Weekly DeFi Index

This week's market cap, volume, and volatility indices were negative at -10.33%, -40.23%, and -73.78%, respectively.

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*DeFI index tokens: AAVE, BAL, CAKE, COMP, CRV, CVX, FXS, JOE, LDO, LINK, MKR, OSMO, REN, SNX, SPELL, SUSHI, UNI, VVS, YFI.

New Project Spotlight

• Users can now easily add their preferred EVM network in the Crypto.com DeFi Wallet. Through EVM network support, users are able to send and receive tokens on their custom networks, directly interact with dApps from their DeFi wallet, as well as tap into mainnet and testnet support.

As of 22 Nov 2022

Sources: DeFi Llama, Crypto.com Research

Note: TVL excludes governance token staking, staked LP tokens that one of the coins in the pair is governance token, double counting (TVL feeds into another protocol), borrowing, liquidity staking, and vesting

As of 22 Nov 2022

Sources: CoinGecko, DeFi Llama, Crypto.com Research

News Highlight

• Tether, the largest stablecoin issuer in the world, announced a US$1 billion chain swap to convert USDT on Solana to Ethereum ERC20 with the help of an undisclosed third party. 

• Curve Finance released the official code and whitepaper of its stablecoin, crvUSD. The stablecoin will be overcollateralised and rely on an algorithm called Lending-Liquidating AMM (LLAMMA).

• Uniswap announced an update to its privacy policy and will now collect public on-chain data, such as wallet addresses and transaction history, which will be used to “make data-driven decisions to improve user experience”.

• Uniswap Labs introduced two new smart contracts: Permit2, which allows sharing and managing token approvals across different smart contracts, and Universal Router for token and NFT swaps aggregation. 

• Cardano’s developer Input Output Global is releasing a new privacy-focused blockchain called Midnight, which is alleged to preserve privacy while giving access to regulators and auditors. Midnight will be a side-chain of Cardano and offer zero-knowledge proof smart contracts.

• Ren Bridge announced its plans to sunset Ren 1.0 and will soon launch Ren 2.0, an open source community-controlled cross-chain network. 

Recent Research Reports

• Argentina 2022 Survey: Argentines Are Increasingly Keen to Adopt Cryptos and NFTs: Crypto.com recently commissioned a survey of more than 2,000 Argentines to find out more about their investment preferences, knowledge, and opinions on crypto and NFTs. 

• Research Roundup Newsletter (October 2022): In this issue, we cover our recent Bloomberg Terminal integration, a special research report for the Singapore Fintech Festival, and feature articles on NFT financialisation and utility.

• Alpha Navigator (October 2022): We look at crypto industry performance in October, including ETH’s short-term correlations with equities reducing. Is the Fed pivoting on rate tightening policy?

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