Fundamentals

Anna from Metavault.Trade – a decentralized spot & perpetual exchange – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Metavault, how it works, the exchange market, what makes Metavault unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, plans for the future, and more.

Metavault’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/metavault-trade

Metavault.Trade:

Site: https://metavault.trade/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetavaultTRADE

Anna: https://twitter.com/0xAnna0

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction & what is Metavault.Trade

02:35 What is Metavault’s purpose?

03:40 Core products & their features

05:23 Smart contract infrastructure

06:06 The derivatives market & Metavault’s position within it

08:33 Analyzing the market opportunity

09:36 The team behind Metavault

11:12 Economic and business models

12:07 Growth drivers and challenges

14:04 Current biz dev focus areas

14:55 Overview of MVX, MVLP, and MVD & token incentives 

15:33 What’s next for Metavault.Trade?

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

#MetavaultTrade #MetaVault #Crypto #DeFi #TokenTerminal

A.J. Warner, Chief Strategy Officer at Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum – a Layer 2 smart contract platform for decentralized applications on Ethereum – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Arbitrum, how it works, the scaling solution market, what makes Arbitrum unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, plans for the future, and more.

Arbitrum’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/arbitrum

Arbitrum:

Site: https://arbitrum.io/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/arbitrum

A.J.: https://twitter.com/ajwarner90

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction & what is Arbitrum

04:12 The scaling solution market & how Arbitrum is positioned within it

08:30 Arbitrum Nova and its use-cases

10:10 How is Nova different from a typical sidechain?

13:12 Arbitrum One’s smart contract infrastructure

17:56 Arbitrum’s economic model

18:46 The team behind Arbitrum

20:37 The drivers behind recent momentum

21:58 Flipping Ethereum in daily transaction count  

22:39 Network throughput and capacity

24:38 Challenges to tackle

25:05 What’s next for Arbitrum? 

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Coinflipcanada, a core contributor at GMX – non-custodial exchange for spot and perpetual contracts built on Arbitrum and Avalanche – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of GMX, how it works, the exchange market, what makes GMX unique, current growth drivers and challenges, economic model, the GX and GLP tokens, plans for the future, and more.

The GMX dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/gmx

Site: https://gmx.io/#/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GMX_IO

Coinflipcanada: https://twitter.com/coinflipcanada

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:16 What is GMX?

02:52 How does the GMX exchange work?

04:55 The exchange market & how GMX is positioned within it

07:10 Overview of the economic model & stakeholders involved

09:33 Growth drivers and challenges

12:50 GMXs smart contract infrastructure

14:50 Core contributors behind GMX

16:54 The GMX & GLP tokens

18:20 What’s next for GMX?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Hart Lambur, Co-Founder of Across Protocol – a cross-chain bridge for L2s and rollups secured by UMA's optimistic oracle – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Across, how it works, the bridge market, what makes Across unique, current growth drivers and challenges, business model, the ACX token, plans for the future, and more.

Across Protocol dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/across

Across Protocol:

Site: https://across.to/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AcrossProtocol

Hart: https://twitter.com/hal2001

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:39 What is Across Protocol

02:46 The bridge market & how Across is positioned within it

06:09 How does Across work & what makes it unique?

08:30 Overview of the economic model & stakeholders involved 

10:36 The team behind Across

12:15 Analyzing market potential (the bull case for Across)  

14:20 Current growth drivers and challenges

15:48 The ACX token  

16:58 What’s next for Across?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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DeFi Ted from Paragons DAO – an economic and social partner-DAO to promising blockchain-powered gaming ecosystems – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Paragons DAO, the Parallel Trading card game, current growth drivers and challenges, Paragon’s business model, the PDT token, upcoming developments, plans for the future, community activity, and more.

Paragons DAOs dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/paragonsdao

Read about Paragon’s new gaming vision: https://medium.com/paragonsdao/empowering-the-web3-gaming-ecosystem-f6b1f477a9ec

Paragons DAO:

Site: https://paragonsdao.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParagonsDAO

DeFI Ted: https://twitter.com/DeFi_Ted

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

01:03 What is Paragons DAO?

02:10 Parallel trading card game

03:08 What does it mean to be a partner-DAO to gaming ecosystems?

05:03 Paragon’s current and future revenue streams 

06:36 The PDT token

08:03 Current biz dev focus areas 

09:00 Growth drivers and challenges

09:58 Community contributors and activity 

11:05 What’s next for Paragons DAO?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

#ParagonsDAO #PDT #TokenTerminal

Amplice from Gearbox Protocol – a composable leverage protocol that connects passive liquidity providers to active borrowers – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of Gearbox, current growth drivers and challenges, the protocol’s economic and business models, the GEAR token and the DAO, positioning within the leverage market, upcoming developments, and more!

Gearbox Protocol’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/gearbox

Gearbox Protocol:

Site: https://gearbox.fi/

Docs: https://docs.gearbox.finance/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GearboxProtocol

Amplice: https://twitter.com/astr0bas3d

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:38 What is Gearbox Protocol?

