Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Nov 8 - Nov 15
It's been a rough week in crypto. Every time you thought the SBF/Alameda scandal was over, he found another way to shock and infuriate. But I already spent last week's newsletter talking about that, so this week let's focus on DeFi rates instead.
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Nov 1 - Nov 8
This is the craziest day I've ever seen in crypto. I still can't get my head around what happened. In less than a week, deca-billionaire SBF went from crypto's warrior king and DC golden boy to... God knows what he is now. Criminal?
Notional Fixed Rate Update 🗓️ October 2022
*Leveraged Vaults beta starts this week* Welcome to the latest edition of the Notional Monthly Update! Follow the latest news on Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/notionalfinance] or join the Notional community on Discord [https://discord.notional.finance/]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🗒 Summary Notes -wstETH/ETH Leveraged Vault Beta Begins! -LP Opportunity With SpoolFi
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Oct 25 - Nov 1
ETH rates stayed pretty stable across DeFi. The Lido stETH rate is still sitting steady at ~5.5%. Interestingly, this now puts the ETH/stETH Curve/Convex stake rate solidly below the native stETH rate at only ~5%. That Convex pool hasn't seen a marked increase in TVL,
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Oct 18 - Oct 25
The story of the past week has been regulation. SBF made waves with two particularly controversial assertions: 1. OFAC compliance should be enforced at the application layer through the use of blacklists. 2. Any UI that allows users to access DeFi should be made to register as a broker/dealer.
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Oct 11 - Oct 18
We’re making some changes this week! Going forward I’m going to drop DAI interest rates and include ETH interest rates instead. Additionally, I’m dropping a few of the rate venues that we used to track due to low liquidity and adding rates on Optimism and Arbitrum via
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Oct 4 - Oct 11
COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)It's Devcon! A time for crypto bros and girls of all nationalities to get together and commiserate over the pain of the current bear market. Sorry, "build" market. But just because it&
Notional Finance Quarterly Report: Q3 2022
Q3 2022 was another challenging quarter for crypto markets, but Notional put in a strong showing despite the pessimistic backdrop. The protocol processed $84M in loan volume over the quarter and generated $172k in revenue while keeping TVL roughly flat at $82M. These figures are down from Q2, but reflect
