faciliated by the tokenization of locked assets. Read on for more!

An introduction to Compound with facts and figures.

Compound - Treehouse Academy

There are two types of crypto wallets: hot and cold. Hot wallets are connected to the internet, while cold wallets hold private keys offline. Read on for more! 

A simple explanation on hot and cold wallets.

What Are Hot and Cold Wallets? How to Set Them Up?

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