Bringing US Treasurys onto the chain
Bringing US Treasurys onto the chain

Bringing US Treasurys onto the chain

How Ondo Finance makes investing in US Treasury bonds possible


On-chain identity

12 Jan 2024 6 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Introduction On-chain identity is the digital representation of an individual on the blockchain. The blockchain technology allows individuals to have a digital, decentralized identity without relying on a single identity provider. Being on-chain mean...

Open interest

10 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments fmiren

If you ever looked at commodity futures or options data, you certainly have seen a figure called open interest. Open interest is the number of derivative contracts outstanding. As you can understand from this definition (but I want to repeat anyway t...

The Mystery of Capital

8 Jan 2024 3 minute read 3 comments fmiren

Introduction “The Mystery of Capital” by Hernando de Soto is an amazing book. It seeks to answer the question, “Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else”, which is also its subtitle. The question, as you can imagine, is too compl...

Bonding curves

2 Jan 2024 3 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Introduction If you have been in DeFi a while, you probably heard of “bonding curve”. What is it? What is it used for? The article tries to answer those and other questions. Bonding curve is a mathematical formula, nothing more. It is a type of autom...

Building a crypto momentum trading strategy — Part 2

1 Jan 2024 6 minute read 1 comment fmiren

This is the second part of the article on building a crypto momentum trading strategy. The first part can be found at: https://medium.com/coinmonks/building-a-crypto-momentum-trading-strategy-4527bbe1bbac     The strategy from scratch F...

Whale Game - winning ETH in an exciting way

28 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Whale Game is an interesting experiment combining DeFi and game theory. If you have ETH tokens sitting idly in your wallet, then you can consider playing Whale Game. This is an exciting way to win some ETH if you are smart and lucky. Even if you lose...

What I'm doing for Linea Airdrop

22 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Linea Linea is a type 2 zero knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine (zkEVM). For users, this enables the experience and security guarantees of Ethereum, but with lower transaction costs. Linea raised $726M which is a lot. This means airdrop can be huge....

BRC-20 - DeFi on top of Bitcoin

18 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments fmiren

BRC-20 tokens It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that since the day Bitcoin was created, people wanted to represent assets on it. But due to the first blockchain network’s intended limited programmability, it was hard to do. That’s why Bitcoin has...

How a flash loan works

13 Dec 2023 1 minute read 0 comments fmiren

Flash Loans Flash loan is one of most innovative products in DeFi. It is also one of the most controversial features of the decentralized financial sector because its attacks have resulted in millions of dollars in losses. So, what is a flash loan, a...

Hedging gas fees on Ethereum with Hedgehog Protocol

12 Dec 2023 4 minute read 0 comments fmiren

The first part of the article can be found at: https://medium.com/coinmonks/hedgehog-protocol-hedging-gas-fees-on-the-ethereum-blockchain-fcc92127867d   Now that we understand gas fees on Ethereum, let's look at the novel solution offered by Hedgehog...