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0xResearch
0xResearch is for those who want to step up their game and think like a crypto analyst. We bring on crypto's best to uncover the latest research, explore protocol developments and identify new narratives. We are full-time crypto analysts who read white papers, governance forums and research pieces for fun (normal, right?). Join us as we combine crypto's top talent with our countless hours of research to create the best content in the space. Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3foDS38 Subscribe…
Episodes
0xResearchHow do Protocols Retain Users After Airdrops? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst round table, we dive into the latest market happenings, including Polygon's recent downtime due to L1 reorgs, the increasing trend of…
0xResearchThe Memecoin Dilemma: Fueling Adoption or Derailing Progress? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst round table, the team discusses the latest news and governance updates in the crypto space, including Zerion Wallet launching an L2…
0xResearchInside PancakeSwap's Multi-chain Expansion Strategy | Mochi, Head Chef at PancakeSwap
In today's interview we are joined by Head Chef of Pancakeswap, Mochi to dive deep into the upcoming PancakeSwap V4 upgrade. They discuss V4's modular…
0xResearchInside MakerDAO's DSR Hike: Balancing Demand and Revenue in a Bull Market | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst round table the crew dives into the latest market happenings, discussing Eclipse's $50 million raise, MakerDAO's adjustment of the DSR…
0xResearchDebating the MakerDAO Endgame | Vance Spencer, Mark Phillips, and Hasu
In today's interview Sam and Brick are joined by Vance, Mark, and Hasu. Together they dive into MakerDAO's endgame. They discuss the current state of MakerDAO…
0xResearchThe Future of dYdX & Decentralized Trading | Antonio Juliano, Founder
In today's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Antonio Juliano, the founder of dYdX. They kick-off by discussing the migration from V3 to V4, the platform's…
0xResearchCoinbase's L2 Edge: Can Robinhood & Arbitrium Catch Up? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst round table the crew discusses the latest news and trends in the crypto space. They kick things off by analyzing Eigen Layer's…
0xResearchAvail: Unifying and Scaling Modular Execution Layers | Prabal Banerjee, Avail CEO
In this week's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Prabal Banerjee, CEO and Co-founder of Avail, to discuss Avail's robust base layer designed to meet the…
0xResearchWhy AI, Ordinals, and Blast are Heating Up | Analyst Round Table
In today's analyst round table the analyst cry unpacks the latest crypto market news including Eigenlayer's massive $100m raise, growing ordinal NFT volumes…
0xResearchEverything You Need To Know About Sui | Evan and Adeniyi, Co-founders at Mysten Labs
In this week's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Mysten Labs co-founders Evan Cheng and Adeniyi Abiodun to dive into what makes Sui the Asset-centric…
0xResearchCoinbase Crushes Earnings and Our Thoughts on Ethena's High Yield Synthetic Dollar | Analyst Round Table
In today's analyst roundtable Sam, Ren, Matt, and Brick dive into the latest market happenings including Uniswap's incentives for deploying on new chains…
0xResearchWhy One Chain Can't Rule Them All: Polygon's Aggregation Layer for Scalable Blockchains | Brendan Farmer
In this week's interview Sam and Ren are joined by Brendan Farmer, the Co-Founder of Polygon. Brendan unpacks why no single blockchain can scale like the…
0xResearchWhy the Next Ethereum Upgrade Will Ignite Layer 2 Ecosystems | Analyst Round Table
In today's analyst roundtable Sam, Ren, Matt, and Pibblez dive into a range of topics including Arbitrum's incentives program, issues with Solana's fee…
0xResearchWill Farcaster Retain Crypto Natives and Reach Mainstream Adoption? | Analyst Round Table
In today's analyst roundtable Sam, Ren, Westie, and Brick dive into the biggest news this week including the rise of farcaster, Jupiter's historic airdrop and…
0xResearchAnalyzing Rollups-as-a-Service Business Models, Economics, and Adoption | Analyst Round Table
In today's analyst roundtable Dan, Sam, and Ren dive into the data and metrics behind the rise of rollups-as-a-service. They analyze recent modular blockchain…
0xResearchHow Aevo is Crafting a Full-Stack EVM L2 Derivatives Exchange | Julian Koh
In today's interview we are joined by Julian, the co-founder of Aevo, formally known as Ribbon Finance. Today's conversation details the evolution of Ribbon…
0xResearchDissecting Noble's Revenue Share Prop, L2 Price Wars, and Fee Switch Economics | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table we are joined by Ren and Brick of the Blockworks research team to dive into the latest crypto news and governance updates. We…
0xResearchUnpacking the Saga 2 and Arbitrum Long Term Incentives Issues | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Sam is joined by EffortCapital, Westie, and Pibblez of the Blockworks Research team to dive into the biggest news this week…
