Chains and DeFi are taking the winning spots over the last 7 days; maybe this is a sign of narratives shifting back to DeFi?

The world keeps changing; as entrepreneurs we have to adapt. Understand the game, play the game.

We're getting to the 9 figure rounds... Will we get to 10 this cycle?

Exploring BNB

Is the BNB infrastructure sufficient to scale further? Does the project have capability to grow beyond current market demand?

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/bnb

Meme coins are on a roll right now, with huge growth even at 9 figure market caps.

WTF is BitVM?

Everyone is talking about BRC20 but we forget about the fundamental bridge between BTC and its L2s.

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/bitvm

Seems investments slowed down and Shiba raised money instead of selling tokens. Interesting week for sure.

Proto-danksharding

Tech innovation doesn't stop in the blockchain space, and there's a new sharding method on the block. Check it out here.

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/proto-danksharding

Research Report - Base

Base is incredibly popular right now amongst the community, so we decided to dive deeper into it to understand why.

As usual, teamed up with Fashdele Research on this report and hope both of our communities enjoy the read.

WTF is wBTC

Wrapped Bitcoin helps people utilise the value of their Bitcoin on Ethereum, however, the system is quite outdated. We explore why.

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/wbtc

The best DEX?

There is a huge choice of decentralised exchanges, but the OG Uniswap has been innovating non-stop since inception. We dive into everything, from V1 all the way to V4, to explore this beautiful tech further.

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/uniswap

Assessment of DePIN Decentralization

We're embarking on a new research initiative in our pursuit of advancing thought leadership within the realm of cryptocurrency.

We begin by exploring the technology behind DePIN: analysing its degree of decentralisation, discerning its economic, social, and environmental impacts, and hurdles with implementation.

ICOs or LBPs?

What is an ICO? What is an LBP? How do they actually work? What comes next?

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/icos-or-lbps

Last week's launches have been pretty sad. But, as per the last 4 cycles, the market becomes stagnant for 2 months after the halving.

Despite the insanely bearish vibe in the air, just because $BTC done a small retracement, some projects are still flying high.

1INTRO's token, $INTRO, is down by over 60% from the ~$0.09 it launched at to ~$0.03 (according to Dextools).

But is that due to the social media shenanigans that occurred during its launch, or due to the fact that it used an LBP which naturally leads to a reduction of buying pressure on launch?

Top 4 DePIN Projects

An outtake from our comprehensive DePIN report, we explore the top 4 projects using DePIN tech, and whether they have the right to call themselves Decentralised.

Full article: https://thoughts.simplicitygroup.xyz/p/depin-top4

Research Report - Runes

Runes is completely off the charts, completely taking over the Bitcoin blockspace. As your global research partners, we took a deep dive. Explore our findings into why it's dusting Ordinals and BRC-20.

All the narratives are still booming, not just memecoins. There is no space for fickle sentiment!

Standing on the shoulders of short-term hyped, unusable tech 🤝