Our team is steadily working on improvements and onboarding new listings.
Welcome to another edition of our Update series! September was a solid month with a focus on infrastructural improvements and content planning. Get ready for more impactful and collaborative pieces with other teams.
New Listings: REN, ZIL, and LRC
There is a sea of tokens out there, and we’re dedicated to bringing the best projects to life on The Ocean. Last month, we had three new listings with a mixture of these guidelines in mind: project quality, a strong and communicative team, development activity, regulatory considerations, and liquidity provisioning.
Republic Protocol (REN): An open-source protocol powering decentralized dark pool (hidden order book) exchanges. Their team recently launched RenEx, the world’s first implementation of cross-chain trading in a dark pool.
Zilliqa (ZIL): A new blockchain platform focused on scalability with the capability to process thousands of transactions per second. Their mainnet launch is currently set for this December or early next year.
Loopring (LRC): An open-source, ready-to-deploy protocol for DEX and dApp building with an emphasis on shared liquidity. Their Loopr DEX is currently up and ready for trading.
If you’re interested in suggesting a token, reach out to us at listings@theocean.trade.
Wyre Talks: Fixing the Lehman Problem with Crypto
In the latest podcast episode of Wyre Talks, our CEO, John Piotrowski, joined Benton Nilson from Wyre to talk about The Ocean and its role in bridging traditional finance and cryptocurrency.
[The crypto space has] become more sober. As a result, I think people are [asking] what’s the long-term value? How do we bring order to chaos? Maybe this dance with regulators of finding the right balance between innovation, regulation, isn’t such a bad thing after all. Especially if it gives me access to things that maybe I wouldn’t have accessed before, right?
To listen to the full podcast or read the transcript, visit Wyre’s blog.
Defining the Security Token Stack by Harbor
Harbor is focused on bringing security tokens into the world. Part of this process is defining the infrastructure to support this emerging ecosystem.
Security Token Stack–a network of on-chain smart contracts and off-chain processes that work together to create a holistic solution for issuing, trading, and auditing securities using the blockchain as a store of value.”
With regulatory compliance on our roadmap, we’re very pleased to be featured in Harbor’s stack. As implementation develops, exchanges (exchanges, 0x relayers, second-layer protocols) that are properly licensed will be essential for liquidity and trade execution.
Trading Strategies: Arbitrage and Trading Bots
We recently launched a Generating Alpha series which explores technical topics in the cryptocurrency market from a beginner’s perspective. Last month, we dove into arbitrage and algorithmic trading. Click on either of the two topics below to begin!
Arbitrage profits from the spread–also known as the difference between the buy and sell prices–across two exchanges. This can be automatically executed by an algorithm or can be done manually by the trader themselves.
Algorithmic trading is a type of trading that involves programmatically executing trading strategies as opposed to manual orders. In other words, traders run algorithms (a set of instructions to solve a problem) on computers to automatically buy, sell, and hold assets.
What’s next?
The month after launch was filled with improvements to stability and database management. Now, it’s time to build upon that foundation. Be prepared for more impactful and educational content, bigger releases, and exclusive listings.
- 0x v2 migration
- Developer portal
- Token listings process
- And more!
And as always, we’re looking for collaborative partners for product development or content. Send us a line at hello@theocean.trade if you’re interested.
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