02:09 What are Credit Accounts and how do they work?

03:28 Passive liquidity providers and active borrowers

04:26 Gearbox’s business and economic models 

07:16 Growth drivers and challenges

10:12 How is Gearbox positioned within the market?

12:19 The GEAR token

15:08 Token incentives

15:53 Community contributors and activity 

17:59 What’s next for Gearbox Protocol?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

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Seb, Founder of Gains Network which is the organization that is developing gTrade – a liquidity-efficient, decentralized leveraged trading platform – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of gTrade, the differences between Polygon and Arbitrum, drivers behind current traction, the GNS token, and more!

Gains Network’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/gains-network

GNS NFTs: https://gains-network.gitbook.io/docs-home/what-is-gains-network/nfts

Gains Network:

Site: https://gainsnetwork.io/

Docs: https://gains-network.gitbook.io/docs-home/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GainsNetwork_io

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:52 What is Gains Network & gTrade?

01:40 What innovations has gTrade introduced to the market?

02:28 The features of an oracle-based platform

03:41 Gains’ business and economic model 

07:22 GNS NFTs

08:08 Drivers behind current traction

11:19 Differences between Polygon and Arbitrum

12:38 Current biz dev focus areas

14:15 Community contributors

14:52 What’s next for Gains Network?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

#GainsNetwork #GNS #gTrade #Arbitrum #Polygon #TokenTerminal

Anna George, Co-Founder of CoW Protocol – a meta-DEX aggregation protocol that acts as a batch settlement layer on top of all other AMMs & DEX aggregators – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of CoW Protocol, how its positioned within the market, how it came to be, the current economic model and plan for monetization, the challenges that need to be tackled, the COW token, and more!

CoW Protocol’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/cow-protocol

CoW Protocol:

Site: https://cow.fi/

Docs: https://docs.cow.fi/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoWSwap

Anna: https://twitter.com/AnnaMSGeorge

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 

01:00 What is CoW Protocol? 

02:04 Origin story

04:28 The main innovations that CoW Protocol introduces to the market

08:10 What are Solvers? An overview of CoW’s stakeholders

11:20 CoW’s economic model and approach to monetization

13:18 How is CoW positioned within the broader exchange market?

16:42 The COW token & airdrop

20:30 Current challenges to tackle

22:36 What’s next for CoW Protocol?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

#CoWProtocol #CoWSwap #DEX #TokenTerminal #crypto

Anna George, Co-Founder of CoW Protocol – a meta-DEX aggregation protocol that acts as a batch settlement layer on top of all other AMMs & DEX aggregators – joined us for an episode to discuss the basics of CoW Protocol, how its positioned within the market, how it came to be, the current economic model and plan for monetization, the challenges that need to be tackled, the COW token, and more!

Watch the extended version of our interview with Anna here: https://youtu.be/n91Aqd7IncE

CoW Protocol’s dashboard: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/cow-protocol

CoW Protocol:

Site: https://cow.fi/

Docs: https://docs.cow.fi/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoWSwap

Anna: https://twitter.com/AnnaMSGeorge

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 

00:41 What is CoW Protocol? 

02:04 The main innovations that CoW Protocol introduces to the market

05:40 What are Solvers? An overview of CoW’s stakeholders

08:50 CoW’s economic model and approach to monetization

10:42 The COW token & airdrop

14:27 Current challenges to tackle

15:55 What’s next for CoW Protocol?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

Token Terminal gives you the tools to evaluate and track the most promising projects.

The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.

#CoWProtocol #CoWSwap #DEX #TokenTerminal #crypto

In this series, we interview core contributors within crypto and gain insights into their day-to-day operations. In this episode, I’m joined by Pacman – founder of Blur – the NFT marketplace for pro traders. Blur launched in October 2022 and quickly established itself as the market leader in terms of volume in the NFT space.

Blur’s dashboard on Token Terminal: https://tokenterminal.com/terminal/projects/blur

Blur: 

Site: https://blur.io/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/blur_io

Pacman: https://twitter.com/PacmanBlur

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 

00:41 What is Blur and who is building it? 

02:32 Blur’s approach to improving the NFT market

04:48 Pro traders & the different types of NFT buyers

06:20 Drivers behind current traction

07:14 Blur’s economic model

08:10 Approach to protocol value accrual

09:33 Maximizing the value of Blur over the long term

10:53 The BLUR airdrop

15:20 Creator royalties (history, current situation, and Blur’s approach)

21:27 Improving the liquidity of the NFT market

24:55 Blur Bids

25:45 What’s next for Blur?

Crypto redefines the way businesses are built and operated.

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The information provided in this episode does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice and you should not treat any of the website's content as such. Token Terminal does not recommend that any cryptocurrency or token should be bought, sold, or held by you. Do conduct your own due diligence and consult your financial advisor before making any investment decisions.