Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 24 - May 31

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 24 - May 31

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)Well, it's been a slow week. Rates are low, but that's nothing new. With rates in TradFi set to rise significantly above the rates on Compound and Aave, I don't think things

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
How to Estimate Impermanent Loss for LPs (Part 2 of 4)

How to Estimate Impermanent Loss for LPs (Part 2 of 4)

In this post, we present a simple framework for a conservative assessment of IL. We then apply it to current market data and show that IL is very limited for nUSDC and nDAI.

DeFi Scientist
Deep Dive
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 17 - May 24

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 17 - May 24

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)It finally happened - one of the big two DeFi money markets turned off incentives. Aave's incentives have expired and there's no plan to extend them. This marks yet another blow to the humble

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 10 - May 17

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 10 - May 17

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)AAVE recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 4 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)We got some fireworks this week. Crypto prices plunged to as low as ~1750 ETH. This set off a wave of liquidations through DeFi and brought

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Guide: Allocate Your veBAL to Notional to Maximize LP Rewards

Guide: Allocate Your veBAL to Notional to Maximize LP Rewards

With the new veBAL voting system, it's important that all holders actively steer the distribution of BAL for liquidity mining to the new Notional 80/20 NOTE/WETH pool. [https://app.balancer.fi/#/vebal] The more veBAL a pool gets voted, the more BAL its LPs will receive

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 3 - May 10

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: May 3 - May 10

Good God, what a week. Crypto prices took an absolute beating over the last couple days. Even stablecoins got rekt. For the most part, the net result of this for interest rates is that they moved lower, although that isn't completely true. USDC rates hit new lows of less than 2%.

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Notional Monthly Update 🗓️  April 2022

Notional Monthly Update 🗓️ April 2022

Welcome to the latest edition of the Notional Monthly Update! You can also follow the latest news on Twitter [https://www.twitter.com/notionalfinance] or join the Notional community on Discord [https://discord.notional.finance/]. ‌‌‌ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🗒 Summary Notes ‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌-FIATDAO onboarding fCash ‌-Staking Visualization Dashboard ‌‌-‌How Notional supports the crypto-native

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward
Monthly Updates
Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Apr 26 - May 3

Weekly Interest Rate Roundup: Apr 26 - May 3

COMP recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 3 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)AAVE recursive lending rate = all-in supply + 4 * (all-in supply - all-in borrow)Not much movement in rates this week. DeFi rates are low and they look to be staying that way. True bear market vibes. If you can

Teddy Woodward
Teddy Woodward