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vlayer: vlayer’s Manifesto: The Verifiable Data Infrastructure
Explore vlayer's vision for bridging the gap between Web2 and Web3. Learn how vlayer leverages zero-knowledge proofs to make Web2 data actionable on-chain, empowering decentralized applications and enhancing privacy through verifiable claims.
24 Things From 2024
It's been a big year. We helped push forward education and adoption of tokenized assets while working to educate the wider industry so we can bring the next trillion dollars of assets onchain.
2024 Founder Letter
The numbers that are important tell a story about Maple’s growth in 2024. During the year, our Total Value Locked (TVL), the north star metric, climbed from $85m to a peak of over $600m. This growth is essential to Maple’s mission of becoming the world’s largest institutional lender, beginning with digital assets.
Spotlight Ep. 13: Virtuals Protocol - The Agentic Economy w/ Jansen
Digitized Spotlight hosts Amanda (Collab+Currency) and Winnie (BlockTower Capital) interview Jansen, co-founder of Virtuals Protocol, which enables the creation, ownership, and growth of tokenized AI Agents. We discuss Virtuals Protocol’s product offering and upcoming roadmap, what’s next for AI agents, and more!
Turning Vision Into Action: Scaling Maple in 2025
This article will explore where Maple stands post-SYRUP launch, the incredible opportunity ahead in 2025, and how we plan to capitalize on it. We will delve into the Maple Ecosystem, comprising Maple Institutional and Syrup.fi and outline our roadmap for the year ahead.
The AI revolution needs infrastructure. We're building it.
Looking for engineers who love solving complex problems and want to shape how AI agents interact with every website on Earth.
Ethena Rolls Out Stablecoin Backed by BlackRock's BUIDL Token
The protocol's governance token ENA rallied over the weekend as Donald Trump-affiliated World Liberty Financial invested in the token.
Pectra: What It Means For You
By enabling the consolidation of existing validators up to 2048 eth in size, this is a unique opportunity for node operators and staking protocols to reduce their validator count and migrate to distributed validators to future-proof their infrastructure.
Key Takeaways from OurNetwork’s Aptos Mega Issue (Q4 2024)
To close out 2024, leading onchain data newsletter OurNetwork has published yet another deep-dive report on the Aptos ecosystem.
LLMs and Algorithmic Trading
In the past year, the profound successes of Transformer Neural Networks, especially Generative Pre-trained Transformers like OpenAI's GPT-4 and Meta's LLaMA2, have sparked the imagination of those in the financial industry. During recent traditional finance conferences I've attended, participants have been abuzz with speculation about how these state-of-the-art AI models could disrupt conventional investing and trading. This post aims to provide insights on how advanced machine learning models might integrate into the world of algorithmic trading, drawing from my experience in the fields of computer science, machine learning, and quantitative finance.
Snapshot Taken: Entering the Next Phase of the Obol Collective
We’ve taken a snapshot of current Obol Contributions, as well as Obol badge and Techne holders. Stay tuned for more details in the coming days about the next phase of the Obol Collective.
Maple Yield Performance 2024
2024 was the breakout year for Maple Secured Lending. The strategy grew more than 16X, whilst delivering market-leading yield outperformance and principal protection at all times to our lenders. This article covers the yield generated, collateralization levels throughout the year, liquidity metrics and overall growth of Maple's flagship products.
Unlocking the Next Wave of Tokenized Assets
The Roadmap for Redefining Custody, Creating Standards, and Designing New Value Chains for Credit
Maple Finance: The Journey from $1B Collapse to Disrupting Private Lending.
In this episode of The Token Warrant, host Regan Bozeman interviews Joe Flanagan, Co-Founder of Maple Finance, and Steve Venino from BlockTower Capital. The episode focuses on Maple's evolution as a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform, beginning with its lending products and the challenges faced during the recent crypto bear market. Steve shares insights into BlockTower Capital's investment strategies and their partnership with Maple, including co-leading a $5 million strategic funding round in August 2023.
Introducing Morpho Vaults 1.1
Today, Morpho unveiled Morpho Vaults 1.1, an upgraded version of the widely adopted Morpho Vaults 1.0. This update maintains the core functionality of the original vaults but removes automated bad debt realization at the vault level, offering greater adaptability for a wider range of integrations and use cases. Additionally, Morpho Vaults 1.1 introduces several quality-of-life improvements for Morpho curators.