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Solana [What's All The Hubbub for Hubble Protocol?]
Oct 10, 2022 - Hubble Protocol is a financial platform building sustainable Decentralized Finance services on Solana. Hubble's core service centers around a low-interest, stablecoin borrowing mechanism. Hubble's US Dollar-pegged stablecoin, USDH, can be borrowed against a variety of assets, including ETH, BTC, and SOL Create a KPI dashboard that shows Hubble metrics such as: daily active users, new users, mint/burn rates, different rates of instructions etc. (anything you find relevant) Show the flows of USDH, where it is being used in the Solana ecosystem, is it gaining adoption, and if so how? Hubble also recently launched Kamino Finance: https://blog.hubbleprotocol.io/multicoin-raise-kamino-launch/ Provide metrics on its growth rate and adoption so far. How is it being used?
[Optimism] Quix vs Magic Eden vs OpenSea
Sep 27, 2022 - Create a dashboard highlighting at least 3 metrics comparing marketplace performance and adoption between Quix (formerly Quixotic) on Optimism, Magic Eden on Solana, and OpenSea on Ethereum, since July of this year. What has been the rate of change of these metrics since the start of the new year and are there any signs of growth of a certain marketplace or ecosystem of NFTs? Highlight the 5 most popular NFT collections for each marketplace over that timeframe in terms of sales volume. Is the turnover rate (number of transactions) for collections on Quix noticeably higher than on OpenSea and Magic Eden? Provide some insights on these findings.
Solana [Solana Staking Madness]
Nov 13, 2022 - How has staking pool behavior on Solana responded to recent events? Analyze Flipside's new staking pools data to analyze staking behavior in the Solana ecosystem over the past week. How are stakers responding to recent events? Have there been any notable inflows or outflows to staking pools? What staking pools have seen the most notable behavior? Can you link any staking behavior to other defi activity or other accounts on Solana? Note any trends or outliers you see.
Solana [The Battle of the Solana NFT Aggregator]
Oct 28, 2022 - A new sector of NFT marketplaces have begun to gain popularity on Solana, the NFT AMM. One of the most notable NFT AMMs on Solana so far is Hadeswap. Hyperspace and Coral Cube are the two most popular NFT aggregators on Solana. This means that they list all NFTs across different marketplaces along with allowing listings on their own marketplace. Create a dashboard comparing KPIs between Hyperspace and Coral Cube. Which marketplace has done more volume? Which collections are popular on each marketplace? Why would I use one marketplace over the other? Are there any noticeable market trends between the marketplaces, especially after Solana marketplaces moved to a 0% creator royalty?
Ethereum [Ailing Alameda]
Nov 8, 2022 - Analyze what Alameda is experiencing. Rumors over the weekend began swirling that alameda research is on the brink of insolvency. Observe net in and outflows of USD tokens from known Alameda or FTX accounts throughout different chains. Are they going somewhere specifically? Are there any signs of potential insolvency? Note any other interesting trends or events you see.
NEAR [NEAR City Layout]
Nov 4, 2022 - How centralized or decentralized is NEAR, really? Choose at least two distinct measures of decentralization that can be explored with on-chain data; clearly define those metrics; and outline how NEAR performs based on those metrics. In your view, is NEAR becoming more centralized or decentralized over time? You are welcome to draw on any past submissions in your work, but ensure you credit and link to the original creator (bonus points if you shout them out on Twitter). Grand Prize submissions will also explore these metrics for at least one other blockchain.
Solana [Solana Since The Mango Hack]
Oct 14, 2022 - What has been happening in the Solana defi ecosystem since the Mango Markets Hack? Has activity increased? Decreased? Are users flocking to any particular defi apps? Are they leaving the ecosystem? Chart flows in and out of centralized exchanges from the Solana ecosystem. Has staking behavior changed on Solana since the hack? Note any trends or outliers you see in Solana defi.