Oct 16, 2022Thoughts on $110M Mango Markets ExploitDisclaimer: I am a MNGO holder, have been a member of the DAO, and involved in the project from very early on. I am biased in favour of Mango Markets because I know and trust the core team members. I’ve been working on crypto markets product design since 2014 and…Solana14 min readSolana14 min read
Jan 16, 2022Start Your Own Decentralised Hedge Fund on Solana with InvestInDisclosure: Author owns IVN, MNGO, ORCA, RAY mentioned in this article. A new Solana project InvestIn allows anyone to start their own hedge fund. All it takes is a Solana wallet and you can set up a trustless decentralised fund where investors can safely invest and where you only have…Solana Network3 min readSolana Network3 min read
Jan 9, 2022Guide: From Zero to Solana, with Native BTC BridgeNote: I initially wrote this article back in August 2020 so the prices and some parts of the UX are different Do you have Bitcoin and want to bring your capital onto Solana to play with the now expansive DeFi ecosystem? In this post I’ll cover some basics about getting…Solana Network5 min readSolana Network5 min read
Jan 3, 2022A simple valuation model of Lifinity Flare NFTsDisclosure: author owns multiple NFTs of every NFT project/collection mentioned in this article and has a financial interest in them all succeeding. Disclaimer: This is not financial advice and you can lose your entire investment in anything in crypto. Utility NFTs NFT’s on Solana with utility, tied to real projects, have come…Solana Network9 min readSolana Network9 min read
Nov 5, 2021How to Run DEX UI LocallyIt’s more secure to run a decentralised exchange UI locally rather than accessing a website. You’re less prone to phishing or other security issues. In this short article I’ll walk through how to run Mango locally. You will need: Nodejs https://nodejs.org/en/download/ Yarn https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/ Pull the code from: https://github.com/blockworks-foundation/mango-ui-v3 yarn1 min read1 min read
Oct 31, 2021Create and List a Solana Token in a UI with Zero Development in 5 MinutesMemecoins are hot right now, and on Solana it’s never been easier to create your own token, get it listed on a market, and get liquidity going — with no engineers or developers involved. The tool is “DexLab” — a laboratory for you to easily create Solana SPL tokens —…Solana9 min readSolana9 min read
Sep 26, 2021The Future of DeFi Must be No KYCA disturbing trend is occurring in the crypto world. The regulators are here, and they’re coming not just for centralised players but also DeFi. If DeFi means anything, then three key qualities must be respected: Permissionless — no discrimination possible on users based on geography, race, gender, any identity Censorship…Defi7 min readDefi7 min read
Jul 4, 2021The Myth of the DAOMy claim: There does not exist a single legitimate DAO in the market at the moment. Define “DAO”: a true decentralised autonomous organisation. Conditions: No legal (read: centralised) entity involved No key-holder(s) that is able to unilaterally change code Is an actual organisation (has income or existing funds to manage…Dao2 min readDao2 min read
Sep 13, 2020Notes on CeDeFi vs DeFiCZ from Binance, ever lacking in self-awareness, got attention the other day for coining a new term “CeDeFi”: In the emergence of DeFi over the past months, CZ has been going out of his mind trying to figure out how Binance can capitalise on it. As Binance is obviously a…Defi6 min readDefi6 min read
Aug 22, 2020Everything to Know about CoinFLEX’s Deliverable Perpetual Swap, Repo Market, Spreads, and FLEX TokenBackground CoinFLEX, based in Seychelles, is an off-shoot of UK spot exchange CoinFloor, which has been trying to compete in the crypto derivatives space for nearly a couple of years now. Their initial unique selling proposition has been to offer fixed-maturity futures on Bitcoin vs USD Tether that are deliverable —…Bitcoin8 min readBitcoin8 min read