0xResearchLiquid Restaking Tokens: Crypto's Next Timebomb? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined Ren and Pibblez of the Blockworks Research team to dive into the risks of liquid restaking tokens and the…
0xResearchHow MakerDAO is Becoming Crypto's Top Revenue-Generating Machine | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst round table, Dan is joined by Matt, Ren, and Brick of the Blockworks Research team to dive into the latest developments in DeFi and…
0xResearch2024: Ethereum Back in the Narrative? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan is joined by Matt, Westie, and Effort Capital of the Blockworks Research team to dive into the 2024 outlook for Ethereum…
0xResearchArgus: The World Engine for Scalable Onchain Games | Scott Sunarto
In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by Scott Sunarto, founder and CEO of Argus Labs, to discuss the infrastructure they're building to make…
0xResearchIs Solana Starting DeFi Summer 2.0? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts Ren and Brick to dive into the latest governance and onchain news. They…
0xResearchJito: Airdropping the Solana Wealth Effect | Lucas Bruder
In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by Lucas Bruder, co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs. Lucas dives into the intricacies of Solana including the…
0xResearchAlluvial: The Enterprise-Grade Liquid Staking Standard | Mara Schmiedt
In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by Alluvial co-founder and CEO, Mara Schmiedt. They explore Alluvial's role in Liquid Collective's innovative…
0xResearchHow to Evaluate TIA & Data Availability Services | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts Matt and Pibblez to dive into the latest crypto market trends. They analyze…
0xResearchBLAST L2: The NFT Perps and Native Yield Super Chain? | Analyst Round Table | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts Ren and Pibblez breakdown the hype around new L2 BLAST and its…
0xResearchToken Holders vs App Users: Who Matters Most? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts Ren and Brick to dive into this week's biggest news. Dan covers Avalanche's…
0xResearchThe Solana Rally: What Everyone Overlooked | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analyst Matt Fiebach and Lightspeed podcast co-host Garret Harper. Today's…
0xResearchWhat's Wrong With DAOs, Coinbase Earnings, and Arbitrum Staking Prop | Analyst Round Table
In this episode, Blockworks Research analysts dive into Coinbase's Q3 earnings, Solana’s Breakpoint conference and strength, issues with Prisma points airdrop…
0xResearchEigenLayer: The Endgame Coordination Layer | Sreeram Kannan and Soubhik Deb
In this week's interview, EigenLayer CEO and Founder Sreeram Kannan and Principal Researcher Soubhik join us to unpack how EigenLayer aims to become the…
0xResearchLidoDAO and LayerZero wstETH Saga and dYdX Mainnet Launch | Analyst Round Table
This week's analyst table has Blockworks Research Analysts Dan, Sam, Ren, and Brick diving into Pepe's recent 6.9 trillion token burn and Thorchain's RUNE…
0xResearchHow Akash Network is Democratizing Access to Cloud GPUs | Greg Osuri
This week Dan and Sam are interviewing Akash Network CEO and Founder Greg Osuri to dive into how Akash is building an open, decentralized marketplace for cloud…
0xResearchETF Market Rally, Celestia Airdrop Woes, and Polygon's POL Migration | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table, Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks Research Analysts Ren and Pibblez to discuss Bitcoin's recent dominance and price gains…
0xResearchHow Wallets Are MEV Sleeping Giants | Matt Cutler - Blocknative
In this week's bonus interview, we are joined by Blocknative CEO and Co-founder Matt Cutler to dive into the world of MEV and order flow on Ethereum. They…
0xResearchInside Frax Finance: Designing the End Game Stablecoin | Sam Kazemian
In this week's interview Frax Finance Founder Sam Kazemian joins us to dissect Frax and how he sees Frax becoming the future of onchain money. They dive into…
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Unpacking Arbitrum STIPs Winners and Uniswap KYC Uproar | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst table, Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts Matt and Brick to discuss the fake Bitcoin ETF news that briefly pumped…
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How Bitwise is Unlocking Ethereum Futures ETFs | Matt Hougan and Ryan Rasmussen
In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and research analyst Ryan Rasmussen to discuss the exciting launch of a 2 Ethereum…
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Will Cosmos Hub Enshrine Stride and Save ATOM? | Analyst Round Table
In this week's analyst round table Dan and Sam are joined by analysts EffortCapital and Ren. To kick-off the team discusses Cosmos events, including Cosmoverse…
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Monad: Unleashing Parallel Execution on the EVM
In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by James Huntsaker, co-founder of Monad, a rising L1 project focused on optimizing and scaling the Ethereum…
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Analyst Table: Is Token Issuance a Cost?
