0xResearch Newsletter

Short answer: Subnets are now cheaper to bootstrap than a Celestia rollup

The new airdrop campaign reaches 50,000 users, setting the stage for Spark’s 10-year token distribution

Total stablecoin supply sits at $249 billion

A new middleware layer promises lightning-fast confirmations and private orderflow on Ethereum mainnet

With over 5,000 participants, Union sets the stage for a high-speed, zero-knowledge interoperability layer

Real-time slashing, isolated vaults and a yield tug-of-war between sGHO and stkGHO

Tokens still suffer from a lack of transparency

One lets everyone see your trades. The other hides everything. Which design wins in crypto’s next perps arena?

The Ethereum Foundation’s newly-formed Protocol division — leaner, led by EF veterans — sets the stage for the chain’s next major hard fork

Is this Grayscale’s GBTC all over again?

Users can mint a dollar-denominated stablecoin, retain upside to BTC and use the borrowed funds elsewhere

To date, 12.6 million humans have scanned at a World Orb

Polygon and GSR partnered on Katana, angling for a “unified DeFi engine” to concentrate liquidity, recycle yield to users and showcase the AggLayer.

StarkWare launches new consumer-grade hardware ZK prover

Response to the DEX exploit reveals tensions between credible neutrality and crimefighting

Kaito, Cookie DAO and Elfa AI are key players

A community-driven, radically fair currency model is challenging Worldcoin’s biometric vision

Bitcoin launched 16 years ago, but investors still cannot agree on how to value blockchains

Risks in concentrated liquidity design to be addressed, along with LP compensation

The new Pectra feature enables smart account delegation where the benefits should outweigh the risks

Nobody still knows how to value L1 tokens

LBTC and sBTC integrations unlock new DeFi yields for BTC holders

Funds disagree about which metrics matter, but agree fundamentals are key

Bitcoin dominance and a glut of altcoin supply are contributing factors