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Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

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<ul><li>Curve's 3pool and Uniswap V3’s main USDT-USDC pool both became imbalanced heading into the weekend as USDT selling escalated.</li><li>However, this trend actually started in mid-July, with $100mn net selling on Uniswap from July 15 to July 22.</li><li>While the net selling eased in the last few weeks of July, it picked up again on July 31, the day after the Curve exploit (these two events seem to be unrelated).</li></ul>

Curve's 3pool and Uniswap V3’s main USDT-USDC pool both became imbalanced heading into the weekend as USDT selling escalated.However, this trend actually started in mid-July, with $100mn net selling on Uniswap from July 15 to July 22.While the net selling eased in the last few weeks of July, it picked up again on July 31, the day after the Curve exploit (these two events seem to be unrelated).

Tether Imbalance on Curve Raises Questions

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<li>About a year ago, right as crypto trade volumes started to slump in the aftermath of the Celsius and Terra collapses, Binance vastly expanded its zero-fee trading promotions to 13 BTC pairs.</li>
<li>This practice, though not new, had never been implemented on such a large scale.</li>
<li>However, just nine months later the exchange decided to reverse this strategy and adopt a more selective approach.</li>
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About a year ago, right as crypto trade volumes started to slump in the aftermath of the Celsius and Terra collapses, Binance vastly expanded its zero-fee trading promotions to 13 BTC pairs.
This practice, though not new, had never been implemented on such a large scale.
However, just nine months later the exchange decided to reverse this strategy and adopt a more selective approach.


Analysis: The Impact of Binance's Zero-Fee Markets

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<li>Worldcoin’s launch was one of the most unique and controversial in recent years.</li>
<li>Much of the controversy stems from the understandable skittishness with Worldcoin’s goal (creating a global identity network) and sci-fi-like methods of achieving this goal (eye scans).</li>
<li>This has been nicely summarized by the MIT Technology Review. </li>
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Worldcoin’s launch was one of the most unique and controversial in recent years.
Much of the controversy stems from the understandable skittishness with Worldcoin’s goal (creating a global identity network) and sci-fi-like methods of achieving this goal (eye scans).
This has been nicely summarized by the MIT Technology Review. 


<ul><li>Last week, Binance announced that it would restrict trading of privacy tokens for users in France, Italy, Poland, and Spain starting June 26.</li><li>This follows similar de-listings by Huobi, OkCoin, Bithumb, and Upbit.</li><li>As the name suggests, privacy tokens are designed to allow users to transact anonymously, rather than pseudonymously.</li></ul>

Last week, Binance announced that it would restrict trading of privacy tokens for users in France, Italy, Poland, and Spain starting June 26.This follows similar de-listings by Huobi, OkCoin, Bithumb, and Upbit.As the name suggests, privacy tokens are designed to allow users to transact anonymously, rather than pseudonymously.

<ul><li>Since the collapse of FTX last year, there has been little good news on the liquidity front for crypto assets.</li><li>The shutdown of the Signet and SEN fiat settlement networks in the US severely impacted market makers operational efficiency.</li><li>This can be seen in 2% market depth for ETH, which dipped in March and has failed to recover to pre-FTX levels.</li></ul>

Since the collapse of FTX last year, there has been little good news on the liquidity front for crypto assets.The shutdown of the Signet and SEN fiat settlement networks in the US severely impacted market makers operational efficiency.This can be seen in 2% market depth for ETH, which dipped in March and has failed to recover to pre-FTX levels.

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Tether Imbalance on Curve Raises Questions

Curve's 3pool and Uniswap V3’s main USDT-USDC pool both became imbalanced heading into the weekend as USDT selling escalated.

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Analysis: The Impact of Binance's Zero-Fee Markets

About a year ago, right as crypto trade volumes started to slump in the aftermath of the Celsius and Terra collapses, Binance vastly expanded its...

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Breaking Down Worldcoin's Launch

Much of the controversy stems from the understandable skittishness with Worldcoin’s goal (creating a global identity network) and sci-fi-like...

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The Fraught Future of Privacy Tokens

Last week, Binance announced that it would restrict trading of privacy tokens for users in France, Italy, Poland, and Spain starting June 26. This...

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ETH Liquidity Shows Positive Trend

The shutdown of the Signet and SEN fiat settlement networks in the US severely impacted market makers operational efficiency.

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