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140. Anchor Collateralization
Jan 29, 2022 - The Anchor protocol generates income for lenders using the staking rewards from borrower collateral. The health of the protocol is therefore tied to the volume of collateral added over time.
Yet another article on Anchor's yield reserve
Mar 14, 2022 - The yield reserve was originally designed to stabilise Anchor's 20% savings rate, so it should come as no surprise to users that the reserve is being depleted. Instead, this article discusses the factors that drive the depletion of the yield reserve, in an attempt to provide insights into protocol health over time.
Pleasure to Burn
Feb 26, 2022 - How much LUNA has been burned over the past 30 days? How has the supply of UST changed over the same time period? Display both of these, using visualizations.
Getting Your Feet Wet
Mar 9, 2022 - Question 160: Make a table containing wallet addresses whose first transaction was 90 days ago or less. Analyze how active they have been since that first transaction, based on either 1) the number of transactions; 2) the number of protocols interacted with, or 3) the number of different types of transactions undertaken. (deposit, delegate, vote). Question 161: Assess the extent to which new users interact with each of the following projects. For Definition, clearly define what “interact with” means, e.g. “at least 1 transaction”, “at least 5 transactions”, etc. Anchor, Mirror, Pylon, Astroport, Terraswap, Prism, Mars.
Anchor Emissions
Feb 20, 2022 - Question 152: Create a table of all addresses that have made at least one Anchor borrow in the last 3 months. Do some basic analysis and produce at least one interesting insight about Anchor borrowers.
52 Pickup
Feb 26, 2022 - Recently, a deal was announced wherein LUNA was sold for BTC at a price of about $52/LUNA. Some commentators on crypto-Twitter are contending that this represents the new floor price for LUNA. Over a time period of your choosing, how many days has LUNA closed above this price? How many days has it closed below this price?
The perceived utility of ANC today
Apr 2, 2022 - The Anchor protocol relies on revenue generated from staking yields and borrowing interest to sustain depositor income. It is therefore in the interests of the protocol to ensure healthy borrowing behaviours. The emission of ANC reward tokens has been the primary means of incentivising borrows, but do market participants see ANC as anything more than a governance token to be farmed and dumped?