Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

Equity Research Firm

Crypto

<ul><li>Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform that is designed to host decentralized, scalable applications.</li><li>It can process thousands of transactions per second, significantly more than many other blockchains, including Bitcoin or Ethereum (though Ethereum 2.0 aims to improve its scalability).</li><li>This high throughput makes it suitable for applications that require rapid processing, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, and gaming.</li></ul>

Solana is a high-performance blockchain platform that is designed to host decentralized, scalable applications.It can process thousands of transactions per second, significantly more than many other blockchains, including Bitcoin or Ethereum (though Ethereum 2.0 aims to improve its scalability).This high throughput makes it suitable for applications that require rapid processing, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, non-fungible token (NFT) marketplaces, and gaming.

Tech Talk: Solana DeFi Chain What? Why? And How Big?

Institutional-Grade Analysis, In-depth Insights, Animoca Brands Research

Animoca Brands Research

Institutional-Grade Analysis, In-depth Insights

Animoca Brands Corporation Ltd. is a Hong Kong-based game software company and venture capital company

<ul><li>Large unlocks (over 1% of circulating supply) significantly impact prices, mainly concentrated in the week before and after the unlock. A 1% token unlock triggers, on average, a 0.3% price drop over the week preceding the unlock and another 0.3% drop over the week following the unlock.</li><li>The strongest price effects occur two days before the unlock and on the third and fourth days after the unlock. Interestingly, the actual unlock day and the day after show little price impact.</li><li>The similar magnitude of price drops before and after the unlock suggests that market anticipation is just as influential as the actual selling pressure.</li></ul>

Large unlocks (over 1% of circulating supply) significantly impact prices, mainly concentrated in the week before and after the unlock. A 1% token unlock triggers, on average, a 0.3% price drop over the week preceding the unlock and another 0.3% drop over the week following the unlock.The strongest price effects occur two days before the unlock and on the third and fourth days after the unlock. Interestingly, the actual unlock day and the day after show little price impact.The similar magnitude of price drops before and after the unlock suggests that market anticipation is just as influential as the actual selling pressure.

The Impact of Token Unlock Events on Cryptocurrency Prices: An Empirical Analysis

Credit/Macro/Crypto Analyst, Former Credit/MA PM

Rose Choy

<ul>
<li>On Nov 3, it was leaked that Alameda seemed to have a weaker than expected balance sheet with $7.6 bn of loans and a relatively illiquid portfolio of assets.</li>
<li>Alameda, a large proprietary crypto trading firm, did not officially comment but its CEO Caroline stated on Twitter that most of the loans were repaid. </li>
<li>The potential linkages between Alameda and FTX, a large crytpo exchange, both controlled by Sam Bankman-Fried, are of utmost concern and has riled the crytpo market.</li>
</ul>


On Nov 3, it was leaked that Alameda seemed to have a weaker than expected balance sheet with $7.6 bn of loans and a relatively illiquid portfolio of assets.
Alameda, a large proprietary crypto trading firm, did not officially comment but its CEO Caroline stated on Twitter that most of the loans were repaid. 
The potential linkages between Alameda and FTX, a large crytpo exchange, both controlled by Sam Bankman-Fried, are of utmost concern and has riled the crytpo market.


FTT/FTX- Another Inflection Point in the Crypto Market Waiting to Happen?

<ul><li>The on-chain real-world asset (RWA) market (ex-stablecoins) has grown to an estimated $24.8B (+57.9% YTD), validated by the presence of institutional giants like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Apollo.</li><li>Despite this surge, the current market is a small fraction of the $400T+ estimated “blue-sky” addressable TradFi market, highlighting a significant runway for growth.</li><li>The on-chain market is currently dominated by two asset classes that offer utility.</li></ul>

The on-chain real-world asset (RWA) market (ex-stablecoins) has grown to an estimated $24.8B (+57.9% YTD), validated by the presence of institutional giants like BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, and Apollo.Despite this surge, the current market is a small fraction of the $400T+ estimated “blue-sky” addressable TradFi market, highlighting a significant runway for growth.The on-chain market is currently dominated by two asset classes that offer utility.

Tokenized Real-World Assets (Part 1): Landscape & Value Chain

Metals, Ores, and Mining Firms, Mint Finance

Pranay Yadav

Metals, Ores, and Mining Firms

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>U.S. “Crypto Week”—GENIUS Act signed, CLARITY + anti-CBDC bills advanced—promises fresh stable-coin liquidity, yet practical impacts will lag the market’s rapid pricing.</li>
<li>Bitcoin touched a $123k ATH on $19 bn YTD ETF inflows, while ETH and SOL still sit 20–30 % below prior highs despite Q2 gains of +35% and +24%.</li>
<li>Altcoins caught up fast—XRP led the charge, ETH also outpaced BTC, while SOL trailed peers—showing a brisk, uneven rotation away from Bitcoin dominance.</li>
</ul>


U.S. “Crypto Week”—GENIUS Act signed, CLARITY + anti-CBDC bills advanced—promises fresh stable-coin liquidity, yet practical impacts will lag the market’s rapid pricing.
Bitcoin touched a $123k ATH on $19 bn YTD ETF inflows, while ETH and SOL still sit 20–30 % below prior highs despite Q2 gains of +35% and +24%.
Altcoins caught up fast—XRP led the charge, ETH also outpaced BTC, while SOL trailed peers—showing a brisk, uneven rotation away from Bitcoin dominance.


Crypto Week Unleashes a Bitcoin Blitz and Sparks the Altcoin Catch-Up

Price Gauge
52-week Range	0.00 - 0.00
Market Cap (USDm)	0.00
P/E	0.00
Dividend (Yield)	0.00

Solana (SOL CURNCY)

Tech Talk: Solana DeFi Chain What? Why? And How Big?

This high throughput makes it suitable for applications that require rapid processing, such as decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, non-fungible...

Water Tower Research

The Impact of Token Unlock Events on Cryptocurrency Prices: An Empirical Analysis

Large unlocks (over 1% of circulating supply) significantly impact prices, mainly concentrated in the week before and after the unlock. A 1% token...

Animoca Brands Research

FTT/FTX- Another Inflection Point in the Crypto Market Waiting to Happen?

Alameda Research's leaked balance sheet seems to be weaker than expected. The linkages between FTX and Alameda is now under the microscope as...

Rose Choy

Tokenized Real-World Assets (Part 1): Landscape & Value Chain

The on-chain real-world asset (RWA) market (ex-stablecoins) has grown to an estimated $24.8B (+57.9% YTD), validated by the presence of...

Animoca Brands Research

Crypto Week Unleashes a Bitcoin Blitz and Sparks the Altcoin Catch-Up

A data-driven look at how Washington’s Crypto Week and record ETF inflows are tilting Bitcoin dominance, fuelling altcoin catch-up trades.

Mint Finance

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)