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts EffortCapital and Westie. In this week's news round-up the analysts cover…
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ENS: Funding Public Goods, DAO Governance, L2 Scaling
In this week's interview Dan and Sam are joined by Nick Johnson, technical lead of ENS. The team breaks down ENS past present and future digging into its…
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Analyst Table: Base TVL, Frax V3 RWAs, Neutron & Cosmos Hub, Eclipse SVM L2 Rise
In this week's analyst table Dan and Sam are joined by Blockworks research analysts EffortCapital and 0xPibblez. They dive into the Base TVL growth, Frax V3s…
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Permissionless II Takeaways: LayerZero & Google, Institutions, Gaming, L2 Wars
In today's episode of 0xResearch, hosts Dan and Sam are joined by analysts Matt and Ren to recap the Permissionless conference. They discuss institutions…
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SUPERHIGHWAY TRADING: The Fastest Blockchain Distribution Network | Uri Klarman
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by Uri Klarman, Co-Founder and CEO of BloXroute Labs. Uri and the guys first take stock of MEV boost transaction life…
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Catalyst AMM: Cross-chain Units of Liquidity and Modular Blockchain Thesis | 0xJim
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by Jim, founder of Catalyst AMM. Jim unpacks the Catalyst's unique "Units of Liquidity" system, a novel approach that…
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The End of Wrapped Tokens: THORChain's Native-Asset Edge | Chad Barraford
In today's episode we are joined by Chad Barraford, technical lead of THORChain, to chat about how the protocol works with layer-one assets, disrupting the…
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How CoWs Will Save DeFi Swaps | Felix
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by CowSwap Technical Lead Felix. CoWSwap allows you to buy and sell tokens using gasless while providing MEV…
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Vertex: Built for Cross-Margin, Low-latency Trading | Darius & Alwin
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by Vertex Protocol Co-founders Darius & Alwin. They explore Vertex's journey since the Multicurrency version of…
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Ethena Labs: Enabling the Internet Bond | Guy & Conor
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by Ethena Labs team. Guy Young, Co-founder, and Conor Ryder, head of research, dive into the Ethena's aim to enable…
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Curve Armageddon, Base Chain BALD Memecoin, and Solana DEX Innovation | Eugene Chen (Ellipsis Labs)
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by Elipsis Labs Co-Founder Eugene. Today they dive into the DEX & AMM innovation in DeFi & Phoenix's unique approach…
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Centralized Builders Bull Case, Bear Market Conference, zkEVM Problems | EthCC Reflection
In today's episode Dan and Sam are joined by host of Bell Curve Podcast & Blockworks Co-Founder Michael and Blockworks research analyst Matt. The team dives…
0xResearchSolana Defi 2.0: The Comeback | Jarry Xiao, Lucas Bruder, MacBrennan Peet
This is an episode from Blockworks' new podcast Lightspeed! Lightspeed focuses on crypto projects that are pushing the limits of hardware and software to build…
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How LayerZero Seamlessly Connects Blockchains | Bryan Pellegrino
Bryan Pellegrino, Co-founder & CEO of LayerZero Labs, joins us this week to dive into LayerZero. Dan and Sam explore the LayerZero model, value accrual…
0xResearchThe Reboot | Uncommon Core 2.0 with Hasu and Jon Charbonneau
Uncommon Core - one of my favorite podcasts of all time - is back! This reboot is hosted by Hasu and Jon Charbonneau, two of the brightest minds in crypto. We…
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JitoSol: Building Solana's Hot Seat DeFi Moment | Lucas Bruder (Buffalu)
Lucas Bruder (Baffalu), Co-founder & CEO of Jito Labs, joins us this week to dive into their flagship Liquid Staking product JitoSol. Dan and Sam explore…
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How Osmosis Could Become Cosmos' DeFi Hub | Sunny Aggarwal
Sunny Aggarwal joins us to discuss how Osmosis is building the liquidity hub of Cosmos. We cover why Osmosis launched CosmWasm, how the ProtoRev module…
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Are Hyperchains The Scaling End Game? | Alex Gluchowski, Anthony Rose
Alex Gluchowski and Anthony Rose join us to discuss zkSync's ZK Stack and how Hyperchains enable composable applications at scale. We cover the ZK Stack design…
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Ambient: Building The On-Chain Venue for Price Discovery | Doug Colkitt
Doug Colkitt joins us to discuss how AMMs can limit toxic flow, maximize capital efficiency and become primary venue for price discovery. We cover the design…
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Stacks: Is Bitcoin DeFi Overhyped, Underrated Or A Pipe Dream? | Muneeb Ai
Muneeb Ali joins us to discuss how Stacks is bringing DeFi to Bitcoin. We cover Stacks design, the Bitcoin DeFi thesis, L2 security guarantees, Stacks' recent…