Special Projects Analyst at Delphi Digital, Delphi Digital

Gerryl Pay

Special Projects Analyst at Delphi Digital

Institutional-Grade Crypto Research & Data

Delphi Digital

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Crypto

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<li>The stage is set for a potential resurgence of NFTs in 2024. As crypto wealth increases, spending on NFTs for “flexing”, identity, and entertainment will rise.</li>
<li>A few NFT Character Brands could explode into mainstream consciousness and grow exponentially. Others will remain as niche communities.</li>
<li>Ethereum will lose market share in NFTs, and Solana could catch up.</li>
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The stage is set for a potential resurgence of NFTs in 2024. As crypto wealth increases, spending on NFTs for “flexing”, identity, and entertainment will rise.
A few NFT Character Brands could explode into mainstream consciousness and grow exponentially. Others will remain as niche communities.
Ethereum will lose market share in NFTs, and Solana could catch up.


Year Ahead For NFTs 2024 (Executive Summary)

Crypto Research and Data, Delphi Digital

Crypto Research and Data

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<li>BTC is up ~140% since its bottom 1yr ago. Prior instances imply BTC is in the early innings of a new bull cycle with most of its expected gains ahead.</li>
<li>Market breadth is expanding as we are seeing industry wide participation in recent weeks.</li>
<li>Onchain borrowing activity is picking up, as are average lending rates and utilization rates on stablecoins, which are some of the most popular assets to borrow during market uptrends.</li>
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BTC is up ~140% since its bottom 1yr ago. Prior instances imply BTC is in the early innings of a new bull cycle with most of its expected gains ahead.
Market breadth is expanding as we are seeing industry wide participation in recent weeks.
Onchain borrowing activity is picking up, as are average lending rates and utilization rates on stablecoins, which are some of the most popular assets to borrow during market uptrends.


Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets, Kaiko

Kaiko

Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

Kaiko is the leading cryptocurrency market data provider for institutional investors and enterprises. We empower market participants with accurate, transparent, and actionable financial data to be leveraged for a range of market activities. Kaiko’s mission is to be the foundation of the new digital finance economy by serving as a single source for market information. Our mission is premised on the idea that high-quality data drives market efficiency and greater transparency throughout the industry. For each of our enterprise clients, we build custom data plans designed for a range of use cases.

<ul><li>After years of waiting, Ripple finally got a ruling in their highly anticipated lawsuit with the SEC: the company did not violate federal securities law by selling its XRP token on public exchanges.</li><li>The market reaction was near instantaneous.</li><li>Since Thursday, XRP is up 61% and several exchanges that had previously de-listed the token, including Coinbase and Kraken, immediately re-listed it.</li></ul>

After years of waiting, Ripple finally got a ruling in their highly anticipated lawsuit with the SEC: the company did not violate federal securities law by selling its XRP token on public exchanges.The market reaction was near instantaneous.Since Thursday, XRP is up 61% and several exchanges that had previously de-listed the token, including Coinbase and Kraken, immediately re-listed it.

XRP Volume Surpasses BTC Following Landmark Ruling

<ul><li>Binance.US is bleeding. One week after the SEC lawsuit, market makers and traders have fled the exchange en masse.</li><li>Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.</li><li>On June 4, the day before the SEC lawsuit, market depth was $34mn. Today, market depth is just $7mn.</li></ul>

Binance.US is bleeding. One week after the SEC lawsuit, market makers and traders have fled the exchange en masse.Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.On June 4, the day before the SEC lawsuit, market depth was $34mn. Today, market depth is just $7mn.

<ul><li>This has been perhaps the single most consequential week for crypto in the U.S., as the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and charged Binance, Binance.US, and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) with a variety of securities law violations. </li><li>Just two months ago, we chronicled the CFTC’s charges against Binance and CZ, which primarily focused on Binance’s alleged efforts to onboard high-volume U.S. traders onto Binance, rather than Binance.US (for simplicity, “Binance” will refer to the international exchange and “Binance.US” its U.S. affiliate).</li><li>This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours, in fact resembling U.S.-based exchanges like Coinbase.</li></ul>

This has been perhaps the single most consequential week for crypto in the U.S., as the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and charged Binance, Binance.US, and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) with a variety of securities law violations. Just two months ago, we chronicled the CFTC’s charges against Binance and CZ, which primarily focused on Binance’s alleged efforts to onboard high-volume U.S. traders onto Binance, rather than Binance.US (for simplicity, “Binance” will refer to the international exchange and “Binance.US” its U.S. affiliate).This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours, in fact resembling U.S.-based exchanges like Coinbase.

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Year Ahead For NFTs 2024 (Executive Summary)

​Crypto wealth is expected to drive a resurgence of NFTs in 2024, with potential for certain brands to gain mainstream popularity while Ethereum's...

Delphi Digital

Crypto Markets Take Center Stage

​BTC is on the rise, signaling the start of a new bull cycle with potential for significant gains. Market participation is increasing, and...

Delphi Digital

XRP Volume Surpasses BTC Following Landmark Ruling

After years of waiting, Ripple finally got a ruling in their highly anticipated lawsuit with the SEC: the company did not violate federal...

Kaiko

Market Makers Flee Binance.US

Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.

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The Data Behind the SEC's Big Week

This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours

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BTC is on the rise, signaling the start of a new bull cycle with potential for significant gains. Market participation is increasing, and...