Weekly DeFi Rabbit Hole - July 16, 2023

The weekly 🐰 hole (16 July 23) of liquidity movement & DeFi analysis - by zj.valz

Welcome to the weekly 🐰 hole (16 July 23) of liquidity movements & DeFi analysis, where we uncover key trends and insights into the top protocols and hidden gems.

🐰Content:

  1. Stablecoin flows

  2. Smart Money Movement

  3. Top L1/L2 Financials

  4. Top DAPP Financials

  5. Movement Analysis

  6. TLDR

1. Stablecoin Flows

Total Stablecoin MCAP = 127.20 bil, with -0.2% weekly change.

Top 10 Chain (In terms of Stables Mcap):

Top inflows:

  1. Terra Classic

  2. Kava

  3. Mixin

  4. StarkNet

  5. Gnosis

Top outflows:

  1. Waves

  2. smartBCH

  3. Algorand

  4. Karura

  5. Hedera

2. Smart Money Movement

Cr: @ozfrox

Top Smart money inflows (including stablecoins):

  1. USDT

  2. eUSD

  3. wstETH

  4. Pancakeswap

  5. USDT (Arbitrum)

Top Smart money outflows (including stablecoins):

  1. USDC

  2. Dai

  3. Coinbase Wrapped Staked ETH

  4. stETH

  5. Wrapped ETH

Top Smart money inflows (excluding stablecoins):

  1. wstETH

  2. Pancakeswap

  3. rETH

  4. Pepe

  5. GMX

Top Smart money outflows (excluding stablecoins):

  1. Coinbase Wrapped staked ETH

  2. stETH

  3. Wrapped ETH

  4. Wrapped ETH (Polygon)

  5. Strike

3. Top L1/L2 Financials

Fees-Generated

  1. ETH

  2. BTC

  3. BNB

  4. Arbitrum

  5. Optimism

Revenue

  1. ETH

  2. Tron

  3. Arbitrum

  4. BSC

  5. Avalanche

DAUs

  1. Tron

  2. BNB

  3. BTC

  4. Polygon

  5. ETH

Active Developers

  1. ETH

  2. Polkadot

  3. Cosmos

  4. Solana

  5. BTC

Code Commits

  1. ETH

  2. Polkadot

  3. Solana

  4. Cosmos

  5. BTC

4. Top DAPP Financials

Fees-Generated

  1. Lido

  2. Uniswap

  3. Pancakeswap

  4. MakerDAO

  5. GMX

Revenue

  1. MakerDAO

  2. Lido

  3. Convex Finance

  4. PancakeSwap

  5. Synthetix

P/F Ratio

Relative valuation of protocols (Lower the no. the “better”)

  1. El Dorado Exchange

  2. UniDex

  3. Mummy Finance

  4. Level Protocol

  5. Solarbeam

P/S ratio

FDV Mcap/Annualized Revenue (Take this metric with a pinch of salt as revenue figs used could be annualized and not actual revenues earned)

  1. El Dorado Exchange

  2. UniDex

  3. Level Finance

  4. Velodrome

  5. X2Y2

Holders Revenue

Cumulative revenue attributable to holders 24 Hours

  1. Synthetix

  2. Pancakeswap

  3. Curve Finance

  4. Velodrome

  5. Radiant

DAUs - Daily

  1. Pancakeswap

  2. Uniswap

  3. Stargate

  4. 0x

  5. Metamask

  1. Opensea

  2. Lifeformcartoon

  3. Dexalot

  4. Rocketpool

  5. Layer3

Raises - Recent funding rounds

  1. Ion Protocol

  2. Xterio

  3. Artela

  4. Aark Digital

  5. Sound

5. Movement Analysis

Stablecoin flows:

  • Total stablecoin market cap remained flat this week at -0.03% decrease.

  • Terra Classic, Kava and Mixin saw the largest stablecoin inflows.

  • Waves, SmartBCH, Algorand saw the largest stablecoin outflows.

Smart Money Movement:

  • There is a notable increase in Alts purchased by Smart Money post-XRP lawsuit partial win. Some notable purchase includes Pancakeswap, Pepe, GMX, Frax and Rollbit.

L1/L2 movement:

  • L2s remains the hotbed of Defi activity with Arbitrum continuing to hold its dominance over on-chain transactions.

  • It is notable to see Solana catching up with a 145% increase in Dex Volume.

DAPP movements:

  • GMX fees increased significantly with the imminent launch of GMX V2, which promises lower fees, low latency oracles and more trading pairs.

  • Level Finance’s revenue exceeded GMX by USD50K this week.

  • Alpha drop by @apes_prologue

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6. TLDR

  • Market sentiment has changed, and it will be foolish to adopt a bearish outlook when inflation, recession and regulatory risk have been reduced.

  • While there may not be new liquidity entering the ecosystem, excess sidelined liquidity is finally reentering various crypto positions as seen from the increased stablecoin inflows into exchanges.

  • As explained by an Anon on 4chan, welcome to the start of the golden Bullrun degens.

P.s. I may have positions in the projects discussed in this article. Please note that this article is not intended as financial advice, and I encourage readers to conduct their own due diligence and ape responsibly.

That’s it Anon, hope you enjoyed the 🐰hole this week.

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