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Ethereum Down Bad
Nov 23, 2022 - The price of Ethereum has sank in recent days - how does it compare to other tokens amid a general market downturn?
OpenBook
Nov 21, 2022 - One of the aftereffects of the FTX meltdown for Solana was the need to fork (replace) Serum, the OG order book on Solana due to key control risk. The Solana defi community worked together to create OpenBook https://twitter.com/openbookdex How has Solana defi responded to the risks that Serum suddenly presented and has there been any traction on Openbook so far? How has liquidity flowed through Solana defi? What programs seemed to be most affected by the replacement of Serum? Does it seem like defi on Solana is becoming more decentralized?
Solana - 5. Gaming on Sol
Feb 10, 2023 - According to Spire, gaming has been picking up on Solana https://twitter.com/voteforpedrito/status/1620886335937708032?s=20&t=cOIVO1EtSx4F4dkzNT78iA Between Star Atlas, Genopets, and Aurory, games are beginning to allow users to experiment with what they have been building over the past year and a half. Create a dashboard showing user activity and growth of these three games. Is there any crossover between these three games in terms of users or does each game seem to have its own fan base? What is the profile of gaming users on Solana? What types of activities are these users doing within the games and within the Solana ecosystem?
Adding to the Margin with MarginFi
Mar 3, 2023 - MarginFi just launched to mainnet as a lending foundation for Solana. After the FTX collapse, Solana defi has been somewhat nonexistent outside of dex swaps. MarginFi is the first new product in the wave of "Defi 2.0" on Solana. Create a dashboard that tracks key KPI's for MarginFi. How has adoption been so far and what pools have been most popular? What type of user has experimented with MarginFi so far? What other programs have users been exposed to (Solend, Jet etc) that are now using MarginFi? What do borrowers do with their new found capital after using MarginFi? Are there signs of early growth of this new wave of Solana defi?
Hacked Protocol Fund Recovery Search Team
Mar 1, 2023 - Have you been involved in an unresolved protocol hack, know someone impacted one, or know a protocol that's been hacked? MetricsDAO is here to help. Share the circumstances of the hack and any related tx_ids or information. Our goal is to empower the blockchain ecosystems with data evangelization. Through our fund recovery initiative we hope to help trace and shed light on hacked funds by providing more on chain info into where those funds are sitting.
Solana - 6. NFT Lendooors on Solana
Feb 18, 2023 - The Famous Fox Federation just released their new NFT lending program called Citrus. See https://twitter.com/FamousFoxFed/status/1623395701366394882?s=20&t=0VbGloGM8gGssZkI2j9x7A for the announcement and more details. The NFT lending space on Solana has been picking up and gained popularity over time as a way to essentially gain leverage on NFTs as a borrower and gain yield on SOL as a lender. Compare Key Performance Indicators between the major NFT lending protocols out there (Citrus, Sharky, Frakt, Yawww). Who is gaining the most market share? Why would a user use one protocol over the other? What NFTs are most popular on each platform? Due to the rise in the price of SOL in January, there has been more pressure applied to borrowers to pay back their loans. Some lenders have been forced to take in NFTs that are now priced in SOL lower than their set loan price. Is there a noticeable increase in default rate over the past month on NFT loans? Which protocol has had the most defaults, and which NFTs have caused the most defaults? Is there evidence that leverage is unwinding in the market right now?
Axelar Bridge
Nov 26, 2022 - let's take that a step further and plot out user types and their behavior leveraging Axelar's bridge. How often are people using Satellite - one-time transfers into IBC or more consistent/steady streams? Does this vary based on wallet size? Does this vary based on the ecosystem they are bridging from/to?
Flipside's World Cup of Bounties Side Quest: Fifa+ Collect Collection Scorecard
Nov 11, 2022
NEAR - 12. The Whales of NEAR
Feb 16, 2023 - Where in the ocean of NEAR do the whales hang out? Examine the top 20 addresses by amount of NEAR held - excluding any custodial or exchange addresses that you can. Can you identify any “power players” or wallets of interest? What behaviors do these whales exhibit?